In a sentence
Six example sentences with fortuitous, each labelled with its topic.
Penicillin arrived through a fortuitous mold spore that drifted onto a plate somebody had forgotten to wash.
Science
The gull entering the frame was entirely fortuitous, and it turned an ordinary harbor shot into the exhibition's poster.
Photography
Missing the connection proved fortuitous: the delay put them in the village on the one night of the festival.
Travel
The famous riff was fortuitous, a mistake the guitarist made while tuning that the producer insisted on keeping.
Music
A fortuitous bounce off the back rim dropped the ball through the net as the buzzer sounded.
Basketball
The company's first big client came from a fortuitous seat on a delayed flight, next to a purchasing director.
Startups
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