by some miracle
idiom
: surprisingly : amazingly
By some miracle, I was on time for work every day this week.
Examples of by some miracle in a Sentence
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Bruce and the motorcycle slid beneath the truck; by some miracle, the vehicle came to a halt before killing the boy.
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Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
If by some miracle the perpetually online actually bought tickets to see Morbius in a theater, well, great.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 6 June 2022
This year's Prime Day markdowns have come and gone, but by some miracle, Amazon is still packed with deals that could rival the two-day sale event.
—Tess Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2021
Thalken, the music director, was able to weave new orchestrations around surprisingly good recordings of the Merkin Hall rehearsal and concert; musicians recorded the new parts in their homes; the producers mixed the result; and by some miracle what emerged sounded pristine.
—New York Times, 2 May 2021
If by some miracle in comes in less than that, investors can breathe a sigh of relief.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 18 July 2022
Two months later, by some miracle, Crenshaw is traveling to San Francisco to play for a CIF state championship on Saturday.
—Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
Then, by some miracle, everything changed.
—Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 7 July 2022
But even if by some miracle Manchin could be talked into supporting the billionaire tax, rich people would challenge it in court, and the IRS already has its hands full getting rich people to obey far less complex tax laws.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2022
Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
If by some miracle the perpetually online actually bought tickets to see Morbius in a theater, well, great.
—Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 6 June 2022
This year's Prime Day markdowns have come and gone, but by some miracle, Amazon is still packed with deals that could rival the two-day sale event.
—Tess Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2021
Thalken, the music director, was able to weave new orchestrations around surprisingly good recordings of the Merkin Hall rehearsal and concert; musicians recorded the new parts in their homes; the producers mixed the result; and by some miracle what emerged sounded pristine.
—New York Times, 2 May 2021
If by some miracle in comes in less than that, investors can breathe a sigh of relief.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 18 July 2022
Two months later, by some miracle, Crenshaw is traveling to San Francisco to play for a CIF state championship on Saturday.
—Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022
Then, by some miracle, everything changed.
—Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 7 July 2022
But even if by some miracle Manchin could be talked into supporting the billionaire tax, rich people would challenge it in court, and the IRS already has its hands full getting rich people to obey far less complex tax laws.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2022
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