Sentence examples for flukes from inspiring English sources
The word "flukes" is correct in written English
It is often used to describe unexpected or chance occurrences, particularly in a positive context. Example: "Winning the lottery was a complete fluke; I never expected it."
That popular segment shone a bright light on acrobatics, one-handed flukes and downright showboating.
"They seem to be absolute flukes.
He and his colleagues at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the official research arm of America's power utilities, are convinced that the big grid failures of 2003 such as the one that plunged some 50m Americans and Canadians into darkness in August, and another a few weeks later that blacked out all of Italy were not flukes.
But flukes do not win championships; routinely excellent performance does.
The calmest of all is a picture of the flukes of a southern right whale breaking the mill-pond surface off the coast of Argentina.
ONE tends to remember the statistical flukes of sport: Maradona, an Argentine footballer, dribbling past an entire team in the 1986 World Cup; an easy ground ball losing the World Series that same year for the Boston Red Sox, when it rolled through the legs of a hapless player and ruined his otherwise stellar career.
You will hear whale song and see them breech, fluke and nurse their babies – who themselves are often very curious about humans.
Tyson has always maintained that, while Douglas boxed manfully in Tokyo, his victory was essentially a fluke.
"A learner like Luke Foley fluking an election win with local protest votes after just one term out of office would bring NSW to a screeching halt".
It was no fluke – during the next decade the Detroit label scored dozens of top 10 hits, thanks to the likes of Smokey Robinson, the Supremes and Marvin Gaye.
