luckier; luckiest
1
: having good luck
2
: happening by chance : fortuitous
3
: producing or resulting in good by chance : favorable
4
: seeming to bring good luck
a lucky rabbit's foot
Examples of lucky in a Sentence
We're lucky that things turned out as well as they did.
I feel lucky to be alive.
I count myself lucky to know you.
“I managed to get a ticket!” “Lucky you! They were all sold out by the time I got there.”
Tickets were available only for the lucky few.
The lucky winner will be given a brand new car.
I know you'll enjoy the show if you're lucky enough to get a ticket.
He scored a goal on a lucky shot.
Their meeting was a lucky accident.
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Here are luckiest numbers, places to play Did anyone win Powerball last night, September 20, 2025?
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Chris Sims, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2025
Today, more than two decades on, Archer is clear-eyed about his lucky breaks.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
The lucky subject here is Nvidia, which transformed overnight from a graphics card manufacturer mostly obsessed over by gamers who wanted to max out their graphics settings, to a chipmaker at the center of the artificial intelligence boom.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
The lucky finder this time was Mateusz Lachowicz.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Chris Sims, IndyStar, 21 Sep. 2025
Today, more than two decades on, Archer is clear-eyed about his lucky breaks.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
The lucky subject here is Nvidia, which transformed overnight from a graphics card manufacturer mostly obsessed over by gamers who wanted to max out their graphics settings, to a chipmaker at the center of the artificial intelligence boom.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
The lucky finder this time was Mateusz Lachowicz.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lucky
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“Lucky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lucky. Accessed 23 Sep. 2025.
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