as luck would have it

phrase

—used to say that something happened because of good or bad luck

Our car broke down on the road, but as luck would have it, there was a garage nearby.

I arrived a little late and, as luck would have it, the last ticket had just been sold.

Examples of as luck would have it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There’d have been no trouble on a straight stretch, but as luck would have it, the two speeding handcars met on a curve. — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026

And as luck would have it, Liam’s favorite soccer player is Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi. — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2026

But as luck would have it, Ghostface is (somehow) back, and our heroes must contend with a brand new rash of lethal stabbings. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026

Olympic hockey scheduling can be heavily compressed, but as luck would have it, Finland had an off day after its opening game in Milan on Wednesday. — Arpon Basu, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for as luck would have it

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit