fortuity
IPA: fɔrtˈuɪti
noun
- (uncountable) The state of being fortuitous.
- (countable) A fortuitous event; an accident.
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Examples of "fortuity" in Sentences
- Only fortuity and strength had saved the few like Van Hast.
- Dam you both seem to have some intestinal fortuity to maybe stand up and get the help needed to be able to deal in the real world.
- Thanks to the central administration's backing, and the fortuity of events, we have a chance to do some major hiring while making other transformational changes.
- They provide up close accounts of the bombings and their aftermath and illustrate how survival often hinged on the fortuity of just where they were at the time of the blast.
- Whether this model came about by malicious design or fortuity, the result is legal way to prevent consumers from exercising consumer choice and punishing companies for poor service.
- If, according to some, Friday the 13th is an unlucky day, then shouldn't Friday the 7th (because 7 has been identified by many as a lucky number) be full of fortuity and good things?
- Locals may recall his collaboration with composer John Adams for the San Francisco Opera production of Doctor Atomic (which, in an instance of festival fortuity, is documented in Jon Else's Wonders Are Many).
- From the Telegraph story: “Bordeaux winegrowers have a habit of throwing in superlatives about vintages and the sceptical may question the fortuity of such a great year given that Bordeaux sales have been falling in the wake of the 2005 boom.”
- Thanks to fountains of chai, insomnia, neurosis, random bursts of manic energy, well wishes from the well wishers, angels of serendipity, and surreal twist of fortuity, "The Domestic Crusaders" was born and finished as a present to myself on my 23rd birthday.
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