Sentence examples for sheer accident from inspiring English sources

It was sheer accident".

In time, his profession was revealed by sheer accident.

And then sheer accident intruded into what had been a very orderly life.

In the second place, there is contingency, a polite way of saying sheer accident.

Rediscovery can be by sheer accident or it can come from investigation and hard work.

The approaching centenary should make us reflect anew on our vulnerability to human error, sudden catastrophes, and sheer accident.

I didn't stay for nightfall, but came downstairs, watched the news — caught by the sheerest accident since I have no watch or clock nor knew when news might be — and up to bed.

And yet history shows that breakthroughs often spring not from carefully laid plans, but from mischance or even sheer, ridiculous accidents.

A tally of its causalities would count more scapegoats, more victims of sheer arbitrariness, of accidents of birth, or of presence at inopportune times and places than opponents who represented any real menace".

"By sheer luck, last week's accident did not harm any passengers or Metro employees.

After the memorial service ended yesterday morning, some residents said that the sheer magnitude of the accident had made it difficult to comprehend the loss.