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How to use lucky in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun

Lucky means favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune. Example: “The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.”

Examples of lucky by meaning

adjectiveFavoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.

  • a lucky adventurer
  • The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.
  • The luckier and less disabled ones manned lifts or were posted at the doors of public buildings, a uniformed and bemedalled conciergerie who were more often than not unhelpful, making the most of whatever petty authority they were invested with.2011, Alan Bennett, “Baffled at a Bookcase”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15

adjectiveProducing, or resulting in, good fortune.

  • a lucky mistake
  • a lucky cast
  • a lucky hour

More sentences with lucky

  • Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited.From the entry inherit
  • We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.From the entry plenty
  • He got lucky in the past week with two different women.From the entry get lucky
  • I think your guardian angel was working overtime this week. You're lucky to be unscathed.From the entry guardian angel
  • If you're lucky, she might give you the time of day.From the entry give the time of day
  • Helen is a real spark plug. We're lucky she's on the team.From the entry spark plug
  • I'm lucky to be alive. The bus missed me by a whisker.From the entry by a whisker
  • I was lucky to test HIV negative after not having used condoms consistently with multiple partners.From the entry HIV negative
  • You lucky girl! Granny's knitted you an egg cosy for your birthday!From the entry egg cosy
  • It turns out that he just made a lucky guess.From the entry turn out
  • Consider yourself lucky, but consider your opponent skillful.From the entry consider
  • I keep this red stone as a lucky mascot and always put it on my desk in exams.From the entry mascot
  • You are the lucky beneficiary of this special offer.From the entry beneficiary
  • At 17, she got her lucky break when she appeared on television and became a popular musician overnight.From the entry lucky break
  • One of these days, he won't be so lucky.From the entry one of these days
  • Her lucky pen coinstantiates a writing implement, a souvenir, and a hair stick to hold her hair bun!From the entry coinstantiate
  • The home team really pulled off a surprise in the bottom of the ninth. It made for some really exciting baseball for all these lucky fans out here today.From the entry home team
  • He says I'll be lucky if I get it to connect.2025 October 15, 'Mystery Shopper', “About Anglia... and high scores”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 54. From the entry work
  • Some people realize this sooner, and these are the lucky ones.2023 May 26, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 0:40 from the start, in Zelenskyy surprises the Johns Hopkins commencement ceremony, MSNBC, archived…. From the entry time
  • My husband wasn’t so lucky and didn’t get to swing at all so was very disappointed.2023 October 26, Eleanor Gordon-Smith, anonymous quotee, “My husband persuaded me to swing. I’m desperate to do it again, he’s not – what…. From the entry swing
  • Unlike the Grimace Shake incident, the Barbie Shake "yassifies," or glamorizes, its lucky drinkers.2023 July 15, Joy Saha, “The great shake-down: How Grimace and Barbie milkshakes became TikTok's favorite props”, in Salon.com, archived…. From the entry yassify
  • Well, ronsmith7, today is your lucky day because this journalist is interested in those issues.2021 July 1, Stephen Harrison, “Wikipedia's War on the Daily Mail”, in Slate, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2023. From the entry this
  • Lucky for you, these two good dogs are here to remind you to eat your veggies.2021 August 11, Bec Heim, “Good boys: The funniest dog videos to get you through the day”, in Film Daily. From the entry cronch
  • “You were lucky the shot was fouled,” said a dispassionate voice.2020, Yoon Ha Lee, Phoenix Extravagant, start of chapter 21. From the entry foul
  • Hong Kong is lucky as many of its top nightlife zones are right next to each other.2019 February 16, Ed Peters, “Best Hong Kong Nightlife: 10 of the Hottest Bars and Clubs”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 25…. From the entry NoHo
  • “You lucky bugger,” he valedicted, “I wish I could get away from this dump for a year.”2018, Tibor Fischer, The Thought Gang. From the entry valedict
  • He should feel lucky I agreed to test out this bird-nesting custody arrangement this month.2017, Etta Faire, Feliz Navi-Dead: A Sketchy Matchmaker Mystery. From the entry bird-nesting
  • I think the appeal is the high skill ceiling mixed with ample opportunities for fun lucky shots.2017 May 9, Toby Newman, “Free Rocket League for the weekend & sale on steam”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action (Usenet). From the entry skill ceiling
  • He thanked his lucky stars he had brought the extra heavy duty conduits in that morning.2016, A.K. Brown, Jumpstart (Champagne Universe Series: Book 1), page 31. From the entry thank one's lucky stars
  • Atletico can count themselves lucky to get a penalty against Uefalona.2016 April 13, ni...devx.co.nz, “UCL QF 2nd Legs [R]”, in rec.sport.soccer (Usenet). From the entry UEFAlona
  • Besides, if I got a word in edgeways during each call I'd be lucky.2014, Emma O’Reilly, with Shannon Kyle, “Old Wounds”, in The Race to Truth: Blowing the Whistle on Lance Armstrong and Cycling’s Doping…. From the entry get a word in edgeways
  • Why am I so lucky life is looking up on me!2014 July 26, “Foxes Talk”, in Leicester City Fans Forum, retrieved 13 Jan 2015. From the entry Rex Hunt
  • Lucky Strike undecks the table, but does not dare touch my cursed china.2013, Troy Blacklaws, Blood Orange. From the entry undeck
  • I was lucky enough to get six free crates of beans every week.2013, Simon Mitchell, The Great Stinkathlon. From the entry silent-but-violent

Meaning of lucky

  1. adjective Favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.
  2. adjective Producing, or resulting in, good fortune.
  3. noun Seven.

Full definition of lucky

Questions about lucky in a sentence

How do you use lucky in a sentence?
Lucky is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The downed pilot is very lucky to be alive.”
What is a short sentence with lucky?
“a lucky adventurer”
What does lucky mean?
Lucky means favoured by luck; fortunate; having good success or good fortune.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lucky (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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