Sentence examples for a confluence of certain from inspiring English sources

Ms. Fuller also declined to go into specifics, but said that it was "obviously a confluence of certain things that made this happen".

It is similar, in a sense, to a clinical diagnosis (say, of autism) which indicates only a confluence of certain characteristic symptoms or signs or behaviors — a syndrome — but not the actual disease process (genetic, chemical, infectious, or whatever) that causes the syndrome.

In a concert tradition that has taken hold in recent years, the days after Thanksgiving see a confluence of a certain type of rock band, the kind with, well, a certain level of melodic stamina: the kind that can play all night, it seems, and sometimes does.

This could be due to the confluence of certain epidemiological factors favoring leishmaniosis transmission such as an increased density in the host and vector populations coupled by the lack of predators or other competent hosts for the parasite, similar to what was described in the outbreak area in Madrid [ 41].

Indeed, studies suggest that it's really the confluence of certain personality traits with really hardcore porn that's likely to result in problems.

"Historically, there have been certain times with a confluence of events where you have campaign finance reform and concerns about campaign finance reform elevated.

"To a certain extent, this [Daraprim] was a confluence of the oldness of the drug and the condition of the end-of-life AIDS patients" who need the drug, said Aaron Kesselheim, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

My purchase followed a confluence of events.

It's a confluence of things.

Together they found a confluence of interests.

There is a confluence of two agendas here.