How To Use Lucky In A Sentence

If you are lucky enough to have a grassy paddock, it's worth the effort to get a couple of horses or a flock of sheep standing in just the right place.
We were a bit unlucky with the group. The Sun
Some lucky local with an open fire had determined the evening warranted a little extra cheer, more than the central heating could provide, and had lit a small blaze on his hearth.
Brunhild, a mischievous, strong-minded goldfish (the voice of Noah Cyrus, Miley's younger sister), is determined to become a little girl when she's rescued from a jar and befriended by Sosuke (the voice of Frankie Jonas, the Jonas Brothers 'kid brother), a plucky, self-reliant 5-year-old. No Time's Right for 'Traveler's Wife'
Not everyone was so lucky, and a lot of people, as always, took the off-ramp from Life. Tallulah Morehead: Dead Folks 2010: Everyone's Pushing Up Roses

You're very lucky to be alive after that accident.
A couple have told how they are lucky to be alive after a horse pulling their carriage ran amok and started a stampede during a holiday pleasure trip.
I think that it is because a man, to be attractive, must be free to give his whole time to it, and the Canadian male is so hounded by taxes and the rigours of our climate, that he is lucky to be alive, without being irresistible as well. 2009 June 30 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS
I still date chicks who are lucky to own a bedframe. 15 Annoying Things Most Girlfriends Do (That You Have to Put Up With) | Manolith
Alex's is predestined, of course, and lucky for him he's able to stand up to it. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
It was a responsible situation he felt for a boy of thirteen, and he meant to do his very best to keep it now that he had been lucky enough to get it; in the far-off future, too, he saw himself no longer the van-boy, but in the proud position now occupied by Joshua as driver, and this he considered, though a lofty, was by no means an unreasonable ambition. Our Frank and other stories
The fishing was certainly tough but several lucky anglers did connect with good fish.
The Norwegian's header across goal seemed to leave Arveladze with an unmissable chance, but Culkin made a brave stop and was extremely unlucky that the rebound fell to Reyna, who scored from six yards.
He's gone straight to the top, the lucky bastard.
He is also tall, good-looking and ferociously lucky. Times, Sunday Times
The guy had one arm in a plaster cast and he's lucky it's not two now.
It is unlucky, but I am not an unlucky person. Times, Sunday Times
And when the Monkeewrench crew - computer geeks who made a fortune on games, now assisting the cops with special anticrime soft-ware - are invited by the FBI to investigate a series of murder videos posted to the Web, it's not long before the group discovers the frightening link between the unlucky bride and the latest, most horrific use of the Internet yet. Shoot to Thrill by P. J. Tracy: Book summary
Most mornings, we're lucky if we have time to eat a bowl of cereal or toast a slice of bread.
Lucky for you teens, Jessica hasn't been flashing any particularly noticeable jewelry on her fingers.
Does he feel he was unlucky in getting to the top just as the good years came to an end? Times, Sunday Times
A number of our friends lined up for cuddles with the wee darling, and several photos of people who we had not hitherto suspected of being clucky fussing Rebecca now exist.
On Sunday they did not do themselves justice tactically or in terms of conviction, but they are extremely lucky to have a chance of making amends so quickly.
La película ronda alrededor de la canción "Lucky Manuelo", que compone Jean Vereecken para que cante su hija. Veruscio Diary Entry
And if you get a history of going in and mentioning things that have not really been a problem very long, if you're not very lucky, you get a doctor who writes down "hypochondriac" or "drug-seeking," and then when it's still a problem later, you've got that to deal with. Mrissa: Hollywood broken leg theory
And if you're really lucky, it will tell you who they bequeathed their money to. The Sun
Running around this landscape of giant heathers, you will also see ostriches, bonteboks, baboons and, if you are lucky, a fly-past from a blue crane.
Mark is one of the lucky ones-he at least has somewhere to sleep.
The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
We are all bornwith a serious and unalterable defect: We grow old — at least the lucky among us do — and then we die. Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive
Every four years, our brave lads and lasses tend to venture to foreign slopes with faint expectations, which will be duly fulfilled, as they wind up racing to a plucky 32nd in the giant slalom or 29th in the luge.
We are lucky because we have a ringside seat. The Sun
They'll be lucky with relationship kryptonite — the in-laws — there ... The Sun
If you are lucky enough to get a true wild turkey, the flavor match with the mole sauce is fantastic.
That diamond horseshoe is her lucky charm.
What she offers for six lucky passengers is simple comfort, sumptuous meals and bags of character. Times, Sunday Times
We have one every three minutes or so, whereas Albert Square is lucky to see one a year.
Steeton reserves were unlucky to go down to a one goal defeat at league leaders Bay Athletic.
Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center dug up a pristine copy of this classic film and scheduled two showings; I was one of the lucky few who got a chance to see it.
But the Gods were once more on my side, I took very kindly to flying instruction, but again I was lucky.
If you're really lucky a Central Line train will already be standing there waiting with its doors gaping open.
I wrote two awful essays and was lucky to scrape through the exam.
If you're really lucky, you may be able to locate a hunk of lard.
Although she was lucky not to have been separated from her son, Noreen was shocked by the situation they found themselves in.
The kindness you show to a colleague surprises some people but has a lucky outcome for you. The Sun
He was lucky to escape with just a bruised ego when he fell off his bike.
Lucky for me I brought the full-faced respirator and self-contained breathing apparatus with me.
The non- white Americans are the lucky guys in a new America. Dr T.P.Chia
A lucky crew might see six such nests on a half-day hike.
She's off to Greece for a month-lucky devil!
If they are very lucky there may be some fruit, wild plums or a crab apple.
They were lucky to escape with only mild concussion and bruising.
He was lucky to have chosen traits in his plants that are governed by such genotypic interactions by luck; if he'd observed phenotypes influenced by polyploidy he would probably have concluded that 'god did it.' Full Text Of Obama's Big Race Speech: A Big Break With Political Precedent
You can think yourself lucky you didn't get mugged.
The lucky winner will be able to choose from three different holidays.
He was lucky enough to find one of the walrus ' tusks whole and undamaged. THE BROKEN GOD
a plucky lampooner of the administration.
I should add that we are very lucky.
But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with. George Washington
For the pain of failing to catch some shut-eye at night is known only to those unlucky ones who experience sleep disorders.
Some lucky people are endowed with both brains and beauty.
We were a little bit unlucky in one or two situations, then the goalkeeper saves and it is 0-0. Times, Sunday Times
The Germans were lucky to beat Hungary in 1954, lucky to beat the Dutch in 1974 and fluked their way to the final in 2002. Truth takes a battering in the great World Cup cliche game
Other youngsters are not so lucky.
I'm lucky that beast didn't bite my arm off.
Lucky money is given to kids as a token of luck and best wishes.
You escaped serious injury by a whisker, so consider yourselves very lucky.
The unlucky bobble saw the ball hit Merris on the arm as he swung to clear and referee Phil Prosser pointed to the spot.
Plucky Anna bounces back from her ordeal the next morning, so eager is she to get a Van Gogh back to the nice lady who deserves it, but a Romanian tycoon dispatches a tiny hit woman to steal the painting away. Touch of Evil
The Swiss have an interesting army. Five hundred years without a war. Pretty impressive. Also pretty lucky for them. Ever seen that little Swiss Army knife they have to fight with? Not much of a weapon there. Corkscrews. Bottle openers. "Come on, buddy, let's go. You get past me, the guy in the back of me, he's got a spoon. Back off, I've got the toe clippers right here". Jerry Seinfeld
An infinitesimally small step for mankind, maybe, but one ginormous step for this unlucky man.
Though I’m lucky, I suppose; the area where I live (Brooklyn) is lousy with freelancers, so delivery guys don’t give me any funny looks when I answer the door in jammies or look like I just woke up from a nap (though I usually don’t nap; I apparently just look sleepy when I’m really in the Zone with wordcount). Admitting to an infection of words «
The best of his five hopefuls is surely Lucky Story, who won four races last season.
Lucky for Gary, he's got quick reflexing and good hands. Gary Vaynerchuk is One Crazy, Wine-Swilling Dude
It is one of the results of the unlucky fancy of scholars for re-editing already accessible texts instead of devoting themselves to _anecdota_, that work of the first interest, like The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)
We've been very lucky with the weather.
Of course we had anticipated this, had prepared Lucky for Stone's questions.
Once again, almost all of the tax savings would go to that lucky 3 percent of filers with incomes above $200,000.
That lucky guy is a choice pickup for the girls.
The next passengers to experience an overshoot may not be so lucky.
Come on man it was on the table! definetely baglike tendencies and he is lucky my asian buddy didnt sucker punch him in top chef masters. Ajc.com - News
Lucky for us, the relationships that we formed allowed us a lot of freedom to explore what was really going on.
The organization has created 15 birding reserves, like the El Paujil Reserve, where birders may be lucky to see the endangered blue-billed curassow, at left. Guerrilla Birding
Go clint eastwood and carry a 44 magnum. 'you feelin lucky, punk? 'just kidding. I have a friend who is considering an Appalachian Trail hike.
Working while other people relax leads to a lucky meeting. The Sun
Hopefully she will keep coming to watch and be our lucky omen. The Sun
I was really amused by Chiaki's pickled ginger sushi, mostly because I was reminded of the web quiz where one of the Lucky Star girls got classified as gari (Konata?) after making fun of another (Kagami) who had been classified as kappa maki (cucumber roll): Is that even sushi? Anime Nano!
With a sigh of relief he recalled how lucky he was on the night he disposed of the clothes in the skip.
For the athlete, if he's lucky, it's a medal, world recognition, splashy endorsement deals, the adoration of millions of compatriots, whatever.
A celebrity lookalike is lucky for you. The Sun
They upped the ante, too, with Cold Play's "Viva La Vida," done with plucky violin daring, of course, "Rasputin," and a very drummy swing standard that brought the house down. Times Record News Stories
A lorry driver had a lucky escape after his vehicle and a tractor apparently collided and the lorry ploughed into a hedge.
After midnight, outspanning in a piercing wind, we formed square; main guard was posted over the General's car, and those lucky enough to escape turn of duty huddled together under cloaks and dozed fitfully until two-thirty. With Botha in the Field
Robert was lucky to escape with just a broken foot after being squashed against a fence by a car.
I'm lucky that I've had unwavering support on this from my parents, my friends, and my advisors.
If you’re really lucky, they’ll fry it in peanut oil, raw, not denatured, which is really healthy and adds great flavor! Junk food in Asia | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
This true eccentric was lucky enough to find a lover, Tom Lee, who gave Russell the kind of unstinting love and support most artists only dream of and which surely helped him realize his creative dreams. Bright Lights After Dark
With Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce in crisis -- yes, Roger really did do nothing about the impending loss of Lucky Strike and the ever odious Lee Garner Jr. really did let word seep out sooner than his promised 30 days -- Peggy performs well by giving her previously scheduled pitch on a campaign for one of Playtex's female products. William Bradley: Mad Men : Breach One "Chinese Wall" and You Just Want To Breach Another One An Hour Later
We always used to say the guys on the Ridge were lucky, the stork brought their babies.
You may be lucky and have an insurance company with a truly helpful customer service department. Medlogs - Recent stories
The romantic picture of the plucky David girding himself against the brutish Goliath is dangerously misleading.
What he and other scientists aren't so sure of is whether tetrahydrogestrinone - THG - was purposely designed to evade detection or if its creator got lucky.
His only interest was art and he was lucky that some of his teachers allowed him time to pursue this during school hours.
Do these kids know how lucky they are?" Jackson asked rhetorically.
We conceded only one chance and would have been very unlucky if they had scored. Times, Sunday Times
An outgoing tide can sometimes be a lucky charm when a channel current sweeps all the baitfish through it and the predator fish line up and wait for them.
He has also been accused of being a shameless self-publicist, boring, inarticulate and lucky.
Meet you, is my lucky, or just passing by.
Hey presto, his luck changes and he wins big on the roulette wheel and then scores in the bedroom with his lucky charm. Times, Sunday Times
I'm a thrice damned fool - lucky he has a well developed sense of humour eh?
He did not have on his other lucky charm, a pair of green socks.
He had always been lucky, and he did survive the storm, just as he had survived the war.
It was an audacious bid from the man who admitted that he was lucky to be alive after a serious cardiac condition in January. Times, Sunday Times
The mainstream, or what I call the borderline, bettor isn't interested unless it's strung out," said Jimmy Vaccaro, director of Lucky's sports books. Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines
She counted herself lucky that she still had a job.
Why, then, will publishers countenance huge spending on book launches when adult authors are lucky to get away with not paying for their own white wine in some fusty club?
We are extremely lucky that our documents ended up with an honest person. Times, Sunday Times
He considered himself lucky to have had the opportunity.
Of course, I suppose if the baby is lucky enough to be white, and the mother is motherly enough and/or unmotherly enough to be willing to place it for adoption, it might be adopted.
There are exceptions and they may strike lucky. Times, Sunday Times
For those lucky enough to have had clear skies, the partial solar eclipse yesterday was a wondrous sight. Times, Sunday Times
Mark is one of the lucky ones-he at least has somewhere to sleep.
If you're lucky, you'll visit on warm-coconut-rice-cake day, a small rice and coconut patty accompanied by a fresh oval slice of sweet mango.
Sometimes you'd be lucky enough to have money for an ice cream float or a soda pop.
They had a lucky escape when a car crashed into the front of their house.
Why, there is the knight your father, and my lady your mother; and there is her father that is half crazy with his religion, and her aunt that wears eternal black grogram for that unlucky Colonel Christian; and there is the Countess of Derby that would serve us all with the same sauce if we were thinking of anything that would displease her. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
You may thank your lucky stars that you were just slightly hurt while the others were either killed or maimed for life in that accident.
But I was lucky -- some of my choices were just hunches (though I've been a word origin buff all my life, which must count for something). Words, words, words ...
All names are placed in a hat and eight lucky names pulled are invited on stage for individual impromptu tuition.
I honestly feel bad for writing this, because maybe, just maybe, Walker and his band of happy-go-lucky good-time pals are actually the nicest people in the world and I'm being a jerk.
I feel lucky to live in an era where my relationship can be considered legally legitimate and I commend the UK Government for embracing this very basic Civil Liberty.
Manchester City moved three points clear at the top of Division One and extended their unbeaten home run to 14 games, but made hard work of disposing of plucky Preston.
Don't know what it is that's making me so clucky lately, but I reckon it's the new addition to my now trio of adored and spoilt nephews way back in the motherland. Lily-white Diary Entry
Finding the missing parts has been a lucky blending of good fortune and good detective work.
Roberts meant a lot to a vast audience of Pentecostals, those believers ridiculed - by atheists, agnostics and mainstream religions alike - as backwater snake charmers, poor, uneducated serfs lucky to scrape up enough money to pay the rent on the shack and procure "vittles" for Sunday dinner. Lonestartimes.com
British cinema loves a plucky underdog character. Times, Sunday Times
If you're lucky, you can sight one of the smaller numbers of red-shoulder hawks, red-tail hawks and the elusive, endangered Peregrine Falcon.
Plucky firefighter Mark Murphy is back home from his heroic mission to help rescue people trapped in the Algerian earthquake.
The next morning, parishioners lucky enough to attend churches not downsized by pedophilia payouts, consulted freshly plasticized pew cards for the new wording of their Mass. Kate Clinton: Et Cum Spirit Two Two Oh
This combination uplifted the spirits of every soul lucky enough to be allowed inside.
If we're lucky, we may have someone in the family who makes the perfect cover-ups for the test of us: the wedding quilt for the newlyweds, the blanket for the new baby's layette.
But thank your lucky stars, because tonight TV gets gayer and draggier — and RuPaul reemerges! 'RuPaul's Drag U' series premiere: Thankfully, gay television -- and RuPaul -- return tonight! | EW.com
Minefields flank the road edge, marked by red-painted rocks, and any driver unlucky enough to misjudge one of the treacherous bends will find themself in the middle of one.
Thousands of other sick people languishing on transplant waiting lists across the country are not so lucky.
I am so happy for the lucky punters who got to buy a ticket for this sellout show. The Sun
"You Walmajarri mob are lucky," said Pat, who comes from England.
HeyUGuys. com and E1 Home Entertainment have teamed up for a contest to give three lucky winners the chance to win a life-size cardboard standee of Bella, Jacob, or Edward. TWILIGHT SAGA NEWS FOR MARCH 15TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
He ended up in jail because he was peculiarly stubborn, and quite possibly also stupid, but mostly because he was unlucky.
You should count yourself lucky that you weren't hurt.
At the grocer's last night I briefly considered buying a lottery ticket - it was clearly a lucky day.
If some on the wilder fringes of society have their way, he will be lucky to survive until his inauguration in January. The Sun
The young man is so lucky that he is taken up by a famous novelist.
We are lucky to have some dedicated and committed personnel within our ranks and these are people who give of their time voluntarily and without the input of these people our club would be all the poorer.
They'll be testing your putting skills in 160 venues, with 10 lucky semi finalists going forward to the final in June to play a shot for
Nick : Hot springs! You are so lucky!
But, in the end, he settled for the position of Admiral, and watched every other lucky bastard as they boarded, what should have been, his ship.
Lucky, for once, to hold a real world object in the purview of your self-substantiation, the speeding taxi, super-fly, armor-plated insect god can only act as mirror in the beading rain, cancelling out any offer of assurance. The Mockingbird Sings
Two outings ago he was denied a clear run and looked an unlucky loser.
And yet, there is a charm in his happy-go-lucky world - a world that doesn't need progress.
They admit they are now desperate for a lucky break.
A lorry driver had a lucky escape after his vehicle and a tractor apparently collided and the lorry ploughed into a hedge.
Your nose is blocked by sudden untapped reserves of mucus, so it's lucky you keep a box of paper tissues beside your bed.
That mindset of being plucky underdogs against the giants runs through the team. Times, Sunday Times
Gradually it dawned on Bob that this man was acting in the capacity of "barker" -- that with quite admirable perspicacity and accuracy, he was engaged in selecting from the countless throngs the few possible purchasers for Lucky Lands. The Rules of the Game
You'll be lucky to get out of the backfield with your ball carrier, but at least you won't be able to complete as many long bombs.
I had a lucky break a couple of years ago down here when a local orchardist planted some Spanish hazelnut trees. At My Table
The pressure continued and Beverley were very lucky not to see a player carded for a dangerous spear tackle.
The plucky youngster had to wait two years after her cancer treatment was complete before the operation could be carried out.
Lucky you if you managed to escape Blighty and the weekend's torrential downpours. Times, Sunday Times
We are lucky that the other "duo" didn't get in, with a ancient guy and an empty brain bimbo!!! Polls: Obama approval rating stands at 51 percent
Valentine's Day is fine for those who have partners, or for the lucky ones who are going out to dinner with a drop-dead gorgeous date.
It is a building where the homeless, bedless, penniless man, if he be lucky, may CASUALLY rest his weary bones, and then work like a navvy next day to pay for it. A WINNER OF THE VICTORIA CROSS
I've been lucky enough to travel and learn how Europeans use celery, and as a seedsman and part-time breeder, I've grown celery - lots of it.
Considering the extent of his injuries he's lucky to be alive.
You obviously know the rules so let's see if your lucky break becomes a winning streak.
My lucky flower is violet, and the permanent precious stone in my life is purple crystal!
Outdoors in the sculpture court, local bands Atole, Tu Fawning and E*Rock, will play throughout the day and visitors can watch an expert "dowser" uncover the colors and sounds of works of art, see a demonstration of printmaking at a mobile print factory and sample specially made beer brewed to complement individual museum objects for the event by Old Lompoc, Laurelwood and Lucky Lab. KPSU - Portland's College Radio
I am lucky to live in this time with this new medium - this touchable way of using digital formats. Spread ArtCulture: Interview: Filmmaker Ruth Hogben Revamps the Fashion Video
I got my lucky break when I won a 'Young Journalist of the Year' competition.
The lucky quartet have now been happily rehoused in conditions much more lavish than they were used to.
Lucky to still be up, I assume they're fishing around for rich dictators as we speak, plus a manager, plus a defence.
You were lucky Brett didn't end up flattening you.
Your are a lucky or an unlucky person depending on what you choose and decide, as well as how you behave and act in your life. Dr T.P.Chia
Who the lucky owner will be is anyone 's guess. Times, Sunday Times
As the plucky younger side you expected them to gamble. Times, Sunday Times
I was lucky that my mum was so supportive. Times, Sunday Times
We're lucky to live next door to a large number of shops, restaurants and cafes, and - after we'd snarfed a triumphant breakfast of World Cup winning sausages, bacon and eggs - we made our way to search through the second-hand bookshops.
I got him on the neck, but it was a lucky shot.
She counts herself lucky to have had the support of her family. The Sun
I'm lucky to work for an employer who gives positive feedback on my work.
But, unbeknown to his grieving colleagues above, the plucky soldier had managed to discover a pocket of air - after making an amazing 90 ft dive completely unaided.
The support worker snapped at me that she didn't have any patience with me after what had happened the night before, and I shouldn't even be there, I was lucky they let me go back.
I was lucky - my most difficult topic had the easiest question compared to past papers.
We were unlucky that he did not get a red card. The Sun
Pocklington were unlucky not to extend their lead when their forwards produced a high-speed, 60-yard rolling maul which the home pack collapsed in sight of the try line.
If you're lucky I may even take some piccies so that my hordes of adoring fans can see what the area looks like.
She was born under a lucky/an unlucky star.
We might also ask ourselves if general liberal-arts graduates from the same universities will be so lucky. Letters to the Editor
We were lucky in that we could afford to do what most infertile couples cannot. Times, Sunday Times
Photographer Anthony Gibson was lucky enough to capture an attempt by this lynx to grab an American wigeon in Alaska's Denali National Park. Lynx Stalks an American Wigeon

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