Example sentences for: serendipity

How can you use “serendipity” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The selection of his major discipline, which would eventually be called visual neuroscience, may have been serendipity or choice.

  • But I was drawn to the argument of Space Between Words for two reasons: First, it treats words as physical objects produced by physical means and designed to be understood by physical beings; and second, it reminds us of the breathtaking role serendipity can play in matters of language.

  • Good magazines are exercises in serendipity.

  • While the operation of serendipity is much to be desired in the drug seeking process, errant methodology is the least desired path to discovery.

  • Serendipity was coined by Horace Walpole from the fairy tale, The Three Princes of Serendip (the ancient name for Ceylon), who often set sail for one destination and found something even better, by fortunate accident.


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