How to Use fortunate in a Sentence
fortunate
adjective
- How fortunate we were to find that restaurant!
- We should try to help others who are less fortunate than ourselves.
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Once again, the Bucks are fortunate that isn’t the case.
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Brian Sampson,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2023
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This will be a fortunate time to live life to the fullest!
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Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
29 Dec. 2024
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The Celtics were fortunate to lead 48-43 at the half – in more ways than one.
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Globe Staff,
BostonGlobe.com,
16 May 2022
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The Broncos have been fortunate that the defense has been one of the best in the league.
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Ryan McFadden,
The Denver Post,
3 Oct. 2024
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The Browns were fortunate to be down only 13-10 at the half.
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cleveland,
23 Oct. 2022
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Lauren, who was fortunate enough to snag the shirt, wears it all the time.
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Deanna Kizis,
Sunset Magazine,
22 Sep. 2022
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And only a fortunate few seem to be getting the best of it.
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Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Oct. 2023
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Perhaps the most fortunate among us are those for whom the two go hand in hand.
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Barbara Spindel,
The Christian Science Monitor,
1 May 2023
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But five of her friends, two of them hostages in Gaza and three of them dead, were less fortunate.
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Roger Cohen Avishag Shaar-Yashuv,
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2023
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And those of us off campus are fortunate that’s the case.
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Kara Milstein,
TIME,
9 May 2024
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To me, that means Jonathan was very fortunate to hook up with us as well.
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Rob Tannenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Sep. 2023
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At the ages of 8 and 6, my kids, Melanie and Billy, were fortunate to have a bathroom just for the two of them.
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BostonGlobe.com,
22 July 2022
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Eleven-year-old Aafreen from Haslam Park school, was one of the fortunate children to meet the King.
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Simon Perry,
Peoplemag,
20 Jan. 2023
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This is a fortunate aspect of the timing of the storm itself.
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Dave Epstein,
BostonGlobe.com,
14 Mar. 2023
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Those who weren’t so fortunate may well have opened the door, hoping to fill the holes in their lives.
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Hiroko Yoda,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2022
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The last couple of years have been very fortunate for me, despite all that’s gone on in the world.
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Martin Draluck,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2022
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Thursday’s trip back to the ocean was not just for five fortunate fur seals.
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Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2022
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Athenian, a small school in Danville, also was on the fortunate side of the draw.
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Joseph Dycus,
The Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2024
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Bless those who are here and those who are in our hearts, and all those who are not as fortunate on this day.
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Elizabeth Berry,
Woman's Day,
21 July 2022
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The more fortunate ones had younger relatives and friends who were able to do it for them.
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Dorothy Dworkin,
Sun Sentinel,
5 May 2022
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Dulce was a person who left her mark on those of us who were fortunate enough to know her.
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Natalia Cano,
Billboard,
26 Dec. 2024
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Old bench boss Jeff Blashill should have been so fortunate.
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Kevin Paul Dupont,
BostonGlobe.com,
8 Oct. 2022
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The crowd at the exit seems to be about half-and-half ticket-holders and those who weren’t so fortunate.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
3 Nov. 2023
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And Sauron is just fortunate enough to be in the position to provide it.
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Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2024
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All of us who were fortunate enough to know you and love you and call you friend will miss you terribly .
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Dana Rose Falcone,
Peoplemag,
19 July 2024
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The smoke, though, hangs heavy in the air, a reminder not everyone was so fortunate.
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Tom Hallman,
oregonlive,
11 Aug. 2023
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His home was spared, but many of his constituents were not so fortunate.
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New York Times,
16 May 2022
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Adding to the Broncos’ luck … Bo Nix very fortunate his second-down pass didn’t get picked.
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Matt Schubert,
The Denver Post,
28 Dec. 2024
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