How to Use for luck in a Sentence

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  • Yellow is for luck, red is for love and white undies bring peace.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Buy and wear red or yellow underwear for luck with love and money.
    — Jessica Perez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • James believed, instead, in the concept of fors, the Latin word for luck or chance.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2022
  • People have been lining up to take selfies with it, and to rub its testicles for luck.
    — Valeria Ricciulli, Curbed, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The mother sits at the computer desk, wearing her ruby bracelet for luck.
    — Rebecca Curtis, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
  • Herman Quintero was cracking jokes about the lottery, touching just below his right eye for luck.
    — Ambar Castillo, STAT, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The festival is a time to gather with family, share a meal and wish for luck or prosperity.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Bid four hearts, especially if vulnerable, and hope for luck.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Pulling the turkey's wishbone for luck after a meal is a tradition that began in ancient Italy.
    — Terry Baddoo, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Other customs for luck include kissing at midnight, eating 12 grapes, and having a dark-haired male be the first to enter your home.
    — Brandi D. Addison, Cincinnati Enquirer, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Photos this week showed many students visiting temples to light incense and pray for good results, with some teachers distributing zongzi, or rice dumplings, for luck.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN, 7 June 2023
  • The temple maintains a series of shelving units to hold the thousands of maneki neko that visitors have bought, scribbled their names and wishes on and left behind for luck.
    — Hanya Yanagihara Kyoko Hamada, New York Times, 10 May 2023
  • Crowds hover perilously close to their hooves to stroke the horses’ hearts for luck, or applaud wildly as the aristocratic jockeys ride them dashingly in and out of palaces.
    — James Collard, Robb Report, 25 July 2021
  • Finally, with the boom of a cannon and the roar of the crowd, each team member and coach rubs Howard’s Rock for luck before hurtling down the hill toward the home sideline.
    — Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Competitors and onlookers bet on the outcomes, often invoking Macuilxochitl, god of games, for luck.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2020
  • Layering for luck Meanwhile, Chiefs fan Johnny Mendez sends his favorite team good vibes with the help of his lucky underwear.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Just as Bucky insisted that Buck take his two-dollar bill on the prior mission for luck, Bubbles gives Crosby his lucky snowglobe.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The Chinese word for orange closely resembles the words for luck and wealth, making the fruit a popular Lunar New Year gift.
    — Samantha Nelson, chicagotribune.com, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Guests choose a gua sha to accompany their treatment based on their goals for the treatment—rose quartz for love and self-esteem, blue sodalite for peace and harmony, or green aventurine for luck and new opportunities.
    — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The holiday, which is celebrated across multiple countries in east Asia, is about welcoming a new year with hopes for luck and prosperity Out with the old, in with the new!
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Many of us eat field peas for luck on January 1, but to limit them to a single winter day (or use only the ubiquitous black-eyed kind) is to miss out on their delightful versatility.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Spread all the luck, prosperity and smiles this year with these cute Lunar New Year cookies — each is hand decorated with red icing for luck and yellow icing for heroism.
    — Jacorey Moon, Good Housekeeping, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Finally, the starring attraction of the south end is children engaging in a dragon dance with a 44-foot dragon puppet, under a canopy of red silk for luck and firecrackers to ward off evil spirits.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The style is a direct descendant of the midcentury prep staple — the one students used to tuck coins into for luck — reworked by Miu Miu in supple leather and finished with that gold logo plate.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The show, sponsored by the Chinese American Club, also featured raffle prizes, box lunches, red bean cakes and traditional red envelopes containing crisp $2 bills for luck and prosperity.
    — Daniella Walsh, Oc Register, 1 Mar. 2026

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