How to Use lucky in a Sentence

lucky

adjective
  • I feel lucky to be alive.
  • He scored a goal on a lucky shot.
  • I count myself lucky to know you.
  • We're lucky that things turned out as well as they did.
  • The lucky winner will be given a brand new car.
  • I know you'll enjoy the show if you're lucky enough to get a ticket.
  • Tickets were available only for the lucky few.
  • Their meeting was a lucky accident.
  • Clark, 53, was one of the lucky ones in the last shutdown.
    Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
  • And that’s how all the teams lived, though not so much the lucky ones from Moscow.
    Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The rest of the junk-food economy might not be so lucky.
    Robert Goulder, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The Cowboys would be lucky to get off that cheap with Lamb.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 14 June 2023
  • And Matthew, their three children, and the legendary Ma Mac get to be the lucky guinea pigs.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Thanks to Tinashe, some lucky people won't have to pay rent this month.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
  • For his part, Tarasenko feels lucky to be a Panther, too.
    David Wilson, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
  • But then the conditions changed, a final break held and the flames stalled — lucky.
    David Wallace-Wells, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The lucky winner matched all five white balls in the Feb. 10 drawing, results show.
    Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Oregon won’t be so lucky; abundant clouds and some rain could steal the show.
    Mary Gilbert, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Yet the lucky fans who were there wouldn’t have traded the experience for the world.
    Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 25 Feb. 2024
  • But the music itself is good, and then the projection of it was so lucky.
    Patrick Lyons, Spin, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Everyone should be so lucky to have a friend like that.
    Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But not all couples were as lucky to leave the pods coupled up and content.
    Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
  • In any other circumstance, the dogs might not have been so lucky.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 July 2023
  • So if you're served a Maryland crab cake, count yourself lucky.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2024
  • And, for those who are lucky enough to have more mild winters, this chaise lounge ($80 off) is calling your name.
    Lily Sperry, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Still, Chase was lucky, and continued to get to swim in the deeper end of the network swimming pool.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2024
  • He’s been lucky to find bandmates that share his vision.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 June 2023
  • All-girl rock bands have been around forever, and most are lucky to see success on the charts these days.
    Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2023
  • But the lucky winners of the Best Actor or Best Actress awards can command a 20% pay bump on their next project.
    Jasmine Li, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024
  • One lucky collector could strike gold at Phillips this month.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2023

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