Even the purchase of the boat had, at the time, assumed the air of a fortunate accident.

We are all of us alive by one another's sufferance and an occasional fortunate accident.

To think of the brightest and most fortunate accidents of life.

Is this just a fortunate accident that might happen in anyone's life?

Sometimes the smoking gun is discovered by a fortunate accident during other research.

It all happened by accident - for me, one of the most fortunate accidents in my life.

They'd met by a fortunate accident, both thought, albeit for very different reasons.

A fortunate accident, albeit one already known in the medical literature.

So ye see, it was a most fortunate accident, save only for the pain that comes on sometimes at night.

The Centurion's captain had always been quick to take advantage of fortunate accidents.