Sentence examples for by a stroke of from inspiring English sources

"by a stroke of" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to suggest that something happened suddenly or unexpectedly, often with a sense of luck or chance involved. Example: "By a stroke of luck, I found my missing wallet in the back seat of my car."

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His autobiography, By a Stroke of Luck, appeared in 1975.

Let us not relive the ice crisis, which, by a stroke of luck, resolved itself.

This seems too little to abolish poverty "easily and simply by a stroke of the pen".

By a stroke of luck, the prisoners were all released unharmed.

And so, by a stroke of undeserved good fortune, the president has got a break.

By a stroke of luck, two additional captains were on board to observe and evaluate.

By a stroke of luck the BBC were doing a documentary on him at the time and they used it.

Kulka survived that liquidation by a stroke of luck: he was ill in the infirmary at the time.

By a stroke of the autocrat's pen, tens of millions of human chattels were given their personal freedom.

By a stroke of luck, the hotel she was staying in happened to be hosting a chiropractors' conference.

"Then, by a stroke of ill luck, I lost it all…This, of course, is nothing extraordinary for Americans".

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