luck - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • wish: When they are not playing Arsenal I wish good luck to Leeds.
  • bring: Chimney sweeps are often considered to bring good luck.
  • desert: Very harsh as the luck deserted him when he most needed it.

Adjective modifier

  • bad: Bad luck for Martha, then, who has to stand out in the cold all night.
  • good: We wish them good luck for the rest of the season.
  • sheer: Also by sheer luck I found a drill steel to fit it.
  • pure: Q: How much do you think that becoming successful is just pure luck?
  • tough: Mr. Caborn: Business is pretty tough luck anyway, sometimes.
  • ill: Woe betide those who did pick it, for ill luck would follow, troubling the whole house.

Modifies a noun

  • mate: I had the same problem but i just tighten it abit at a time, good luck mate!
  • _________________: Good luck _________________ Kev Man is limited by his fears, not by his imagination.

Noun used with modifier

  • lotsa: I'm here to help - if my help's not appreciated then lotsa luck, gentlemen.
  • .good: Cheers guys .Good luck bears and come on the rain!
  • stewart: Posts: 424 | From: Leicester | Registered: Apr 2004 | IP: Logged | stewart luck Member # 26123754 posted 12.
  • good: Phyllis, going off stage, sort of introduced it, initially by calling Good luck big boy, he needed it.
  • nae: I'd applied for tickets on the up-close website but nae luck.
  • pot: Dr. Rose Hawkins says: " It's pot luck.

Preposition: of

  • draw: Part 2 of an article by Lynne Suzanne Winning competition prize draws is based on the " luck of the draw " .

Preposition: from

  • yard: Once again Kalinichenko tries his luck from 25 yards but his effort flashes wide of the far post.

Preposition: than

  • judgment: It will be more luck than judgment, in my opinion.

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