How to Use serendipitous in a Sentence

serendipitous

adjective
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  • The fundraiser will be held on a soundstage at the Lot at Formosa, a serendipitous site.
    — Courtney Howard, Variety, 17 June 2022
  • The best finds are serendipitous, though, rather than searches.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 2 July 2022
  • The way this house came to us was sort of serendipitous, but not without a few hiccups of course, haha!
    — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 31 Aug. 2021
  • In a serendipitous turn of events, the department store signed the character’s rights over to May, free and clear.
    — Vince Guerrieri, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • His role with the Jays is the sort of serendipitous tale baseball weaves so easily.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2021
  • From there the world opened wide for Bourdain, in all its serendipitous glory.
    — Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2022
  • Barring a serendipitous gust of wind to clear the dust, the lander could be dead by early to mid-July.
    — Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 24 May 2022
  • This is prime time for a serendipitous moment, so be sure to get out there and take advantage of it.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Deadheads showed up for the band’s serendipitous set lists and for Jerry Garcia’s sleight of hand.
    — The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
  • That kind of serendipitous artistry is a source of surprise and delight at Beach Sessions.
    — New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022
  • That serendipitous moment changed her life, as well as that of many others.
    — Jeff Chu, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2022
  • My parents paid for the meal, which was why my friend wrote in her caption, So serendipitous meeting the parents of a friend!
    — Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
  • The second serendipitous goal for Calgary returned the team’s lead after Dallas scored two in a row to tie the game.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2023
  • That said, your story is a special and serendipitous one.
    — cleveland, 18 Feb. 2022
  • If the basket was serendipitous, the Bulldogs were due for something good to happen.
    — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Feb. 2022
  • But some findings—perhaps the most wondrous of all—are serendipitous, a matter of just happening to be in the right place at the right time.
    — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2022
  • If a double does pass by, take it as a sign: not of impending doom, but of simple, serendipitous chance.
    — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2024
  • And the fact that Logan’s event is happening a week later is just serendipitous.
    — cleveland, 28 Oct. 2022
  • And there’s the joy of reconnecting with family and friends at the end of a long flight, the serendipitous connections in the air or in waiting lounges.
    — Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2021
  • The start of operations at the mine this year was serendipitous: India and Australia signed a free-trade agreement in April.
    — Hari Kumar, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Coogler noted the serendipitous nature of how events in his life led him to significant people at just the right time.
    — Amon Warmann, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
  • So during James’ first run with the Cavs, Mitchell was a die-hard, never-miss-a-game kid, and has pictures of himself in a James jersey to prove it that make the trade serendipitous.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The world’s poor would no longer need to rely on serendipitous discoveries of a dual-use drug.
    — Christopher B. Barrett, Foreign Affairs, 25 Sep. 2023
  • While the two met on the set of the show, their relationship was somewhat serendipitous, as Harrison explained to Vogue.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
  • Sara’s mission to track down her serendipitous love interest in New York.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The results can seem random, but in the best way, and this serendipitous approach has become Soth’s signature.
    — Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Their early days as a pair included many nights playing Xbox and that serendipitous trip to Disney World in June 2016.
    — New York Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The records came to the state archives in 1982, stored in anonymity until Dr. Folts’ serendipitous discovery this winter.
    — Michael Hill, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 June 2022
  • The book chronicles his life as a scientist and the serendipitous discovery of HBV.
    — Sarah Mupo, STAT, 5 July 2023
  • Now, however, with Treinen back at full health and finally on the active roster, the timing of his return feels somewhat serendipitous.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024

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