stroke of luck

collocation in English

meaningsofstrokeandluck

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withstrokeorluck.
stroke
noun
uk
/strəʊk/us
/stroʊk/
a sudden change in the blood supply to a part of the brain, sometimes causing a loss of the ability to move particular parts of ...
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luck
noun[U]
uk
/lʌk/us
/lʌk/
the force that causes things, especially good things, to happen to you by chance and not as a result of your own efforts ...
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(Definition ofstrokeandluckfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstroke of luck

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Before they started, there was astrokeofluck.
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Thisstrokeofluck, destiny or divine intervention has prompted our article.
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Astrokeofluckbefalls us by chance - just happening to be in the right place at the right time.
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It was astrokeofluck.
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If, by somestrokeofluck, the economy should turn, it would be difficult to produce the coal required for industry.
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Occasionally one has astrokeoflucknot in the political sense but in another sense.
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It was a sheerstrokeofluckthat it gained market access, which has made all the difference to that community.
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They lived on in the hope that they would have somestrokeofluck.
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It was only by astrokeofluckthat there was not serious injury or death among those on board.
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That has been astrokeofluckfor the person who was given the opportunity to live in the bungalow.
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This country has had astrokeofluck.
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That has not come about by astrokeofluck.
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I should have thought in cases of this kind it would be better to adopt the principle of attaining long-term security rather than a short-termstrokeofluck.
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That was an amazingstrokeofluckbecause it pushed the hospital confrontation from the top of the news in every bulletin to item three, four or five.
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Happy accomplishes his mission by astrokeofluck.
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It was at this point that the team had yet anotherstrokeofluck.
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By quite astrokeofluck, he was able to procure a radio frequency and transmitter for $201.
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But this wasn't astrokeofluck.
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In astrokeofluck, the vet has plenty of experience in child birth.
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But by a badstrokeofluck, his girlfriend suddenly shows up.
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