How to Use luck in a Sentence

luck

1 of 2 noun

• We need a bit of luck.
• I've had no luck in finding a new apartment.
• By a stroke of luck, there were still a few tickets left when we arrived.
• We had good luck fishing.
• He succeeded through hard work and a little luck.
• He's been having nothing but bad luck.
• He had no better luck than I did.
• Their luck was about to change.
  — Kevin Foster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
• Good to shake off the bad luck.
  — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
• This was a huge stroke of luck.
  — Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
• But best not to press your luck.
  — New York Times, 16 May 2026
• Of course, the last thing is luck.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
• Want to try your luck this round?
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 6 June 2026
• Life is about chance, fate and luck.
  — Darren Cooper, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
• All the luck in the world with that.
  — Greg Cote updated March 27, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
• Good luck in your rec games this week.
  — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
• Best of luck, and do keep in touch.
  — Ed Silverman, STAT, 11 May 2026
• The team’s turnover luck isn’t all luck.
  — Mike Sando, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• The team's turnover luck isn't all luck.
  — Mike Sando, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• Sure enough, his luck didn't stop there.
  — Jillian Frankel, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
• But fans could soon be in luck again.
  — Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 8 May 2026
• Get out there where luck can find you!
  — David Sedaris, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
• Our group got the bad luck of the draw.
  — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 21 June 2026
• Good news — your luck is about to change!
  — Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
• The first one, well, maybe that’s just luck.
  — Damon Wise, Deadline, 12 May 2026
• And there was luck in that, the coach says.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
• The Pats made some of their own luck.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2026
• Even the favorites need a bit of luck.
  — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
• A bit of luck would not go amiss either.
  — Steve Madeley, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
• Many would give the shirt off their back to have your luck in men.
  — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026

luck

2 of 2 verb

• Don’t leave your career to luck.
  — Nirit Cohen, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• Maybe some or all of the leagues will luck out and keep enough players healthy.
  — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 25 June 2020
• Some parents lucked out by picking up the in-demand items months ago.
  — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2017
• The red team lucked out, though, because the blue team completely fell apart.
  — Tracy Swartz, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2018
• Yes, the Wolves could luck out in the lottery and still finish with a top-three pick.
  — Star Tribune, 1 May 2021
• So the people who wow us their first time out are unicorns, who luck into a great role and nail it.
  — Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 18 Nov. 2020
• Willa Drake lucked out with her dad, Melvin, a gentle high school teacher.
  — Laura Collins-Hughes, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2018
• Over half of the generation says hard work, not luck, drives success.
  — Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
• Embiid and his 76ers team hope to have better luck this time around.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 4 May 2026
• In short, WannaCrypt's creators were lazy, and the world lucked out.
  — Alexander Urbelis, CNN, 14 May 2017
• Luckily, no one was killed, but that's due to luck, not their intention.
  — CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
• The Ducks have also had some bad CFP luck the last two years.
  — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
• There are no easy games and no one lucks into winning the Super Bowl.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2019
• Only time will tell if the pop star will bring the football team luck this upcoming season.
  — Bryan West, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
• Somehow, Houston lucked out and was able to have three sports legends all wear the same number.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2018
• But even so, some bacteria have by chance lucked onto resistance.
  — Bradley J. Fikes, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 May 2017
• If that happens, the Avs would almost certainly have to thank him for this run and wish him luck.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 9 May 2026
• Money takes discipline, skill, and often luck.
  — John Winsor, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
• To win the World Cup, a team needs luck—luck that the ball bounces its way and its key players don’t get injured.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
• Will better luck be enough to power the Chiefs into the postseason?
  — Jacob Camenker, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
• In telling them, Ramo often attributes his achievements to luck, or to being in the right place at the right time.
  — Susan Hassler, IEEE Spectrum, 20 July 2016
• The Bucks lucked or skillfully jockeyed (take your pick) their way into the No.
  — Gary D'amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2018
• When judging others, assume all failure is due to bad decisions and all success was due to luck.
  — Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025
• Ken Crawley lucked out in the first quarter when Kaelin Clay dropped a touchdown pass on third down.
  — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 7 Jan. 2018
• This is why startup success should not be reduced to luck, charisma, or access to capital.
  — Dileep Rao, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• The Scullys lucked out this year with leftovers from a graduation party the day before.
  — Henry J. Morgan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2018
• The Bears lucked into Mack because the Raiders felt backed into a corner.
  — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2019
• Toronto and New York haven’t lucked or stumbled or Concacafed their way this far.
  — Brian Straus, SI.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• Fletcher and Okada wished Mark Briscoe luck in finding a partner.
  — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
• And his Statcast profile indicates this isn’t simply luck.
  — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 5 May 2026