Sentence examples for fortuitous encounter from inspiring English sources

But is a fortuitous encounter that leads to a new business contract pure luck?

Parekh began pitching his idea to venture capitalists and had a fortuitous encounter with Rocket Internet, the digital-focused VC firm with a startup incubator, based in Berlin.

After six months in Chicago she moved to Hollywood, where a fortuitous encounter with the producer Cecil B. DeMille led to work as a movie extra and eventually to a job as a screenwriter.

We take you back to Seattle in the winter of 1996, where a Steve Forbes campaign event provides the setting for a fortuitous encounter between two employees of Bernie's Byte Shack.

In 2007, I was a regular commenter on some of the early TV live blogs, and a fortuitous encounter with the then media editor gave me the opportunity to pitch for a job.

In 1942, a fortuitous encounter at Macy's gave the Lavernes a huge career boost: Erwine was shopping for cork place mats to be used instead of linen, and he became disgusted with the selections.

Miller's art was rooted in fortuitous encounters, shape with shape and face with face.

Dr. Harvey, who had always hoped something like this would happen to her, said, "Fortuitous encounters always seemed destined for other people".

Mr. Moverman describes his career as a series of fortuitous encounters, like the one with Mr. Pollack, that turned into opportunities.

The day brings many disappointments -- Jean discovers one of his band mates tied up in his burglarized loft, all of their equipment gone -- but also many fortuitous encounters.

The low-budget movies of the '30s and '40s are full of similar career intersections, fortuitous encounters between young performers on their way up and former headliners on their way down, which is one reason these tiny, unpretentious productions, intended by their makers to be instantly disposable, remain fascinating decades later.