How to Use fortunate in a Sentence

fortunate

adjective
  • How fortunate we were to find that restaurant!
  • We should try to help others who are less fortunate than ourselves.
  • Very fortunate to play with a group of guys like this.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026
  • But even those fortunate few pay a steep price.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • One risk too many in what had seemed the most fortunate of lives.
    — Jeffrey Eugenides, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Gazelle said the park was fortunate the fire did not spread.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Tom was less fortunate on that score.
    — Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Oceana – and the oceans – are fortunate to have her on our side.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Heath feels fortunate to still be alive.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Was fortunate enough to win three.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This was among his least fortunate.
    — Sam McDowell October 27, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The Padres are so fortunate to have great fans.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Both my wife and I were quite fortunate.
    — Steve Vernon, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Would feel very fortunate to get Gus and great about that.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The Sabres were fortunate to come out of this game with a point.
    — Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2026
  • But these brands were fortunate.
    — James Richardson, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • You're blessed, very blessed, very fortunate.
    — Senior Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Anyone who sat with me was just very fortunate.
    — Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Perhaps the most fortunate among us are those for whom the two go hand in hand.
    — Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2023
  • His home was spared, but many of his constituents were not so fortunate.
    — New York Times, 16 May 2022
  • Thursday’s trip back to the ocean was not just for five fortunate fur seals.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2022
  • Lauren, who was fortunate enough to snag the shirt, wears it all the time.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
  • To me, that means Jonathan was very fortunate to hook up with us as well.
    — Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Last year wasn’t so fortunate on the injury front.
    — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Those are the words of someone who feels fortunate to still be here — and is.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Beck said that the team has been fortunate to dodge the injury bug, for the most part.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Just fortunate enough to be scoring right now.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Dulce was a person who left her mark on those of us who were fortunate enough to know her.
    — Natalia Cano, Billboard, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Most walk-ons are fortunate to see even one pass thrown their way or one chance at a tackle.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The Celtics had to feel fortunate to trail by just 6 points at the break.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021

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