How to Use fortunate in a Sentence

fortunate

adjective

• How fortunate we were to find that restaurant!
• We should try to help others who are less fortunate than ourselves.
• Once again, the Bucks are fortunate that isn’t the case.
  — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
• And only a fortunate few seem to be getting the best of it.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2023
• Perhaps the most fortunate among us are those for whom the two go hand in hand.
  — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2023
• But five of her friends, two of them hostages in Gaza and three of them dead, were less fortunate.
  — Roger Cohen Avishag Shaar-Yashuv, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2023
• To me, that means Jonathan was very fortunate to hook up with us as well.
  — Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• This is a fortunate aspect of the timing of the storm itself.
  — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Mar. 2023
• Athenian, a small school in Danville, also was on the fortunate side of the draw.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
• The crowd at the exit seems to be about half-and-half ticket-holders and those who weren’t so fortunate.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2023
• The smoke, though, hangs heavy in the air, a reminder not everyone was so fortunate.
  — Tom Hallman, oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2023
• The Stewarts were fortunate enough to travel throughout the world.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
• Harford Tech is fortunate to have a strong group of girls to train with Morgan and push her to be her best.
  — Anthony Maluso, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2023
• Some of his colleagues, on the other hand, aren’t so fortunate.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 5 July 2023
• But fans who stayed up late to watch the practice sessions weren’t as fortunate.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2023
• Yet many of the fortunate few who receive these tents are forced to sell them for cash to pay for food, wood for cooking, and medicine.
  — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2024
• Three pairs of fortunate souls can book their stay via Booking.com when the offer launches on June 7.
  — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2023
• Dear Amy: My wife and I were fortunate enough to get married in Tuscany two years ago.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
• Arizona is fortunate to have you as a resident of the great state.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
• Anyone in some sections was fortunate to have a slice of bread.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
• Glen Canyon is sacred to the Navajo, the nation I was not born into but fortunate enough to learn from and grow up in.
  — Jim Kristofic, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2023
• His own car was spared, but others were not so fortunate.
  — Corina Knoll, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• For those fortunate enough to already own a home, high prices have boosted their net worth.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 2 Mar. 2024
• Maybe the next coach will get fortunate in a way Clifford never did in Charlotte the second time around.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2024
• In a fortunate twist, the jackknifed tanker truck served as a sort of dam to confine much of the fuel spill to a smaller location.
  — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 25 July 2023
• The better teams are fortunate if their fans have only a couple hours of travel time.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2024
• The falafel seller was fortunate; many people seized by isis never made it out.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• Those who are fortunate enough to live out these dreams in professional leagues have a chance for a big payday.
  — Bycarl Nassib, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2023
• And so, in thinking and shaping the film, it’s been a concern that my life is so special and privileged and fortunate.
  — Tara Karajica, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
• But there are plenty of people who wouldn’t be as fortunate—or wouldn’t be close enough to drive home and still make it to their in-person jobs the next morning.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024