How to Use lucky in a Sentence

lucky

adjective
  • I feel lucky to be alive.
  • He scored a goal on a lucky shot.
  • I count myself lucky to know you.
  • We're lucky that things turned out as well as they did.
  • 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.
  • Tickets were available only for the lucky few.
  • Their meeting was a lucky accident.
  • Clark, 53, was one of the lucky ones in the last shutdown.
    — Derek Hawkins, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Blair has the best mommy in the world and is so lucky to have you.
    — Jordana Comiter, People.com, 22 July 2025
  • One lucky person was picked to throw the switch and light the tree.
    — Lisa Thompson, Arkansas Online, 25 Dec. 2021
  • The man was lucky to get one pitch to hit per at-bat, if that.
    — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
  • There are the winners but mostly the losers, the lucky and the unlucky.
    — Vogue, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Tony wasn’t hurt, but one of his friends wasn’t so lucky.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022
  • And that’s how all the teams lived, though not so much the lucky ones from Moscow.
    — Simon Shuster, TIME, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The crime film will be lucky to even crack the top five in its debut.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025
  • One of the most lethal forms of cancer, how on earth was that lucky?
    — Eric Idle, Time, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The rest of the junk-food economy might not be so lucky.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Salaries have not caught up, for those lucky enough to still have jobs.
    — Suzan Haidamous, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The Cowboys would be lucky to get off that cheap with Lamb.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 14 June 2023
  • So lucky to be able to make as many seasons of this show.
    — Bonnie Marcus, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • London and the rest of the UK might not be so lucky come winter.
    — Sommer Saadi, Bloomberg.com, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And Matthew, their three children, and the legendary Ma Mac get to be the lucky guinea pigs.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The shortest straw wins Lizzie — and Kezzie is the lucky winner.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2022
  • On the other hand, the Tyrannosaurus rex has been lucky.
    — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Feeling lucky on Friday the 13 th ?
    — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
  • June was of those adults a few lucky teens sometimes meet, the ones who help to shine a few lights on the life pathways most upbringings leave dark.
    — Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
  • There was no lucky winner for the jackpot.
    — Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2026
  • And lucky for you, this year’s is even bigger and better.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The results reveal the country’s luckiest states, cities, stores and lottery retailers in that span.
    — Scott Butler, Florida Times-Union, 10 Feb. 2026

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