How to Use get lucky in a Sentence
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But the gull didn’t just get lucky.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 30 Mar. 2026
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Though maybe your party of eight will get lucky?
—Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
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Sometimes, teams get lucky and need aligns with how players go off the board.
—Nat Newell, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Apr. 2021
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Sometimes some people just get lucky.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
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For those who did not get lucky in Neptune, there’s still more cash to be won.
—Sara Smart, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
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Those who venture out in the afternoon may get lucky and not need them.
—oregonlive, 19 Nov. 2021
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But those characters still get lucky — or even deserved — breaks.
—Lauren Bans, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2026
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And then sometimes music fans can get lucky and save money on a big concert.
—Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
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So the Rams give themselves as many chances to get lucky as possible.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
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Some get lucky and have new sod survive over the dead grass but most are resodding again in about a year.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
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And as Tom Petty said, even the losers get lucky sometimes.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 4 Feb. 2026
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Leaders who get lucky are never punished for taking the big risk.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2023
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If the Braves can get lucky with better health next season, this core alone should be enough to win games.
—Patrick McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
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At the end of the day, most will agree, hunting is not the time to get lucky with a trick shot or test out a math problem.
—Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2024
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Maybe Harlow will get lucky and prove to the world that acting horny on main can pay off after all.
—Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2022
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In order to spread, a new variant must be more transmissible – or just get lucky.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2022
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The coaches and consultants with full calendars didn't get lucky.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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In a perfect world, the Cavs get lucky and won’t have to worry about parsing through the next cluster of prospects.
—Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 June 2021
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Now the question is, will someone get lucky on Christmas Eve at the next drawing?
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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In effect, Congress is just hoping that the clerks will get lucky if something happens to them.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 14 June 2022
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Each online casino on our list is licensed to accept real money bets and will pay out those who get lucky enough to win.
—Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2024
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Then, if productions get lucky, there’s other magic in moviemaking.
—Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
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While there were no jackpot winners, an Arizona lottery player did get lucky.
—Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2024
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Jazz get lucky as this is a chance for Murray to get off a relatively open 3-point attempt.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Jan. 2022
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Ride Hubbard, control the clock and get lucky late felt like the Panthers’ one and only game plan.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
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One approach is founded on the hope that perhaps astronomers will get lucky and chance upon an alien radio broadcast.
—Stephon Alexander, Wired, 31 Aug. 2021
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Or somebody who had not made a particularly good decision could just get lucky.
—Roger Trapp, Forbes, 16 July 2023
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So was Myers a genius, or did the Warriors just get lucky, or was magic involved?
—Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 June 2022
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San Jose is also hoping to get lucky in this spring’s NHL draft lottery.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
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Some get lucky and evade traffic, but no animal, no matter how wily or predatory, is a match for vehicles.
—Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
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