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Example sentences for "luck would"

  • Twas no battle after all; for, as ill-luck would have it, just as we faced them and bade them come on, the alderman of the Bridge Ward rode up.

  • Twas a long swim, and the tide carried me far down to Rotherhithe, where, as luck would have it, as I neared shore I struck against something floating on the stream.

  • As luck would have it, I was hailed, as I rowed under London Bridge, by a man from a vessel which had just dropped anchor in the pool.

  • As luck would have it, I was able to purchase from him, that very same evening, a number of excellent mules, which he very generously had offered to place at my disposal without payment.

  • The souls and evil spirits of the lake leapt out and dispatched numerous arrows to kill the dove, but, as luck would have it, dove and bappo (gourds) escaped unhurt.

  • As luck would have it, on a certain day while making a second journey through the Wei Yang district, he heard the news that the Salt Commissioner appointed this year was Lin Ju-hai.

  • Here, as luck would have it, the wreck of a sail hanging down from the deck above formed a kind of screen, where I might rest for the present secure from observation.

  • As ill-luck would have it, it was a charcoal stove, and he was suffocated and brought home like a dead man.

  • Then, as ill-luck would have it, there came the postman.

  • At fourteen years old, I was studying Gemoreh with the commentaries, and, as luck would have it, under Zerach Kneip.

  • Now, as luck would have it, at that very moment the poison took effect, and the elephant fell to the ground stone dead.

  • As luck would have it, there was no sentinel at this point, and she cut a long slit in the buffalo-skin curtain.

  • As luck would have it, he broke her back and she dropped to the sod.

  • As luck would have it, he carried a long stick in his hand, which he had used in order to punch the fire in the furnace.

  • As luck would have it, a Colonel Leavenworth was then at Council Bluffs with a detachment of United States troopers.

  • The point drew nearer and nearer, and I could see Beatrice Haldane standing rigidly still against the somber pines, when, as ill-luck would have it, the dark branches set up a roaring as a wild gust swept down.

  • But, as ill--luck would have it, the two Bouncers were beforehand with me.

  • Being almost desperate about it, I began to whistle, wondering how far I should get before I lost my windpipe: and as luck would have it, my lips fell into that strange tune I had practised last; the one I had heard from Charlie.

  • But I didn't drive off the grade into the gulch till last thing, as luck would have it.

  • As luck would have it, Will Noggin, once a groom in our service and now a trooper of the Dragoon Guards, was leaning lazily against the grey wall, taking his ease.

  • As luck would have it, our solicitor was in the act of pushing open the swing-doors.

  • As luck would have it, I chanced to overhear two Eastern beggars discussing the customs and institutions of Boston.

  • Well, sir, as luck would have it, 'bout a week later the kid got so stuck on me that he told me his story.

  • But, as luck would have it, they passed me by, and I escaped a searching.

  • As luck would have it, one of the steers at this moment came up close to the fence, to scratch his hide on the knots.

  • As luck would have it, Lola's interview with him came at just the right moment, for he was alternating ballet with opera and was in want of a fresh attraction.

  • As luck would have it, by the same mail a second letter, offering a solution of the problem, arrived from an Anglo-Indian friend.

  • This was her military friend, who, as luck would have it, was still lingering in Bath, where he had evidently discovered some special attraction.

  • As luck would have it, Pache tripped over a stone and fell.

  • As luck would have it, it ended in an impasse; they had to retrace their steps, running the gauntlet of the bullets, and take the turning to the right.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "luck would" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    alcoholic fermentation; bold enough; both kingdoms; constant volume; each corner; even number; fore wings; four more; free papers; immense concourse; lactic acid; long chalk; loving heart; luck would; lucky enough; lucky fellow; lucky thing; marine engine; mental alienation; noble race; sodger laddie; sweet smiles; thy love; yellow color; young artists