Some species of yeast taste better than others, however, and this is where geography and luck enter in. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In the first stroke of luck I’ve had all day, my English teacher actually seems to be an interesting human being. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Kemmler bowed and said ceremoniously, “Gentlemen, I wish you all good luck. I believe I am going to a good place and I am ready to go.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody knew it was bad luck to fish for the big carp that the summer floods washed downstream. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chiron said, “The woods are stocked, if you care to try your luck, but go armed.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But simple luck is the random birthright of the hapless. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Darren and I luck out—he eases into a spot across from the Key Bank, just a couple of doors away. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“My father gave it to me for good luck.” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

People—especially those that are well off—are heard to move around, try their luck in a different city or settlement. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The doctor was, if not elderly, pushing his luck, but who am I to say he had a hangover? Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sounded so knowledgeable that Percy decided to try his luck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He read what it said out loud: good luck is coming your way. be READY. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Njemile embraced Moss in a quick hug and said, “Good luck,” then yelled out, “Follow me!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I have luck, I had good luck there. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fools themselves seemed uncommonly lucky, but how far did that luck extend? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Mark hoped their luck would hold and no one would give them too much thought. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I think we might have more luck over there.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, Harry,” Hagrid whispered, and the four of them walked away in different directions, to station themselves around the maze. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’ll see you next summer at the Games, Katniss. Best wishes on your engagement, and good luck with your mother.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“About time we got a touch of luck.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Smitty and I had reached the point where we felt as if we were each other’s good luck charm. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bacon grease is there! We have good luck!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Well, to be honest, I called home hoping I’d be able to talk to my dad, but no such luck. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“So if there was a spy here, good luck finding him, but it wasn’t my dad. All right?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I wish him luck,” said Fudge, sounding bitter for the first time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“All the other scythes must see me as very bad luck. After all, I’ve gone through two scythes in one year. I suppose this nullifies my apprenticeship.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As people leave, they wish me luck in the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it had seemed just the sort of luck he’d long thought he needed. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

By luck or persistence, either women took roles right beside men or they joined volunteer regiments known as “people’s corps” that sprang up all over the nation and later merged with the Red Army. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“You can’t have luck when someone else has skill. So long time ago, we decided to invest in the stock market. There’s no skill in that. Even your mother agreed.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Montoya said something about what great aficionados we were, and that we wanted to wish him luck. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The answer, as historians tell us, has to do with a perfect storm of place, time, personality, and luck: but it also has to do with his brilliance as an orator. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I could tell him that we shouldn’t push my luck, but I can’t. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those two have had back luck twice already, what with that ice cream business, now with the restaurant. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have any luck with the old man?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Wish me luck and know that I wish I were spending the summer on Beechwood with you. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The courtroom seemed to feel, with some complacency and some disappointment, that it was his great good luck to be let off so easily. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Blood flies swarmed about his corpse and carried his ill luck to the living. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Teeth Man, however, hadn’t had the same luck with his collection. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Those places are full of bad memories and bad luck. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Dairy gives me gas, and gas is bad luck. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Finding the fence we used was a rare piece of luck. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck with the augury, Percy Jackson,” she said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“In that case, sir, if you don’t mind, we’ll be off. Wish us luck.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After several hours, I had the good luck to kill a rabbit. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Good luck getting in, though. Not like you can just dougie on through the front gates.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She said in life, there was good luck followed by no luck, followed by bad luck, followed by tragical luck, followed by the luck of the Bobos. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Of course, she did spot the tape in the end, much later, and it was probably a much worse time for her to find it, but that’s the way your luck sometimes goes. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

With any luck, they’d give us dinner and escort us to the train station. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Good luck with everything,” one of the young men said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Schlesinger drew his pistol and fired above the boat, and by sheer luck hit the boat hook, knocking it out of the man’s hand. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Finally, through a process of elimination, and some luck, he was given the pass. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, I hope you have lots of luck," he said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I had the great luck one summer of studying the three-toed sloth in situ in the equatorial jungles of Brazil. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Good luck out there with no breakfast, no packed lunch, no weapons.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Two years we’ve tried to solve this thing, no luck. Shuckin’ walls move out there at night just as much as these here doors. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He hoped his luck was about to change. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

In Steiger’s case, of course, his high connectedness is a function of his versatility as an actor and, in all likelihood, some degree of good luck. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We might have better luck here,” Robin said when it was time to look at the stomach contents. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I need a place for my family,” he told Graham Salter, the man whose good luck Henry had followed through the oil fields since he was sixteen. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I let them fiddle with their phones as I stirred the dduk mixture, allowing my muscles to whip the flour and sugar water into a sweet, chewy mass of luck. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By this time survival was mostly a matter of pure luck. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s called the principle of favorability, beginner’s luck. Because life wants you to achieve your Personal Legend,” the old king had said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went to three other dens, but we had no luck. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all luck, Nailer. Just luck and the Fates. It’s all we got.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean tricks like...giving somebody bad luck or something like that. Or make someone scared of you.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Safe return—and the best of luck for the future,” he said. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could do this, because I had Twig and I had Dari and I had dduk and I had luck. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Good luck,” Ron muttered, climbing into the room as Harry crept out past him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you name him. Don’t you do that, till he’s past two years. It’s ill luck to name them When they’re still on the breast. You crows may not know that, but it’s true.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I'm always here, Alfred. I live here now. Whatever you decide, good luck to you." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As luck would have it, one of the founders of the firm—Monique Rona—had a son at Lakeside, a year ahead of Gates. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I think it was good luck that you were my first friend, Mr. Bender.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Several dozen Romans had surrounded Piper and Jason, who were trying to calm them without much luck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Over the years he had come to think of the last as more of a luck piece. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But when he flicked the computerized dice, his luck hit a brick wall. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Instead, I did something that even as a lapsed Catholic I still did for good luck on nights before exams. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

"Well, even if he don't see it, he'll feel it and it'll still be good luck," Cotton said low so my mother wouldn't hear. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

"I know you're anxious to get out of here, so you can just keep the orange suit as a souvenir. Or bum it, whatever you want. Good luck, Stanley." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s the easiest thing in the world to know what people call themselves. A little thought, a little luck, a little memory. Ask me what kind of job.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“I love you, Daddy. I miss you so much. Good luck on your journey to Zar.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We still do not know what causes the difference of outcomes between these three women—but it is some combination of age, exposures, other genes, and bad luck. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Harry could barely breathe: Could luck, sheer luck, get them safely out of this? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Paper lanterns are hung from tree to tree, and Tía Mimí's lily pond is cleaned out so we can again see the coins we once threw in for good luck. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Ready to try your luck and win yourself this here Liberty Head silver dollar? It’s an easy game. I’m practically giving away money today. Right, Nikki?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“No luck with a new job, yet, I hear?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You may also have heard that faranji who insisted on trying their luck were executed, one and all.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“The captain believes that you are good luck,” I tell her. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When we shook hands over the net he patted me on the shoulder and said: “That was a good match. Better luck next time. Don’t give up.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that luck sat in my stomach, tight and full and good, and with all that goodness inside me, I knew I would win this competition. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"We're in luck!" said Primus, his bass voice booming like thunder. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

It would bring bad luck, bad luck for the next three hundred and sixty-five days. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

But that’s the kind of luck we have—dumb dead relatives who go outta their way to interrupt your good-night’s sleep to give you a lucky number that only brings you bad luck. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Henry hadn’t had much luck with Estella at first, but once she saw how he could dance, she couldn’t keep away. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Good luck to you anyway, mister, for I think I know what you’re here for. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Just saying what we all know. Pima’s worth ten of Bapi, but it don’t matter. Another year, she’s got the same problem as Sloth. It’s luck or nothing.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Good luck as you pursue the unnamed “life change” but please come back to the blogosphere soon. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The old woman worried aloud to her daughter that the guests might die in her house; this kind of thing was felt to be bad luck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Percy, you’d better use the phone in the hall. Good luck.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You’d scare witnesses away with the limo. Report to me six times a day. Good luck.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, well, good luck explaining that to seven children. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Why did they have so much bad luck? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Timothy must have been standing over us, for he said, “D’cot not good luck.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, now you just had one piece of good luck because you threw the egg toward the sink and it landed in the carton,” Froggy said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raised dust swirls sweeping around and under the FOB’s chair—very bad luck because spirits live inside the broom. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good-by,” Eleanor said, and the girl, back still turned, said, “Good luck to you. I hope you find your house.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“In the leg. My luck held, though; bullet went in and out fair clean. Didn’t break the bone.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But each time Uncle came home without a job, Pa said, “You’ll have better luck tomorrow. As long as you’re looking.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Seven downed a dose of opal-haworthia potion and begged the Stars for good luck. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

His failure to do any of these things I experienced as the most incredible benevolence and luck. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, Billy windmilled his arms, hoping to find it by luck. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I win when it comes down to luck, but I haven’t been very lucky lately. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

To be a successful inventor you need three things: intelligence, perseverance, and just a little bit of luck. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

It is all luck, or providence, depending on what you believe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Did he have any luck? I mean, with the search for Pan?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Good luck finding cities full of romance now. I hear they're all in ruins. But lots of people around here seem to be finding love." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"The fire is the most important thing on the island. How can we ever be rescued except by luck, if we don't keep a fire going? Is a fire too much for us to make?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they were racking their brains for anything to say other than “good luck.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

DRACO: I don’t, but I do trust your luck. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

In the book they do a lot of laughing, having so much bad luck. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin could not have escaped North Korea without an abundance of luck, especially at the border. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The goddess of luck, Lakshmi, rode an owl. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He prints messages on bits of paper, slips them through metal rings on the pigeons’ legs, then kisses each bird on the head for good luck and lets it loose with a whoop. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, thank you. Good luck, I mean, best wishes. Good-bye.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Aunt Letty had fallen on bare boards or even on the carpet, I suppose all her bones would have been broken: but by great good luck she had fallen on the mattress. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Good luck finding them. What kind did you say they were?” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Best of luck with the writing,” he said, looking me in the eye. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lying in the warm sunshine in the hayloft, we tried to think up something, but didn’t have any luck. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Good luck to you,” he says, as if bestowing a dire prognosis. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was only when the other scythes in attendance shook his hand and wished him luck in his mortal competition against Citra that he sobered and remembered what was at stake. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Halfway there I had a stroke of luck and spotted Mola crossing the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Coach Nunley had been dutifully reading his magazine, but just my luck'—he chose that moment to look up when Sloan said his name. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Have to trust you on that. But I’m going soon, and I want you. For good luck.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

For six years, everyone in the kingdom had bad luck. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With luck, Kai the baker’s boy would have a few loaves left, and he could eat his fill for once. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But then Israel Hands throws the dagger, and it’s just dumb luck that saves Jim. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Nothing, I am afraid, this week. You will have better luck next time.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seven years’ bad luck,” she says, shaking her head. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I tell her Tet is coming and luck starts over every new year. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Did I ruin the luck of the whole family? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

You tossed your luck in the air and it rattled down on the gambling boards and you either lived or died. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I might have discovered that in at least one instance the wheel had stopped, that in spite of all the unrelenting calculation, chance and luck had, at least once, changed something. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

God, how I hate it when somebody yells "Good luck!" at me when I'm leaving somewhere. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Another superstition is that dolphins bring good luck, so I was glad to spot a school of them herding baitfish as Abbey and I motored up the shoreline. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Following the same instinct that had prompted me to lie to Mike, I called Jessica on the pretense of wishing her luck at the dance. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sailors are mighty superstitious, and as they went about the day’s business, they were careful to avoid it, as if they’d catch cannibalism, or bad luck, if they strayed too close. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I did great. George here is good luck.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have bad luck enough you want to sell the Patriarch?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t had real family here, but he’d been one of them, bound to this place by bad luck and bad choices. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

With just a little bad luck, one of the whites would spot me, or, in the darkness, fail to spot me and step on me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you after we start,” she said, and then, to Eleanor, “Good luck to you, dearie. Watch out from now on how you go knocking people down.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

If their luck held, they would cross into Virginia sometime after nightfall, within twenty-four hours. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a theater term,” Mr. Poe explained, “meaning ‘good luck on tonight’s performance.’ The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was out of luck on the boys’ side, so he turned toward the desk all the way in the back of the class, behind Yvonne. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I decided to change the subject, rather than push my luck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once they were out the door, Lizzie said goodbye and scurried away, as if Lina’s bad luck were a disease she might catch. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Cari could afford to shred things before the day was even started, but he needed the luck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but it’s just my luck to drop one of them balls on my toe. I got bum feet already.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know,” she said, “why I think we’re having such bad luck this time around?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Can you believe our luck, though?” said Ron thickly through a mouthful of chicken and ham. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

As they waited, the men smoked and drank Kool-Aid, not talking much, feeling sympathy for Lee Strunk but also feeling the luck of the draw. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her luck, it would collapse in the next two minutes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, good luck finding him,” the man said savagely, throwing up his hands. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

First, we realized that finding the Toy Tinker’s truck, which had seemed like such an enormous stroke of luck, had in fact led us into the very trap we should have avoided. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A man might well die easier after the army has given him just one such stroke of luck. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a big chocolate cake in the shape of a heart set out on the long buffet with seventy-one candles—one for good luck. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The smile hangs on desperately “Sometimes we’d push our luck and stay till the sun came up. .. .” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“And we have five dollars exactly for souvenirs, so you’re out of luck.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie had been heading backstage to wish her good luck before she performed when she overheard Jefferson Jamison talking to someone. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I was really hoping we might catch a bit of good luck for once. But no.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

With a silver thimble clenched for luck in its little fist. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We searched until the sun started to rise, but no luck. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You are in complete charge of the Midway. Go ahead with the work. You are responsible only to me. I will write orders to that effect. Good luck.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Outside, she pushed through the crowds of partiers to a corner and found herself in luck. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Breath. Can’t risk it. You might luck up and get a kiss.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At his look of surprise, she said, “Other people want to get close to God and the Fates. People saw you come out of the ship. No one gets luck like that.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

From then on his luck had turned, and he’d been arrested over twenty times to date. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Good luck to you, Colonel, Chamberlain said silently, saluting in his mind. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you need a place to stay tonight, you know where my hut is. If not, maybe I’ll see you around! Good luck!” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I try to make it upstairs before anyone sees me, but luck is not on my side tonight. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

This was the sticking point in my own little lame march to salvation: admission to heaven is gained by the luck of the draw. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look down, expecting the onion to be in plain view or something else I forgot I was carrying for luck today, but it’s not that. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Jason was the only one who had much luck fighting them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Briony said, “Good luck. I hope you get a nice family.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Got to get back to work! Boss will get mad. Good luck, Brother!” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Then I wish you luck in getting the harvest in this year.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

As luck would have it, the book was easy to find: it was the largest one in the library. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Dicey looked around at them, gathered together there in the fairground, their hands held high, their friendly wishes for good luck floating around the car still, like cherry blossoms blowing down to the ground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tower. Engine explosion! Cockpit lights out. Am commencing starboard turn to avoid populated area. Will attempt to punch out when wings are level. Wish me luck. Over.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Some people have all the luck," Sydelle Pulaski said, appearing from nowhere to lean over the tray to spear a cube of pork. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had hoped to be home in early November—with luck the end of October. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact it was high time I caught a piece of luck in this business. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What a stroke of luck that you should be in this Mark,” said Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a touch of luck, she and I may be homeward bound by the time you receive this card. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“That and her reading. Only a devil child can read when so young. She has brought nothing but bad luck to this family. It is time to be rid of her.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was kind enough to pretend she didn't notice me holding on to her scarf and hat earlier; I don't need to test my luck. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“And your people value luck,” the captain said. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish him great luck in the election, then, although I’m sure he will not need it.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Which meant Jenna and I and any other girls who might want privacy are out of luck. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pilot and navigator error, mechanical failure, and bad luck were killing trainees at a stunning rate. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

A soldier’s farewell: goodbye, good luck, and see you in Hell. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This dysfunctional thing? I won’t be a part of it. I can’t live this life with you. I refuse. You’ve made your decision. Good luck with your life. I’m going to live mine.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If I broke a mirror, I would have seven years of bad luck. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said I’d been lucky so far, knowing that luck had nothing to do with it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wished her luck with the driving test, and she told me to have a nice life. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The neighbors saw their return and all crowded around as if they were selling good luck. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Their measurement had been sheer luck, or a case of knowing the result they wanted to get, not an uncommon occurrence in science. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look back with praise to Ethwen, where my luck changed. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Through knowledge, political will, and perhaps some luck, we seem to have tamed inflation and the budget deficit. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before they had left, her brother had pulled her aside to wish her luck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He rubbed his left elbow and arm and said, “You had you some luck fishing?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mack and the boys drank the whiskey, after all they weren’t crazy, but all the talking they did was “Good luck,” and “Lookin’ at you.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like I’d been wrapped in silk tulle made of good luck and wishes come true. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Listen, Soph, you’re breaking up. I can barely hear you. Good luck on the test. Knock ’em dead—” The line went silent. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Despite his determination to catch Malfoy out, Harry had no luck at all over the next couple of weeks. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Though he tried to fish, he hadn’t much luck and could not stand the cold for long. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The neighbors looked at the pearl in Kino’s hand and they wondered how such luck could come to any man. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wished her luck, and moments later the girls were gone. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He chuckled a little and said: “It’s good luck. I’ve worn it every day since I found it.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

So I put my hand on the prow of the boat, wished it luck, and climbing out, I started back toward the Bund. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’ll need a new pack animal to carry my gear ” It seems my luck had finally turned. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With any luck, the centaur hadn’t run a seismology test on the manor grounds, or his ruse might be discovered. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked him, and he said, ‘They’re the rare worst of bad luck. You take a flight of white pigeons and they’ll bring sadness and death. Get gray ones.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finding someone in Max’s lab who knew that DNA was more important than proteins was real luck. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Penny’s lot was even worse, since the cook had put about the notion that squeezing a dwarf girl’s breast might be just the thing to win their luck back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Right. Well, good luck. Hope you hammer McLag — I mean, Smith.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Once he told me that, being so slow-thinking, he had to guide his acts by a general intuition of which way his “luck” was running, and that this intuition rarely failed him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wished them luck and headed off to the exhibition tables and pushed through the crush to the tatting table. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“You have any luck with that medicine I was asking about?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They'd walked into a bingo hall once and heard him tell an old lady he was her troll doll, the only good luck charm she'd ever need. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I want to wish my team good luck. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

If June is planning to help me escape, she sure is pushing her luck to the limits. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The notion presented one drawback, of course: nuns, and anything pertaining to them, were bad luck, and Perry was most respectful of his superstitions. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘And with a bit of luck, they won’t do you too much harm.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he swung a flywheel round and round, and with a bit of luck, after a lot of coughing and spluttering, the thing would finally get going. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like there might be not as much bad luck. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Feh! So drab! Nothing clashes, but nothing matches, either. TantpisT This was a French expression Penelope understood to mean “too bad, tough luck, that’s the way the croissant crumbles,” or something along those lines. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, Mr. President,” Nixon said, shaking Ford’s hand. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Lola would remind them that they shouldn’t search through dead people’s things; it would only bring bad luck. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

If I stepped over a broom that was lying on the floor, I would have bad luck. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not remember putting it in the cloak pocket, although at one time she had carried it with her like a good luck charm. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had good luck in the middle of the afternoon. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her name is Sally Jackson and she’s the best person in the world, which just proves my theory that the best people have the rottenest luck. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered the last time Annabeth and I had parted ways, when she’d given me a kiss for luck in Mount St. Helens. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Good luck in Pittsburgh,” I said after he closed my door. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Farder Coram touched the spray of pine as if for luck, and on his face was an expression Lyra had never seen before: almost a longing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

By pure luck, just before nightfall, he was spotted on the beach and picked up by a PT boat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Without success. So, in a way, my name being drawn in the reaping was a real piece of luck," says Peeta. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Not to mention she’d already stretched her luck about as far as it could go, she was sure, by asking—nay, haranguing—them to let her go to Stanford. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, rookies,” one boy called out, evoking a laugh from his teammates. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw loads of stuff.... Well, good luck!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He bade his daughter good luck, and ended his speech by saying, “If your man is a wizard, you must become a witch!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He says that it is good luck to rub the head of a dwarf,” Haldon said after an exchange with the guard in his own tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You know,” he said, “I had a feeling the first time I clapped eyes on you that you’d bring us good luck.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You have the amazing luck to have such a rich aunt and you run away from her as if the devil himself was after you. Your brains must be the size of a pea.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Stones are just stones and rain is just rain and misfortune is just bad luck. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Well,” the man said, “about a month ago, our mare ran away, and I cursed our bad luck until Old Sai said, ‘You don’t know. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

With a bit of luck, they can, like Shin, find work, shelter, and a measure of safety. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

With all the rats, and a great deal of luck, he managed to lift the hay cart until it was halfway out of the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“They said he’d notched his gun in six places,” I said, pushing my luck. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Good. So... good luck. I hope everything works out the way you want it to." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With a bit of luck, they might each have a litter before the winter,” said Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's good luck, rubbing a dwarf on the head." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to work for anyone with worse luck than me. Call.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t had much luck with your system. You want me to do anything about it, or not? Say one way or the other; I’ve got to get on to work.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says, “Please. Don’t be afraid. Live your big life, Mason! You are not bad luck. You’re not stupid, or dangerous, or any of those things.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

In a stroke of luck, they also had an idea where Willie Jett might be headed: Jett had been courting a young lady whose father kept a hotel in the nearby town of Bowling Green. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Illnesses, bad luck and unemployment were caused by witchcraft, and only the timely intervention by my ancestral spirits—through a powerful witch doctor as an intermediary—could relieve anyone of such suffering. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were hoping Sophie was carrying a female. We could sure use a young milking cow, especially with Sophie getting older. No such luck.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

There was so much in that word: strength, resilience, luck, along with the shadow of whatever crime or cruelty had been survived. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

MacArthur then pushed his luck, sending his army across the 38th parallel and racing toward the Yalu River. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He tugged on his last set of clothes, grabbed the phosphor grease, found the silver earring and the luck bag of rice that he’d been given. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t try to flatten another bird—that had been sheer luck, and besides, it wasn’t exactly pleasant finding shreds of bone and intestines in her soup. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, only thirty. Thirty red, good luck, magic beads. Just like you got." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

But maybe my luck was starting to change. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“In the queer mass of human destiny, the determining factor has always been luck,” Mr. Turner observed, raising one eyebrow to Miss Riley. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I would wish her luck, but I don’t know what good that would do. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Man!” he said, “but it made us afeard, for we expeckit that we should have to pay for it wi’ some rare piece o’ ill luck, so as to keep up the average. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Virgil wasn’t sure if fate was testing him, or if it was just your usual Saturday evening luck, but the Bull was outside as they approached. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“With any luck, we both might make it Though I wouldn’t mind a face-lift Ready?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Fate or luck had brought me here and I had to take from it what I needed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Shin’s success in crawling through an electric fence designed to kill seems to have been a function of luck. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

"I’m sorry, Ngozi,” she said, "But we decided to hire a more qualified person. Good luck!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But every soldier believes in Chance and trusts his luck. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have had rare luck today, being found so quickly.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We had already pushed our luck as far as we should. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Wishing to speak for proof of companionship, and knowing his delight in tales of superstition, I asked him, “Is your rifle anointed with luck grease?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Rojas woke me up, helped me dress, and wished me good luck. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All you needed was luck and cunning and boldness. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Boy, it looks like you’ll just have to get back on that bus and try your luck down the highway.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true, after all, at least compared to him, and actually what he means is that I have bad luck with women. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wished her luck in the rest of the competition, but before pressing Send, I stared at the screen for the longest time because I would need to know if she read it. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m leaving. Good luck finding your way,” I said. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had not had good luck, recently, with young Christians. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The manager at the bookstore wishes me luck. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Bravo!” cried the man, “and good luck go with you!” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure it was sheer luck that saved you,” huffed Boo, ruffling his feathers. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With this accomplished, another round of model building could start and, given luck, it might occur by Christmas. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He again repeated that it was bad luck. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Good luck and may the odds be ever in your favor." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s a luck charm Auntie Aggie gave to me before I left Rose Hill, and it hangs on a string between my bosoms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“If they rubbing our heads for luck I’m gonna bum this mother down,” Peewee laughed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m in school and I’m running out of luck. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Cliff talked, he stared at the ground and twisted his arthritic fingers, one over the other like he was crossing them all for good luck. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You think a person can be bad luck?” he asked. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Which is it? Bad judgment? Or bad luck?" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

By dumb luck I ended up in a private hospital cell when I arrived at Ashland. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“With this evidence? Sure. But good luck getting to her with Celia around.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Kapwepwe bade me good luck, for the conference was now over. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What a stroke of luck for us!” exclaimed the doctor. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo has a way of affecting other peoples' luck. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Beatrice was our good- luck charm. Things are finally starting to turn around for this family. I can feel it.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I caught a little of it—something about Toor and his bad luck. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They came in sets of five, since four was bad luck. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And I could tell my luck was changing, before I could say anything else Miss Tyia was at our table with a tray. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Annabeth and Tyson were having no luck with the release pulley. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Spilling sugar. Spilling salt is bad luck, but sugar...” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Mom,” I say sweetly, holding tighter to the stack of books—my books now—almost not believing my good luck. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Can you believe our luck?” said Ron miserably, bending down to pick up Scabbers. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“And good luck fishing. I hope R.C. brings back some fish for supper.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Find somebody big and mean-looking to mess with and then push your luck. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama wasn’t really blessed in the luck department, especially when it came to Lambert.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The man who catches a meningococcus is in considerably less danger for his life, even without chemotherapy, than meningococci with the bad luck to catch a man. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think you’re paying the price for all your luck?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

If he ain’t got sense enough to eat it, dat’s his hard luck.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He’d told her he wanted her for good luck—her mother was the only one to ever make it out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

"I've not had much luck yet. But I'm not giving up. There must be some generous lawyers, right?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

By a stroke of luck he found an iron spike that had been thrown at Basil by one of the rats. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Wait, you can’t start yet. I have to do my good luck dance first.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

So was his tie pin, the Kaelish coin pendant he wore for luck, and the gold buckles on his shoes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"We'll get you a full write-up of what happened, but it's definitely not your fault. Mark stresses that every time it comes up. It was just bad luck. "Take some time to absorb this. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep a sharp eye out as we continue our trek upward, but with no luck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to turn into a dragon, with no luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Their luck had been good, for everyone who had left the warren was still alive. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I said," the nurse raised her voice, as if speaking to a deaf person, "seven years' bad luck." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She said, “Good luck,” and put her hands on my cheeks, and kissed the top of my head. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You had the advantage of me twice, and twice you gave it away. Good luck getting it again.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Lucky silver dollar,” the old man countered, as if luck had meant anything in his life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had even commissioned someone to write felicitous messages on red banners, as if my parents themselves had draped these decorations to congratulate me on my good luck. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d quickly stuffed it with vitamin- enriched pastries, dried fruit leather, macrobiotic beef jerky, and a few crystals for good luck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It seemed Henry wasn’t having much luck getting people out of bed and up onto the deck. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck to you, too,” Ash replied, and then she went quickly down the stairs and out the kitchen door, ignoring the cook’s questions. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to believe that the statue had protected her, though she suspected it might’ve been nothing but luck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Any day, I thought, my luck would run out and I'd be killed, either by Goeth or by one of his accomplices. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Two nights in a row is maybe pushing our luck,” Takumi said as Alaska opened the wine. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

By luck of the draw, I was sent to Santa Rosa, California, to live with Dr. and Mrs. George McCabe. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“At the junction of hard luck and bad times,” I answer. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I'm pretty sure he yelled "Good luck!" at me, I hope to hell not. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know how Feral could keep poring over it, when for years he’d had no luck deciphering it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Two bits for this good- luck charm. I took it to a guy I know, and he says it’s a real silver nugget. Worth twenty dollars! That voodoo woman is crazy!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Remember that pigeon Moon Girl brought me for a luck gift?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a good point, Constance. In fact I’m pretty sure they were going to say ‘Good luck.’ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s all right not to believe in luck and omens. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miracle of miracles: the rusty and battered Chevy started, but the dressmaker's luck went downhill from there. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She goes to the TV cable truck and opens up the back double doors—but with no luck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

By sheer luck, she wasn’t cut in half. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As luck would have it, though, the only English-language film being shown in Belgrade was Lust for Life, the lush biopic of the mad nineteenth-century Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck! Finding him will be harder than finding the Dragon Gate! ” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to negotiate a 20 percent price reduction with the fitting room lady when—rotten luck!—Howard shows up and announces that there are no reductions and no employee discounts on clearanced items. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I hadn't built on it, of course. But it was a bit of a knock. Oh well, luck's luck! Cyril's a nice kid. I'm awfully fond of him." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

When the Crash came, larger circuses started going down and Uncle Al could hardly believe his luck. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Now we were stuck on the ferry dock with not much money, no friends, and no luck. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But his luck with the authorities runs out. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The captain and crew also wore a porcupine emblem on their hats for good luck. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s as they say, fools and children have all the luck,” he said, but he looked relieved to see us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama says Minerva should be glad, since a rainy wedding is suppose to bring good luck. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to wish you good luck.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It’s just my luck that I get picked for the first tour group along with Dylan Van Helsing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They hunted together, and were bad luck to anyone they caught. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in another unbelievable stroke of good luck for Booth and Herold, Dana ignored the news as old and unimportant. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope he’s right. I hope Rufus has used up all his bad luck just in getting the set of parents he’s stuck with.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go to a new town, start fresh? It might change your luck.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the first rain in May. It’s good luck to get wet by the first May rain.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We’ll meet you back here as soon as possible, but stay safe. We could use some good luck. That doesn’t mean we’ll get it.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t know if she could push her luck with the parental unit. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

We pass vacant storefronts and small parking lots, and I’m pressing the panic button on the keys, but with no luck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I wish you all the luck in the world and hope you get the chance to go home to your family. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached up to touch her yellow scarf, as if it might bring them luck. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Today I planned to string wire to that spot and, with luck, plant a few more fence posts. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Try your luck there—it’s where the rich people live.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You may have succeeded in shutting down the attack simulation, girl, but it was by luck alone, not skill. I would die of shock if you managed to do anything useful again for a longtime.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘You had the luck, Merry,’ said Pippin softly, after a long pause. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In desperation, he threw his backpack at her, thinking maybe it would turn solid when it left his hand, but no such luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Not even my luck could be this bad. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In any case, I wish you the best of luck in your new school, Julian. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Wish me luck,” I whispered to her, swallowing back the lump in my throat. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, kiddo,” says Dad when we hit the parking lot and unload my exhibit. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

They arrived at eight that evening, and were told that, by the luck of the draw, Citra was to be tested last. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t need to wish him luck or assure him that he shouldn’t be nervous. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After Percy’s victory then, Gaea had warned him: Do not press your luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She usually had more luck with her sharp lance, but claimed that out of hunger her arms were weakening and her aim with the razor-keen instrument was off. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Our dog, Kingston, raises his ears, but still keeps his distance from the sink, unsure if it might unexpectedly come back to life, but no such luck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

With luck, one of them would be the first man in space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sense that Ma’s patience is thin today and decide not to press my luck. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set my bookbag by the door and slide the rabbit foot deep within my new mesh pockets, keeping it close by for good luck. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Someone had told her that stepping on the white ones was bad luck. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I hope it brings both of them bad luck. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He might have lost his fingers and his luck, but he was no ape in velvet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We did not know what it would mean, this luck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, people have been trying to do this sort of thing for a long time, by other techniques and with varying degrees of luck. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first day we had no luck, selling a total of zero grapefruits. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

My sister was in luck because the woman immediately pointed to the house directly across the street. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Desperate to believe that luck can offer us a more promising fate. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t want me on your ship. I’m a Jonah. I’d bring bad luck.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I’ll have to leave you for a bit and trust to luck. Water we must have, or we’ll get no further.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Everything hurt now—her head, her arm, the base of her spine—and she tried to keep from tearing up, with no luck. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

With that he and his partner hoisted their packs above their heads, wished us luck, and walked into the water. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“So why are you here anyway? No luck with the fat chick, so you figured you’d try the old one?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Just my luck to be the one looking like a dork in the action photographs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last time he’d almost died, would have died, except for luck, and now this—this again. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, so we’ve had the worst luck in the world — injuries — then the tournament getting called off last year....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

With any luck at all Meade would read it before midnight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for so dangerous and mysterious a planet as Mars, there was also at least an element of luck. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the judge said, “Yes, fine. But we are here to judge just this sort of bad luck. Thank you.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d had his one and only turn of bad luck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I try spelling it as many ways as I can think of, but have no luck. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

There was as much luck with me that day as anything else. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chains I was aiming at burst apart like a toy balloon—could hardly believe my luck. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“You have to tell me why it’s bad luck to walk under a ladder.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Lucky Strike had been collecting real power ever since his first bit of luck freed him from heavy crew. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck at your new school,” says Mrs. Schnell as I climb out of the car. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

We have not had such luck as this for a long time. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's possible that some of the rooms were occupied by regular people, down on their luck, but my wing was full of the broken, and I was at home among them. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He grinned at Miss Perumal and said, “I dressed this way for luck.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I walked under a leaning ladder, I would certainly have bad luck. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With any luck at all,” he said, “we should soon be safely in the Fire Swamp.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Put three peppercorns under your tongue for good luck. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was a minor piece of luck, but I was glad for whatever I could get at this point. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You know something,” the fat shopkeeper said, pausing a moment and smiling at Charlie, “I have a feeling you needed a break like this. I’m awfully glad you got it. Good luck to you, sonny.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

This couldn’t happen again—I was lucky this time; he still remembered me, even if he couldn’t recall what I had done, but there was no guaranteeing that luck would hold. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

With luck, she would make it harder for the Nikettes to find them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It was the worst kind of luck to leave a dead body in the open overnight—especially when the person died of unnatural causes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Some survivors think it’s good luck, though, to be free of District 12 at last. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Sometime he bad like any child. But I don’t yell at miracle baby. That bad luck.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Before I could lose my courage, I said, “Don’t I get a kiss for luck? It’s kind of a tradition, right?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Spike, obviously, has the luck of living with me on Nina. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The snow fell deeper yet, and in its grip Old Tallow had the best of luck. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“If she’d ever had any luck at all, with her looks and all, she could have got somewhere, been somebody.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, Adams’s string of bad luck or poor timing, call it what you will, persisted to the end. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Good luck with that, Mami,” she said, leading Mom by the arm. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

They had to have good luck once in a while, didn’t they? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe a hug for luck is in order. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I opened it and spread the six turtle figurines on the bed, including the little ladybug turtle that had brought me good luck. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if what the old king had called “beginner’s luck” were no longer functioning. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my luck, I thought, they’ll probably become infected and fall off. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hold my breath as I pass Cardan’s door, but luck is with me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She looks at them and sighs, “I thought these were meant to be good luck.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Leo agreed with Nemesis about one thing: good luck was a sham. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You see, Caballito? This is how things will always go. A boy like you has remarkable taste. And luck, too, I should say!” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He tried to send an Iris-message in the rainbows that formed in the sea spray, but he had no luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

By evening he was desperate, but his luck turned when a rabbit, already changing to its white winter coat, suddenly started up from the long grass and swerved across his path. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck in here. The people outside— they’re going to try to shut the city down. You should be ready for them.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t want to count on just dumb luck. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Thus far he had had no luck at all in locating the Doctor, but at last his luck turned. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are sweet-smelling soaps and bottled bathwater, love perfumes and potions promising money and luck. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck” or “Godspeed” were what you might expect to hear at the conclusion of on-the-job training for some other kind of work. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground gets way firmer and easier to run on and it’s sloping more downhill than it is up, which may be the first piece of luck we’ve had. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Something always stopped him: bad luck, a racial barrier, a law, his own vanity or arrogance or fear of losing face. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few people are trying their luck selling food at the fence, but I take the back alleys to our spot, where the loose barbed wire will let me into the ghetto. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Scythe Curie did not wish her good luck—just gave her a serious nod. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Grandpa even asked Mr. McAllister to take pot luck and stay to supper. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Careful, or some jealous demon will wish us bad luck.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” I answered, “I do not fish for carp. It is bad luck.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What deep readings his modified sensibility might make of human suffering, of the self-destructive folly or sheer bad luck that drive men toward ill health! Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t say that name, Diana. It’s bad luck.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He checks on details, wishes us all good luck, then goes to sit in the observation area. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I guess he didn't want to stay around himself, but I just took it as good luck. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have brought me great luck, for Tansy be having twins!” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And keep awake and steer. You may have much luck yet. “I’d like to buy some if there’s any place they sell it,” he said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew it couldn’t have been pure luck. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

On Thursday, when Hannah brought Eva her fried tomatoes and soft scrambled eggs with the white left out for good luck, she mentioned her dream of the wedding in the red dress. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s good luck to have run across you.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

That good luck might be no such thing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A man can trust his luck, but a society can’t; and cultural change, like random mutation, may make things chancier. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Step right up! Toss three balls in the hole and win a prize. Or try your luck in the shell game. Win a Liberty Head silver dollar.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You know about my stroke of bad luck.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s a good luck omen,” the Englishman said, after the fat Arab had gone out. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beto had shared the sight of it with her, but it was not a good luck thing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Our luck is changing,” he’d said as they curled their hands around the steaming cups, feet dangling over a little bridge, the lights of the Stave playing over the water. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My mom hoped I would inherit Perseus’s luck. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I guess she thought the very proximity of a Jew brought bad luck. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The only children whose genders she hadn’t divined were her own, because it was bad luck for a mother to plumb the mysteries of her own womb. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry the fox got him, sir. It was a stroke of very bad luck.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I put in three knots for luck,” the little faerie says, not unkindly. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A seed of wheat might, with luck, yield 50 new grains of wheat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

From the disappointment on their faces, I know they didn’t have any luck either. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

With luck I might catch a bass or two to have for dinner with the salad. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Brave Orchid wanted to have a luck ceremony and then to put things away where they belonged, but Moon Orchid said, “I've got presents for everybody. Let me get them.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in luck: there was a narrowboat about to enter the lock, so he slipped in beside it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Hlao-roo, can you stay here and keep a lookout? With any luck, they’ll start coming through to you. Help them if you can.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now please go change, and this time turn on your light—never mind how your roommates grumble—so that you may have better luck choosing your clothes.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t hide it. That was just luck it missed the trash.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We fan out, looking for a gardening truck or something that might have a hose, but no luck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They decided to try their luck away from Frankfurt, and Jack and Moniek bid each other a tearful good-bye. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Becky wishes me luck with the sweetest smile; I pray she’s not a Decker, and if she is, I hope she passes without any regrets. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“She wasn’t good enough for you anyway. Good luck with Two Train, sweetheart.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s a rocket-propelled grenade. Stay away from them, too. If you have any more questions, ask your unit commanders when you reach them. Good luck.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck! We’ll wait up, we want to hear what he teaches you!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

‘I wish you were not going into the Forest. I only hope you will not need rescuing before the day is out. But good luck to you — today and every day!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A few homeless people used it now, sometimes a crackhead down on his luck. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fired again, and that bullet had far better luck; it slammed into Black Betty’s bumper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Ess followed eagerly, and it turned out they were in luck. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The element of luck in Tyson’s analysis lies in the fact that the specimen he examined was a young chimp, and human beings resemble infant chimpanzees even more than they do adult chimpanzees. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

As if my luck can get any worse. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Good luck with that. That’s, like, half the cars in Laguna.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Just my luck. Soon as I leave the village, things get interesting.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“This is it, ladies! It’s the final segment of competition. Good luck!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They drank it and had two cups more each, and then, for luck, they finished the pile of raspberry-jam-cakes. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

With luck, however, they would be on land by the next nightfall. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“No luck. We better get going before it gets any later,” Seven said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We are alive against the stupendous odds of genetics, infinitely outnumbered by all the alternates who might, except for luck, be in our places. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ian Rider’s luck ran out on his last mission,” he went on. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

All Felix could think about was the bad luck that always accompanied bad decisions. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

An offhand remark about a bit of bad luck would prompt the entire story of how Job suffered but did not curse his Lord. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The dog took a long, satisfied puff and said, “Best of luck to you, peculiar children.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I wish your uncle all the luck in the world,” Mr. Galanter said quietly to Billy. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“The last time I was here, they were doing clown faces. No such luck today,” Ivy explains. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I cursed the luck that had timed my arrival in the hotel cafeteria to coincide with Hilda's. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“We’re in luck, then,” the foes replied, and they were more real to him in the twilight than the monks whose chanting drifted downhill from the abbey. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I hunt through my stack of cards to find the word I want good luck for the most. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thinks I may be catching, like a disease or any form of bad luck. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If they were able to complete it in the summer of 1945,” he said, “we might have had the luck to complete it in the winter of 1944-1945.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When one of the fishermen, let’s say Tata Boanda, has good luck on the river and comes home with his boat loaded with fish, what does he do?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither Ron nor Hermione wished him luck as they left; both looked rather annoyed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But what earthly luck could have produced this black coat, made it stop — could have made it talk Shanghainese, no less, could have turned it right before his eyes into a sister, his sister? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if they were just Claremonts, you wouldn’t have so much luck. It’d sure as hell be less confusing—it’s the name everybody knows them by anyway!” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Let it be now. There can be no victory over the Cauldron-Born, but with luck, we can hold them off a little while. If Eilonwy and Gurgi can escape, there is still a chance.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, tried that one. Asked for a TV, too, but no luck. I guess those shuck-faces don’t want us seeing how wonderful life is when you don’t live in a freaking maze.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

This did not mean that we were necessarily wrong—with luck the extra water might be fudged into vacant regions on the periphery of our helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Cathy had remarkable luck in finding things—a gold charm, money, a little silken purse, a silver cross with red stones said to be rubies. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Ring for that compress, would you? I’ll be in my study, resting. With any luck I’ll be up and about later, after the lozenge takes effect.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Mama says that was the poor woman’s bad luck, because now she has got to go right on tending after her husband and her seven or eight children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vice President Andrew Johnson, whose luck held when his assassin backed out, now stands in the next room, summoned there after learning of Lincoln’s condition. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

How he found them so easily mystified her, but he always told her that it wasn’t a matter of luck at all, that it was just a matter of keeping your eyes open. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

‘It sounds very desperate, but I believe Frodo is right. It is the only way of getting off without being followed at once. With luck we might get a considerable start.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Probably Julius’s mother couldn’t, either, but with luck she would show it to Julius, for whom the message had been written. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you have any luck getting rides through here?” he asked. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip the crucifix around my neck into my mouth—something I’ve started doing when I need extra good luck. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

But right in the middle of the act, we had some bad luck. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found no luck waiting for me at the harbor. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was really hoping I’d wake up to a functional lander, but no such luck. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easy to say it was all just luck. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

With luck, there might still be someone there. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

We deserved a bit of luck by then, because the day hadn’t been going at all well. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least when it came to Leo’s luck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Having been raised around men who were down on their luck, I was no stranger to the sight of alcohol. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

With a bit of luck, Malfoy would be getting his comeuppance in a few hours’ time. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mary smiled at them all and said it was good luck to start life in a new home with laughter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several more times before Edwin's next visit, Cole tried being invisible, but had no luck. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“What luck?” inquired Mr. Little, coming into the bathroom. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

And goodbye to their teacher, Miss Thorn, who had finished her Last Day of School speech, wishing them luck in the lives they were about to begin. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d learned a thing or two about hinges thanks to Margo, and I realized why we hadn’t had any luck pulling on all those doors: they opened in. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wish you and your family the best of luck. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I made a leap for the hose and had the good luck to catch it. The rest of the boys seemed transfixed with horror and unable to move.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

With my luck I’m probably going to be the first person she picks. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Some people assumed afterwards I’d fixed it for him, but that wasn’t the case; it was just luck, and anyway, it wasn’t that great a room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’re out of luck, all you get is a jar full of cucumber and mustard sauce. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Word of it crept in among the nuns; the beggars in front of the church spoke of it, for they would be there to take the tithe of the first fruits of the luck. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

With luck, our own situation might be similar, on a larger scale. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

People came up sporadically to wish Jesse luck or say good-bye, but plainly found the trek a little bizarre, a typically Jesse thing to do. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alone on the dark beach, Adina had to laugh at her lousy luck. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When our time was up, he shook my hand and wished me luck. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, good luck to you,” he said again. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It would be just my luck, of course, to be savaged by an animal with a flea collar and a medical history. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I'm guessing they think that people who end up here don't need any more bad luck. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And then someone’ll hand out handguns and cans of Mace and tell us, “Good luck, and have the time of your life if you can keep it.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s over for us. So we’re all rooting for you now, amigo. Good luck.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Pure luck, apparently After that it was back to work and home to the Doorman in the early hours of morning. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There is a lot of luck in this life. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Not luck. You had something more going for you besides luck.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Doctors tried to correct it with glasses, but had no luck. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She gulped it down, licking her fingers and marveling at this turn in her luck. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well then. You are totally not in luck.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

General Eisenhower said to the French people: “Stiff fighting will come now, but after this the victory. The year 1944 is the year of complete victory. Good luck!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Otherwise, you might end up bringing bad luck to your own self.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You, Emma, who have so few opportunities of dancing, you are really out of luck; you are very much out of luck!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Because your luck is terrible and mine is great. Do what I say and I’ll delay the pleasure of hurting you.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I need the luck of a prime number. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Chuckling deep down in his barrel-like chest, he said, ‘Yes, I guess you will be all right. Well, good-bye and good luck! If you’re ever in town again look me up.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Isn’t Isannah in luck? Taken right into the family like a little sister.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to turn east at the next corner, and then loop around after a few blocks and try my luck on a different street on my way back to the boardwalk. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The crew of the Selaesori Qhoran had been pleased enough when he first came on board; a dwarf was good luck, after all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Since the moment I started running, I've been wondering when my luck was going to run out. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My rainy-day money was hidden here, eight iron pennies I had hoarded for when my luck turned bad. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Good luck!” said Colin when they had reached the right room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Well now, if the falling of this bird is a sign of a curse or bad luck, we are in both. So I am eating every bit of it. You can do as you please.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

As luck would have it, Rooster Jim passed by a few days later. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“He never deserved such hard luck,” he said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bad luck, mate, but you’ll pass next time — we can take it together.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He had the bad luck of drawing into an event that featured the best filly in the country, Myrdewood. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was mere luck that Uncle Son didn’t go on the mission where Father was captured. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Luck,” James Vincent groaned to himself, to nobody, not in his wildest dreams realizing how prophetic his statement would turn out to be: “I got the kind of luck even a rattlesnake wouldn’t strike at.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just my luck that I’ve come on the day of some business conference. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

With any luck, I’d be able to bring his scooter back. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I see... Well, actually, I’m blind, so I don’t see. Have you come to kill me, then? If so, good luck completing your quest.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Hearing back from Babbage gave her a lift, so she decided to try her luck again with Raven, who was, of course, online. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He says the best thing to do is find a lucky penny when you’re with someone and give the other person the good luck. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

At first I had no better luck than I’d had in the morning. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

—Lewis My reply: Commander, pure bad luck is responsible for my situation, not you. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She inspected the other luck offerings that had accumulated over the night. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Is that any way to treat somebody who's down on her luck? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

All we had to do was to construct a set of molecular models and begin to play—with luck, the structure would be a helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

"Please," Sansa said, "I only meant ... it would be ill luck, Your Grace ... to, to kill a man on your name day." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

All the wealthy West Side women kept secret candles to burn for good luck, even though it was against the law. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

By either luck or a miracle, it seemed the old book had survived its most recent adventure. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. Anyway, something dramatic can happen and the whole thing will turn around. Then you’ll have as much good luck as you had bad luck.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just luck,” Patrolman Mancuso offered, clearing his throat of some invisible phlegm. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘No one ever has luck in there. You’ll get lost. People don’t go in there.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He shook hands with each of us and wished us good luck. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It means bad luck. You know how quickly fire takes offense.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nailer set his luck gifts outside the door. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jesper could never tell how much of what Kaz got away with was smarts and planning and how much was dumb luck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I suppose even our bad luck looks good to you.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to tell the girl that I wasn’t actually a celebrity, but I signed her paper and wished her good luck. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I bid you good luck on your quest.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, team,” Mr. Stoker says, and then walks over to Ethan. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I remember shaking his hand and saying, “Hey, good luck with the Hamilton thing.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“The genes I got from my mom and dad. And my luck, well, I don’t where that came from. God, maybe.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

After a long pause, somebody in the audience said, “Beginner’s luck?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t easy, especially when my phone buzzed with a text from Dad wishing me luck. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Their luck held: On race day, the sky came up sunny and the field small. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It could be like a good luck charm,” Grandma agreed, the church music playing low on the radio. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With any luck, Ebright would be coming home by way of Berlin with both a national title and a third consecutive gold medal. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid I don’t have anything I can share about that. Good luck with your story.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They throw it on the floor and hand me a thin blanket, shove me in, and shut the door and say good luck.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stood there hoping she’d notice and move, but no such luck. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Salt spirits or no salt spirits, I need all the luck I can get today. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It is bad luck to let one of these small whirlwinds strike you. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each night Cole tried without luck to find the feelings to dance the dance of anger. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I need some luck tomorrow. I’m playing baseball with Larry and them,” he said. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But as luck would have it, my algebra book wasn't entirely ruined. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We value the arts and high scores on state tests, and good luck to those of you on our wait list. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You could pass it on to someone, but doing that was like passing on evil, or bad luck, or a bad spirit—the transmission also reflected God's will.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

From the wooden bridge, Roosevelt heard someone shout, “Good luck!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Because you were there! Your bad luck rubbed off on me. How did you know where I was going?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Elya worked hard, but bad luck seemed to follow him everywhere. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

His father gives him enough for a soda and wishes him luck. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Tides, currents, and winds were one thing, the force of luck another. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And with a little luck, that will solve both our problems.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

All around them they heard strange calls, but this time Hanako knew it was tanuki, maybe the very same one that had brought them luck. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was with my mother, and we were walking back from a breakfast pot- luck at First Congregational before it became old First Congregational. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He cut nine hairs out of the mole of her head for luck and went off happy. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Someone’s painted a wall lime green, or there’s a bright-red sign above a takeaway shop, or maybe somebody’s picked up a bright-blue piece of sheet metal just by luck. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“It is ill luck to look at cakes before the New Year,” he replied hastily. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s bad luck to be overconfident,” I translated. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I just shook his hand, wished him good luck, and told him he’d better write.” Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You might have more luck at the Film Academy library,” said Monsieur Labisse. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

His relationships were stormy and plagued with bad luck. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

With luck, Francis’ coiled coils would get into print as soon as if not before Pauling’s. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It was a surprising stroke of good luck. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Incomplete planning, poor judgment, bad luck, and worse weather conspired against him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Her motel catered to a patchwork of local folks who were down on their luck. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The butcher had sold her during his previous stretch of bad luck. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

However, I had no luck catching Denna at the Oaken Oar over the next two days. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One hand went out, and the ball fell into it in what was either a feat of remarkable timing or incredible luck. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But with luck by the time we finish it will feel as if it is. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The canoe was quite handily placed, in fact; luck had been on their side, or a little luck anyway. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dozens of futures extended ahead of him, depending on his luck and the will of the Fates... and the variable that this girl presented. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And this answer must have haunted Croesus dismally as his luck disappeared, and his wealth and his kingdom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When seasoned by the subtleties of accident, harmony, favor, wisdom, and inevitability, luck takes on the cast of serendipity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I placed it underneath his pillow, along with my copper pyrite rock for good luck. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It is bad luck to touch the dead.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He congratulates all the candidates on our excellent speeches and wishes us all luck. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I have the worst luck in the history of luck. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He walked to the side door and tried that one with no luck. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The madwoman blew him a kiss for luck. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And it was on the same trip that they had the good luck to rescue an old metal mixing bowl from a garbage pail. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was one thing he understood about working in an emergency—surviving—it was that there was a large measure of luck involved. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

They see that joy and luck do not mean the same to their daughters, that to these closed American-born minds “joy luck” is not a word, it does not exist. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed a younger brother like Claudia’s, who had a ton of money, or he needed to have a stroke of good luck. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I must be the only one free of your hoodoo bad luck.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe how lucky I am to even witness it—to be the one who gets to have it, and so much of it, is beyond luck and feels like fate. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You are in luck.—Your only blunder was confined to my ear, when you imagined a certain friend of ours in love with the lady.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I thanked him for his good wishes, and wished him luck in his endeavors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kali bent forward eagerly, quivering in her excitement, and at that moment as ill luck would have it the child woke, opened his weak, pinkish eyes, yawned and began to yell piercingly. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who needs luck when you have the good Lord,” Ma Charles said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He was busy reading a mailgram from University of Nebraska head coach Tom Osborne wishing him luck on an upcoming game. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Cleopatra, luck came in the form of the civil war being waged between Caesar and Pompey, the two generals who now ruled Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I accidentally whack my elbow against the doorframe, and, for good luck, whack the other. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It owed nothing to luck: he never had a clearly lost position. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There's something wrong with me for thinking like this, for wishing bad luck to Leo, but I know everything in life has to have a trade. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I jam the knife in the keyhole and wiggle and twist it, with no luck. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t bring the bad luck to us, no matter how much it felt that way. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"Then take these for good luck. Pretend they're power pills," he said, which I thought was funny because for me, they kinda were. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Every search begins with beginner’s luck. And every search ends with the victor’s being severely tested.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s called the principle of favorability. When you play cards the first time, you are almost sure to win. Beginner’s luck.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not Mike, not a burst of random luck—I would get us out, and seeing Clancy’s face slack with my influence would be well worth the effort it would take to break into his mind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Cricketers are good luck—so I suppose ants are better luck. And cockroaches are the best luck of all. Throw it away.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d been stalking the area since Saturday, hoping the kids would come back, but no luck. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

‘Some folk have all the luck,’ they said; but it was not until Frodo approached the usually more sober age of fifty that they began to think it queer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And my father, looking uncomfortable, answers, “Of course, darling,” and silently taps his knuckles against their custom-made white Canadian birch headboard, for luck. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow started to fall, but my luck held, for it was only a light gay snow. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already several of the rabbits were asleep, crouched uneasily between the thick stems, aware of the chance of danger but too tired to do more than trust to luck. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All luck, no accounting for it, except for the fact that I always sell my stock fast. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he hadn’t had his sisters tying him down, he could have left New York and tried his luck elsewhere. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I tried to attach myself to the group I had followed down the road, but no luck; no luck for them either, if they did not have their identification-papers with them. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I put on the slippers and step into Lord Kensington alone, trying not to let my nerves show as the elevator doors shut and the adults wish me luck. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The symbolism escapes me, but the holder of the table's one uncracked egg was supposedly rewarded with a year of good luck. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Even Harold Urey, who was a member of the Briggs committee, had no luck obtaining access to other scientists’ work to help him develop an isotope separation process for uranium. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Ray had arrived, as few people have the good luck to arrive, at home. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever saw a Ch’i-lin was in luck, and if you got to ride one, you had it made. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “The way I see it, it’s bad luck. Everybody knows what bad luck is. It leaves you defenseless. And there it is! The way I see it, it’s bad luck.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I remembered her perfect face and cursed my luck. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her suitcase lids gaped like mouths; Brave Orchid had better hurry with the luck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that I am afraid will be just your luck.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

No luck finding the Jade Key inside any of them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Good luck,” one of the campers told me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“My luck, Doctor No-gloves will want to check out my nuts again.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We received a polite letter from our HMO, wishing us the best of luck, regretting they couldn’t cover the cost. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He must be one ’em folk that believe it’s bad luck to take a bath in May, June, July, or August plus any month that’s got the letter r in its spelling. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe Genie needed to buy an extra-large order of whatever Mr. Binks was selling, because he discovered shortly after he got home that his luck was bad. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But finding a change of clothes—less than three hours after escaping the camp and before anyone could get a look at him—was an extraordinary stroke of luck. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He stared at Harry for a moment, and then said, “Good luck with the third task.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"And good luck. I do hope you get safe away." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The old pirate believed they brought good luck and kept his tavern free of vermin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She slinks right back to him, rubbing herself against his legs, oblivious to the years of rotten luck she’s filling our lives with. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Right. It’s time. Good luck, all of you.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I thought ’bout the luck of the Bobos and seent that no matter how good I planned things out, it was probably a sure thing that this was gonna go bad for me real fast. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

And because of his bad luck and because he was in his truck, driving eastbound on Route 27 this morning, two kids are now parentless and at least one of them is in grave condition. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father took another swallow from Nailer’s luck gift and settled down to watch the storm as it rolled toward them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were pious people, Muslims, who believed the twin babies were a sign of double luck, and they were sure of this when, later in the evening, they discovered how valuable the babies were. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my selfishness, despite my whining, despite my stupid dumb luck in being the only one left and my inability to appreciate it, when they—they have nothing. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Given this formidable array of bad luck, poor timing, and the highly focused political strategy of his Republican enemies, Adams actually did surprisingly well when all the votes were counted. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was told he was in luck, as the organization had a donor who specifically wanted money to go to feeding the poor in Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He had luck, geography, and time on his side. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“That was just because I know about those words, alone and lonely, that's all. It was just an unfortunate stroke of luck.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I never got to wish Zoey good luck because she told me she hated me and was never talking to me again before I got the chance. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Twin girls. We have never had such luck in our family.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above it there was a small buttonhole, and in the buttonhole he placed the snowdrop, the glass flower that his father had given him as a luck token when he had left Wall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly no one could attack him here-and moreover he had a stroke of luck. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I tried again more slowly, and still no luck. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Boy, they really have that shine working! Almost as shiny as the bangle Madame Rubenstein gave me. I’m going to wear that, too. Maybe it will bring me good luck.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And a can opener; it would be just her luck to forget the can opener. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’ve been nothing but bad luck to them since I came.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had looked over every inch with no luck. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was a new kind of luck for us. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He might have had the bad luck to catch the only pessimistic scientist on TV. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Some of the town kids, not knowing it was bad luck to catch the carp, would scoop them out of the low waters and toss the fish upon the sand bars. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry felt oddly separate from everyone around him, whether they were wishing him good luck or hissing “We’ll have a box of tissues ready, Potter” as he passed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Harry asked, disregarding a strong feeling that he might be pushing his luck, a feeling apparently shared by Phineas Nigellus, who hissed softly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I guess you can luck your way into moving up the chain, too. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That was how the good luck game worked. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on. Just till he passes. Just till dark. With luck he’ll think we doubled back into the trees above.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And we have five dollars exactly for souvenirs, so you’re out of luck.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look smart. I told Daddy most people would probably wear dress robes, but he believes you ought to wear sun colors to a wedding, for luck, you know.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

With any luck, I’ll bet we could sail that little boat all the way down to Queenstown and back in one afternoon. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Good luck!” cried a voice from the stands. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

With luck, as soon as they tried to load the catapult, it would explode in their faces. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, one of her annoying superstitions. You were still in my belly. It had something to do with a baby getting bad luck if the mother looks at the dead.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Berkner speculates that this is what happened to the great reptiles; their size may have been all right for a richly oxygenated atmosphere, but they had the bad luck to run out of air. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other choice would be dangerous, too, but with luck it would get her home before dark. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jason and Piper climbed from niche to niche, kicking and pounding, wiggling seashells embedded in the stone; but they had no luck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had decorated them with runners about luck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mariam wondered how so many women could suffer the same miserable luck, to have married, all of them, such dreadful men. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart had been praying for just some stroke of good luck like Major Duluth’s death. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Their luck would hold indefinitely, and they would carry on their intrigue, just like this, for the remainder of their natural lives. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“It brings luck, they say. They can’t eat or drink or anything, not even water, which is a little crazy if you ask me.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Good luck to you in it, honey. Good luck to you from here on.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine my luck to be the one to find him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was pure luck that I did not. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe there would be something she could use—something to put the white witch to sleep, or maybe a luck potion. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Nailer suddenly wished he could give all his luck to her. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a kind of duty, perhaps a way of adding a little good luck to the voyage, or warding off the bad. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

For once, his luck held, Petey and TimeStar were still in the basement workshop, discussing their own futile strategies, looking as depressed as the ice cream shop Clock Watchers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Try your luck! Step right up! Answer a simple riddle and win a wind-flower!" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

If the roof crashes on your head, no need to cry over this bad luck. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three people have had the luck to get through during the night and bring some provisions. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That Fifi has always been the lucky one. Not to mention her luck with"—the grandmother lowers her voice—"with Otto." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then I realized that I was doing something that could result in good luck. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew those rich folks were gonna come here and bring some good luck with them!” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But with hard work, a little bit of luck, and a lot of good acting, I might just be able to fake it. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I tipped Michael and earnestly wished him luck with property rights and poverty. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Whenever the weather would turn nasty, one or another Sherpa was apt to point up at the clouds boiling heavenward and earnestly declare, “Somebody has been sauce-making. Make bad luck. Now storm is coming.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The variance depends a little on luck and a great deal on the extent of litigation. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother urged me to start tithing as a way of thanking God for all the good luck. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glared at the doorway, almost daring her luck to get worse. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That’s a perfect sample of the luck of the Bobos; a million and nine trees out there in ’em woods and Pap had to go pick the only one that was toting a invisible shield. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Into the hollows of one of the cinder blocks, the one centered just above the front door, Arturo placed a print of San Martín Caballero encased in a plastic bag, to bring us luck. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But his good luck caused a third development, so that he did not reap the fruits of his ill-advised decision. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘I do. But I think we’ll trust our luck together, Sam; or our blessing. Still, be careful now, if it’s very cold!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

With numbers, the magic is all in the luck of it, a thing that’s out of my hands and everyone else’s. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those with academic inclinations took extra classes with the head teacher in their teenage years and with luck made it into teachers’ college. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“A lot of people got hurt. Some didn’t make it. Billy Pogo’s unnatural luck saved him, but he lost both his parents. He’s not coming back to the Bureau this summer.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He touched Akira’s stain and said, “This thing will give him much luck. It is good color, I like very much.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Over the years visitors to the museum had thrown money into the fountain for good luck. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I cross the fingers of my left hand for luck and knock on the door with my right. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They hugged me and wished me luck on my journey. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Be just my luck, I get in the paper for something good and they misspell my name. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin leaned against the doorjamb, knocking his knuckles against it as if for luck. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes my luck runs out, and my legs suddenly shoot out in front of me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

If he pulled something off, that was smart; if he failed, that was bad luck. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

You wont wish us luck either, will you? the man said. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

No luck: the fair wind failed us when our prudence failed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fired! Bad luck, that. It’s not easy to find work these days.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Matthias decided that Martin would have put on a brave face and trusted to a warrior’s luck. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She sat proudly on the bench, telling my admirers with proper Chinese humility, “Is luck.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you keep walking back from good luck, he thought, you’ll come to bad luck. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

With an Imperial Entomologists’ nose, and a silver thimble clenched for luck in her fist. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hamper weighed a ton, and I had no luck in getting Mary Alice to carry the other handle. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tugged at the biggest knots, near the beast’s neck, with all her might, but they wouldn’t budge; then she tried using the dagger without luck either. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Without words of goodbye or good luck, he turns and walks away from us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took two of the larger black stones and they went to find a campsite, and here, too, there was the waiting for luck. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It was rather hard luck on them, all the same,” said he. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“We aren’t far from the house, Matt, and you’re in luck. The doctor’s spending the night. Do you hurt a lot?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s got the idea now and we don’t want to push our luck.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Put him in your boat. Don’t hurt him or bind him. I have a feeling Michael’s heart is in the right place. He just had the bad luck of being sponsored by the wrong person.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Yes. It will bring you good luck on your journey to meet your mother.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But last night I pouted when Mother insisted one of my brothers must rise first this morning to bless our house because only male feet can bring luck. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

So now, instead of good luck, the dry season brought an invasion of rebels of the Revolutionary United Front. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You push things too far, sometimes, Ryan Dean. Just your luck.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But their luck held, and for the rest of that day they met no living or moving thing; and when night fell they vanished into the darkness of Mordor. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In a stroke of good luck for Booth, for unknown reasons Samuel Mudd’s cousin George failed to ride into town to report the strangers to the cavalry. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re probably just naturally lucky, so your luck is coming too fast.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You guys made good luck,” Mom said, coming over to us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As a token of good luck there were three fine fish in the net. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

CJ, short for Calamity Jane/Jude, is what everyone at school calls me on account of my “bad luck.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Most rootworkers will kill a bat outright. Cut out its heart to make a batch of luck potion.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If our family ever needed luck, it was now. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My brothers think that my new fortune is more than luck—it’s a sign from Allah that I’m supposed to do something different with my life. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s truth to that. I never see her in the company of other womenfolk, and she has about as much luck with men as ...” He paused, groping for a comparison. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Remember to tear it open before you go out to Dragon’s bowl. Hurry, now. I can hear Mrs. Fitzgibbon moving around. She’s getting the dinner. Be careful, and good luck.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was starting a rotation in pediatrics at the time—good luck, since children don’t tend to hold the crippled responsible for their infirmities, as grown-ups do. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

People are so wildly different, and it’s hard to know when genetics or environment or just bad luck is decisive. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She will be gone for one year—less, with luck—or she will bring her children to be with her. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It would be just my luck that the only one would turn out to be my father. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess this place is good luck, he thought with a rush of anticipation. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“But this business of his is a cash cow, I’m telling you. Listen. This is how I got it figured ...” What luck! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judging from the position of his blade, he would’ve taken me—maybe by sheer luck—in the small of my back, my only weak point. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It seems I had had beginner’s luck with that first dorado. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I do not wish him dead, but I wish that by luck, by chance, he might have taken some other road and found some other valley. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hanako could not believe their luck to find this woman in a starving country selling these beautiful cakes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She has even less luck than I do, and as soon as I step into the living room, Shoji turns for the stairs with his book still in his hand. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At such times she neglected to mention the bad luck that befell the first Stanley Yelnats. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She wished me a lot of luck with the operation and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I then returned to Copenhagen to collect my few clothes and to tell Herman about my good luck in being able to become a crystallographer. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Just then Sarah came into the kitchen and, as luck would have it, she was carrying four or five shopping bags and looking smug. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran until by stupid luck she found herself staring at a wood plank sign printed with the words White Oak Icehouse. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the teeth of every difficulty, in spite of inexperience, of primitive implements, of bad luck and of Snowball’s treachery, the work had been finished punctually to the very day! Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“With any luck, we’ll see you both again in just a few days.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

If luck was on his side, there was just enough time to carry out his plan. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck. I have about a hundred in the bank. It might be enough for you to buy some eye patches.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then, in what was either a brilliant stroke of luck or a bit of disastrously poor timing, depending on whether you were rooting for the squirrel or the children, the doors swung open. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Here at least was one piece of luck, for he had expected to have trouble in getting on the roof. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even at midnight he would be in the red-light district trying to console with predictions of good luck the lonely women who were weeping beside their phonographs. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was like seeing the last bit of their luck drain from a glass. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The board seemed untouched by the flame, protected by good luck and the layer of dew it collected every nightfall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Outside the apartment house, Paul considered his choices: pressing on with the sale despite his luck today or going home. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s scary that luck decided whether we got food or not. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The puddle immediately trickled down to the attic and, as luck would have it, landed in and next to the potato barrel. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and said, “Good luck. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

One of them called me last night just to wish me good luck. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I played out the nightmare over and over in my mind—the last day, the last hour, the last minute, liberation so close, then my luck would run out. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t push your luck too far, child,” my mother said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking that our luck wasn't so good. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck. When you going back to the front?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Just left me flat, in the middle of all that bad luck and broken sky. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So nice to see you girls one last time. Good luck.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

‘Trust to luck again! It nearly failed us last time, but it didn’t quite. A steady pace for a few more miles, and then a rest.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Almost as soon as I say those words, we do have luck. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Still, fishing was his favorite pastime and he had great luck with Ned’s Wiggle King fishing lure. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t believe it at first. Never expected to see it again. But—a Fflam never despairs! Quite a stroke of luck, though.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He was sure the fall was more bad luck, and he was sure it was because of the stolen twenty. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

But to be ill, on this day—very bad luck. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she would have said, “Phhhhtttt, I wish you luck.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I brushed my hair ninety-nine times a night to bring luck to our marital bed, in hopes of conceiving a son. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shuddered at his luck, that nothing had hit him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In a few years, without effort, simply by luck, he had accumulated one of the largest fortunes in the swamp thanks to the supernatural proliferation of his animals. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The table goes quiet and we get back to eating our good luck for the year. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Many of the men felt it was bad luck to do so. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He left the motor running while he climbed out himself to shake hands with each one of them, James last, and wish them good luck. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says real actors will never say the name Macbeth out loud, because it’s bad luck. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d never had much luck with that power, probably because it freaked him out too much. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Calling it our last meal was a way of wishing us good luck. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I need is luck, Woolf told a rapt audience. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was simply good luck that Steven and Emilia liked each other. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I guessed it wasn’t a good idea to try my luck twice in the first week. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nessy, we got a lot to talk about. And now’s not really the time. I just wanted to show up for a quick second and wish you good luck.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When he finished bathing and attempted to catch another ride north, however, he discovered that his luck had changed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Best place to break through. Now, good-bye, my friends. And, ah, good luck with that other little matter.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I would have had as much luck trying to drink a river or lift a mountain. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s a special kind of bug. Crickets are good luck.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But, with luck, the addition of magnesium or possibly calcium ions to the sugar-phosphate backbone would quickly generate an elegant structure, the correctness of which would not be debatable. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Though it was long past daybreak now, her luck still held. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

With luck, I might see, on a soft summer night, as many as three halls burning down at once. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Good luck. And let me hear from you.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Good luck sounds so trite and pointless in the face of this. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Better start pretending you’re a hard worker. It’s just over that rise. And hurry up. We don’t get out there before every other black fool, we’ll be out of luck.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought finding religion meant a body quit worrying about luck.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The dog said you came here to help your sisters. Have you had any luck?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His body was gray-brown and dingy, except for his right foot, which glowed a polished white from decades of hands rubbing it for luck. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I thought Olive, who was small and quick, or Hugh, with his peculiar connection to another sort of winged creature, might have some luck, but both were humiliated. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

By summer’s end, Mr. Grote seems to be having more luck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He tried to explain about the accidents, about his bad luck, but each time Pastor Tom cut him off, called it evil superstition. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were safely in their houses, however, celebrating with the daughter her luck at being saved from such a frightening husband. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Then good luck,” said Dumbledore, and he watched, with a trace of apprehension on his face, as Snape swept wordlessly after Sirius. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

No one in Henrietta’s family ever saw a Hopkins doctor without visiting the Jesus statue, laying flowers at his feet, saying a prayer, and rubbing his big toe for good luck. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Seeing it with my own eyes, I believed it, but I didn’t push my luck. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched him disappear in the twilight shadows, I whispered these words: “Good-bye, old fellow. Good luck, and good hunting!” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, lots of fishing captains won’t let you bring a ripe banana on board because they believe it’s bad luck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

At once, he knew that he had pushed his luck He looked back Hooper was watching him, the huge stone held between his hands, dripping water. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I hope — oh, I shouldn’t say anything or I’ll invite bad luck.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May his luck keep him in classes and us in drinks.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That was bad luck. Now you know this dressing’s got to come off.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wished Ron and Hermione both luck, then turned and climbed the marble staircase again, determined, whatever Hermione said, to devote an hour or two to the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She says that every year she makes him a new outfit to bring her good luck. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We explode clouds of aerosol, mixed for good luck with deodorants, into our noses, mouths, underarms, privileged crannies—even into the intimate insides of our telephones. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I suffered a piece of extraordinary good luck I might be able to muster two talents to pay the interest on my debt to Devi. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Good luck to you all, and happy hunting! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before we young Akhaians shipped for Troy I led men on nine cruises in corsairs to raid strange coasts, and had great luck, taking rich spoils on the spot, and even more in the division. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And superstition. They are one and the same, anyway. We stop for good luck and because everyone enjoys an unexpected holiday.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll pick you up at noon on Saturday. Don’t be late. Good luck with the ritual sacrifice.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

‘Well, good luck on your road, and good luck to your homecoming!’ said Mr. Butterbur. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Virgil would have preferred French vanilla, but he didn’t want to press his luck. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The baboons are probably envious of my good luck. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck,” I say “Give me a few minutes,” Mimi answers throatily. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Neither could Maniac explain that the bad luck he always seemed to have with parents had led him to the conclusion that he’d better stick to himself. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was a little noncommittal, in terms of good or bad luck, but it’ll have to do.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And thanks to some good luck and timing—thanks to Tilly, and God, too—I had pulled Benjamin DiAngelo from one side to the other. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was about to find out my luck could get a whole lot worse. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The Romans don’t trust me. That’s why I was hoping she’d listen to you. Children of Pluto... well, no offense, but they think we’re even worse than children of Neptune. Were bad luck.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Good luck with the idealist. Don't let him play another trick on you.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Very hard. Without luck, we will not make it.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

His only reaction was astonishment at his good luck. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, you can have this one. It’ll bring you good luck.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And he still had had no luck hunting. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I hoped to have more luck outside of the corporate world, but I was turned away after the third round of interviews. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Either I let it go—or I tried my luck on the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a stroke of luck the parents aren’t about,” he said. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I hope one of the other groups had better luck. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Brian McLendon, a Random House publicist who had become a friend, was wishing me luck—and reporting more details of the Columbine High School shooting. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t mess around like that. You just don’t fritter away all your luck.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to hear a poem, Beowulf? You are in luck; I was planning to read more poetry today. After lunch, I thought we might have a go at ‘The Wreck of the Hesperus.’” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I hate Fridays. Wednesdays, too. Bad luck. Sorrowful Mystery on the Rosary.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now it seemed to him that he was always saying or thinking that he didn’t deserve some bad luck, or some bad treatment from others. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him the shortest way out of the ghetto and wished him luck. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine. We never see it on television, but the president always visits the victors before the tour to wish them luck,” I say brightly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t had that many strokes of good luck in his life, but Joaquin knew he had gotten lucky by not having any siblings. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

With any luck, when I kill her, Finnick will duck behind the tree for cover just as the lightning bolt strikes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now maybe it was just a piece of luck,” Cob tapped the side of his nose knowingly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Maybe some of them are famous people’s, and anyway, like Grandma said, they’re like good luck charms,” Genie said, trying to calm him down. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I count my lucky stars—that is, I’m reminded again that there is some luck to be had, even for a washed-up hustler like me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got out of the car and Sonny drove away, yelling, “Good luck!” out the window. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In a letter to Grove, White wrote, “I am hoping that all the good luck in the world will come our way from a good publisher,” adding that he would be keeping his fingers crossed. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Yep, I got it from Teeth Man. It’s a good luck charm.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I told you two years ago. They aint no luck on this place.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it seemed awfully coincidental, I didn’t want to push my luck by asking too many questions about who this someone was. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m hoping Carlyle expels me from the group, too, but no such luck. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

After Emily and Matthew returned home, she spent over an hour trying to decode the odd little symbols on the flyer with no luck. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In those days, if you had been interested by peculiar things, perhaps you would have had the luck to notice a knight-in-armour riding past the window. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meeting him last spring had been a stroke of luck. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She has darkened her lashes with black mascara so that her eyes stand out as if she were slightly startled at her good luck. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think they would have more luck than hundreds of policemen, and his shoulder throbbed painfully. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He gave Sam a spearhead and a dozen arrowheads as well, and passed the rest out among his other friends for luck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I caught myself before I said good luck. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Already, by luck, we have seen the assembly of particles of exchanged thought into today’s structures of art and science. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope I never have to read out of it again. One shouldn’t push one’s luck.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We wish you luck,” said the winged girl. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Bakers began frosting their cakes with plain sugar—it was cheaper than luck and just as sparkly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Ah well, things often turn out unexpectedly. Perhaps your luck will change soon.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe ghosts were just like the living and were down on their luck. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

So far, I wasn’t having any luck, though. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Joey and Vivek kept saying stuff about “beginner’s luck” and how she must have cheated, so the girl started to walk away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“That would mean at least ten years’ bad luck for you both,” said Dustfinger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We clamored out of the camp, all elbows and bravado, feeling our superiority, owning our luck. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There by luck she found winecups and tables still in place—for Father’s attendant counselors had dined just now before they went to the assembly. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also requires a little luck, which she gets: On the table, she spots the juice glass ringed in burgundy. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Good luck,” he says under his voice before falling in behind us. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They all gathered around to shake my hand and wish me luck. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Really a great piece of luck getting this job. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He’d had rotten luck this afternoon, hadn’t sold a single box. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you had much luck getting signatures yet?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Koffi knew they were being reckless, knew that at any moment they could run into more of the temple’s workers or the Sons of the Six, but luck stayed with them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

As luck would have it, I’m only able—except for a few rare occasions—to view nature through dusty curtains tacked over dirt-caked windows; it takes the pleasure out of looking. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It’s late and I’m in bed, but I am not having much luck getting to sleep. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I wish them luck, wherever they end up. If they come back here, though, I won’t be able to let them go again.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well. Just be careful of him. I imagine he can smell a son of Neptune a mile away. Out you go, now. Good luck!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“He kept grinning at me and telling me I’d always have good luck if I kept it with me at all times.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’ll have the luck to bring the forward half in. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just my luck that my grandfather had been there to witness my humiliation. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Haw, but look me up sometimes, I'm a piano player and a rounder, a whiskey drinker and a pavement pounder. I'll teach you some good bad habits. You'll need 'em. Good luck," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After warming up with Candace, we sat together as long as we could before wishing each other luck and heading over to our respective strips. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, good luck with your scientific method,” Danny told me, getting to his feet. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We are having bad luck. Heavy rain again today.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It was September—with luck they’d have been home then—before they weighed anchor. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we have any kind of luck at all, we may not see him again.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rice moved off, calling a thoughtful “good luck.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good luck charm or not, the word on the street is that this kid is shooting five hundred foul shots a day and making nine out of every ten. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s good luck. Fold one thousand origami cranes and wish come true. But”—she chuckles—“we never reach one thousand. Our tradition is different. Everyone gets to make wish.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“A hug for good luck?” he asked, and Seven smiled as her dad pulled her into a warm embrace. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“What rotten luck. Would you like us to take the cars?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Soon they got up and left, for they had decided to try their luck with the fishing nets let down through big holes chopped in the ice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t hide it. That was just luck it missed the trash.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I lost my luck when I lost my fingerbones, the day the river burned below King’s Landing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Thanks for the kind words about my work, and best of luck with your explorations, scientific and otherwise. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

As for said alchemist, if he was having any luck with his alkahest, he was keeping it as much a secret as his key ingredient. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“He thinks I’m good luck, because my mother was the only one.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Good luck on your treasure hunt, Cap,” she said. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He never reproached her, for his good luck had returned and the more he spent the more he had. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before this year, however, Hall had had uncommonly good luck with the weather, and it might have skewed his judgment. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, then I was in luck yesterday evening.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But with her luck, she wouldn’t find any underground country. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, careful not to push my luck. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I half hope that my parents came in while I was asleep and didn’t want to wake us, but no such luck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe our sailing luck was changing, I thought. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“He does. He sells those teeth as good luck charms. Like a rabbit’s foot, y’know?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With luck, they’d be home in early November—maybe even the last of October. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In fact, everything is much better. It was really a stroke of luck that you were almost murdered by that girl. Now the deal can go through perfectly.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Or even worse than bad luck: If you truly didn’t accept your given house, then you couldn’t be sealed with your coven during the ceremony. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting to think birthdays are bad luck.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if the treasures she summoned would still bring bad luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was sullen with helpless fury at all the bad luck that had befallen them lately. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Good luck,” I heard him say before he drove off. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In school he didn’t have no luck neither. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a very good chance they were going to get caught by Filch or Mrs. Norris, and Harry felt he was pushing his luck, breaking another school rule today. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But Thalia and I won the prize for bad luck. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And for extra good luck, I ask Nana to pray for him. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

By luck I have not dusted the house recently. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Just in time Bilbo saw his peril, and he fled blindly up the passage away from the water; and once more he was saved by his luck. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe another piece of luck is coming our way. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I am positive that Aibileen would have better luck convincing someone than I would. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“My great luck, twice in a day, I get to see you,” he said to Princesse as she walked by. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “You can be unhonest in many ways, but not in that way. Well, good luck. I’ll be interested to hear what she says and does.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s called Lucky Tiger—sounds like just what we need, a bit of luck and a dab of cream. Let’s just put a little bit of this on.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t need this world’s luck to live. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Freak is trying to duck away and he says, "I'm not a dwarf and I'm not good luck." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

But now I was full of luck and Mom was laughing again and we were almost a Happy Perfect Family. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Now, get to class, and good luck with that story. And Emma?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He also says that it’s bad luck to have “three on a match.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He told me that he would be leaving the island, and added, “I just want to wish you people good luck.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Clayton’s luck went, more people boarded the train than departed. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She watched Bartolo put the lid down on Salvador’s crate and heard him whisper, “Good luck. Be quiet.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, Melody!” she whispers as she leaves for the day. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A bold, outrageous plan that would require epic amounts of luck to pull off. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then he said: “Here’s luck, grandfather; a new day; may the worst be over now.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you believe it that good luck is still pouring down on us?” she told him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

So, not to make this extremely long, as I could, I will just wish you the best of luck for today and the best of fun as well. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He pulled it down, amazed at his luck, and flipped through it until he came to the map that showed the route he and his father had traveled. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

‘What a piece of luck you had that rope!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I can hardly believe my luck, and my wild heart laughs, but I let out no sound. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And thanks for wishing me good luck for the game. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think much about my luck anymore one way or the other. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“For luck,” her grandmother had whispered, slipping it onto her wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

What luck! he was thinking as he led the way to the scales. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The president told us, “Good luck! I hope you win!” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Yes, sir. But isn’t it just like my luck to come clean across the state to find my daddy and he turns out to be a mean old coot?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Over at the country club, or in enormous corner offices with picture windows that seemed to deserve something more than wide-angle views of scrub brush and mesquite, they confused luck with business acumen. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a riddle, dude. And no. I haven’t had any luck figuring it out yet.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I kept fingering the Popsicle-stick good- luck talisman Teddy had presented me with before we left. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Line up, and follow me! Good luck, everybody! Here we go!” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had not even said good luck, God be with you. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good luck and a happy Fourth of July. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff give a long whistle and said, “Sir, I wish y’all every possible bit of luck in getting him back; you sure gonna need it.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Good luck! We’re all rooting for you. On and off the court.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He was trying to cut the cords with his gold blade but having no luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In a stroke of luck, this key had still been hanging from the van’s ignition when I’d first discovered it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He concluded: Reggie, I wish you good luck in all your future endeavors, and feel free to call me if you have any questions. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I was lucky. Perhaps you should give my head a good rub before our next game, Captain. Some of that luck might rub off on your fingers.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had seen men die all his life, and death was the luck of the chance, the price you eventually paid. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth didn’t want to think about it, but sadly, this squad of flesh-eating horror-show women might be the closest thing to good luck they were going to get in Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Hearing back from Babbage gave her a lift, so she decided to try her luck again with Raven, who was, of course, online. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He’d had little luck hunting—the area was teeming with mice and rabbits, but they scampered from Pax’s clumsy attempts to catch them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, six-legged freak. I guess Ally will get three votes, anyway.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then, unexpectedly, the way good luck always surprises you, they had a piece of very good luck. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bar is full of plain ordinary folk, some looking down on their luck, some looking to celebrate. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry tried to wish him luck as he walked past, but all that came out of his mouth was a sort of hoarse grunt. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“She hasn’t come back. Good riddance to bad luck, I say.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And if anything made Grandmother unreasonable, it was bad luck. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I am also thinking good luck to us finding one. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

That way, with any luck, the others could escape. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas tried hard to force himself to sleep, knowing it would make the time pass faster, but after two hours he’d still had no luck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But White and the others in the area were in luck, at least for the moment. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He must hunt it by guess, by hunch, by luck, even as it had hunted him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Only luck and a low-voltage electric fence had managed to keep him alive. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

And then I pressed my luck and asked her for some fat- back. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, that is a piece of bad luck," says Caesar, and there's a real edge of pain in his voice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Instead of good luck, it brought the war to our village. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

My luck was good that day; the balcony was not in use. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Even though you were clearly not doing your part in the clover search, perv,” she said wryly, “I really would give you this clover. Except luck is for suckers.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether it was in fact bringing him luck, and if it were, was it good luck or bad? Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

With any luck at all . . . but did you see those rocks? The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t believe that hogwash superstition, do you? Bad luck! Baw, there's nothing to it.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Best of luck today,” he told them with a magnanimous gesture that they didn’t deserve. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” said the girl, “but if I may say luck plays no part. We’ve both trained long and have been taught well by our scythes.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And because I have the worst luck ever, Grace Two already has her phone out. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I manage to say: "Good luck out there." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

If there were no seats left in the rear, black passengers were simply out of luck. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Here, the world says: love things, lose them, good luck. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

With a little luck and some hard work, he predicted, Sasha might be able to hold down a low-level job doing data processing. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But Athena poured a sea fog around him as he went— her love’s expedient, that no jeering sailor should halt the man or challenge him for luck. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You can sleep here,’ he said, ‘if they don’t offer you anything. But... good luck, bold fellow.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leroy decided to remain in the Baltimore area, and Herbert decided to try his luck in New York City. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“She wanted a charm bracelet. With ballet slippers, a heart, and a shamrock for luck.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, sweetheart!” my mom calls after him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

We were headed downhill, so I reasoned that with any luck we might coast right up to Calexico—or at least to the guard. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“With my luck, I’d fall out of the tree and break my neck.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“She says it be bad luck to pretend about a baby.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then, when he reaches his destination, it may seem to him the most extraordinary of coincidences, the greatest piece of luck: “Bless my soul, what have we here!” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was how I’d met Red Jack, curse my terrible luck. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I thought rootwork was just, you know, luck potions and healing medicine.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I grip the knife and squeeze Viola’s hand once, hard, for luck. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

As bad luck would have it, my bedroom window looked west to the haunted woods. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Brother," he said, calling me "Brother" for the first time, "I want you to take it. I guess it's a kind of luck piece. Anyway, it's the one I filed to get away." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chance was against it, but luck and the gods might be for it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long time ago Pa told me that April is a very good luck month. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I could, I’d write a huge encyclopedia just about the words luck and coincidence. It’s with those words that the universal language is written.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two girls, two different lives, two different bits of luck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They’d been stalking the area since Saturday, hoping the kids would come back, but no luck. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His luck had not held, had probably never been in. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“One final thing. Mr. Shelton here has requested that we call Dr. Lopez, the district superintendent, to advise her of our findings. With any luck, Jake will be going back to school tomorrow.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He has fought his way out of a number of tight corners by a simple combination of sheer luck and more talented friends. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Everybody loves good luck. We should make this with your mom!” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There’s no chill and no flash of brilliance, so my luck charm isn’t any kind of help this time. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Ann was content to praise the Lord for developments down in Montgomery and, in her heart, to wish them the best of luck. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The ship had come and his father had appeared like a wraith on the boardwalks and it was only dumb luck that allowed Nailer to avoid the man. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Definitely look both ways before crossing the street, you two. I’m bad luck.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Any luck?” asked Constance, who had finally come down the corridor and was standing there, conspicuously unhelpful, as Kate gathered her things. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

So why shouldn’t they, the two of them, buy a pair of pack horses and try their luck in the Sierra Madre? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s bad luck to talk about it. I don’t need that kind of luck.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fiona gave us a little salute—as if to wish us luck—and we opened the doors. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Faced with no crisis of action and with nothing to prevent them from continuing their life in the warren as before, the rabbits were nevertheless overcome by the conviction that their luck was gone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your ranking among the other initiates, Dauntless-born included, will be announced then. Good luck.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“It's our bad luck they had a photographer hanging around doing nothing they could send out to take a picture of you laying in the street like a drunk bum.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just wanted to say good luck,” Luke told me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

By some stroke of luck my father got his old job back. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I found this wheat penny in the boards. They’re good luck, you know.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He gave me a look that clearly meant Good luck; you’ll rued it, then climbed into his van. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her girls came in one at a time and looked at her for decency and for luck and went away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, good luck,” he said as I touched the handle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Either way,” he said, “it goes to show you. Don’t throw away luck on little stuff. Save it up.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see. No wonder you don’t have an absolutely fabulous fur coat like mine. I suppose we purebreds have all the luck.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Lucky again, Miss Amin. Soon I will make that luck run out. Count on it.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Harpooner has to be good, but his best friend is luck, that’s what Dad used to say. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I would have chicken for dinner and, with luck, fish for breakfast. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The thought would come that this was then a dead man that I hauled across the hills, and that my luck and his life had gone to waste after all. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pizarro had similarly grim luck when he landed on the coast of Peru in 1531 with 168 men to conquer the Inca Empire of millions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We have had good luck with rice, brought to us by tanuki. We cannot complain.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Eric is meeting us there,” Caroline said, “since it’s bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Seven rubbed the back of her head and silently cursed her awful luck and that good-for-nothing hexed tree. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

With luck, their next landfall would be Sumatra. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Randalls bought out the Spencer spread to the north, once that family decided to try their luck out west. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“A Dauntless Ferris wheel wouldn’t have cars. You would just hang on tight with your hands, and good luck to you.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She might be a dwarf, but she was also a woman, and women were bad luck aboard ship. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, Jake. Have fun. And use that big brain of yours to help them catch the bad guys!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Is luck,” she whispered, and tucked it into my dress pocket. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I faced a china dog toward the door after I dusted it, which would cause the family’s luck to run out. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in the morning, again by luck and the help of Kehaar, they had evidently just missed another at the crossing of the iron road. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Being kidnapped sounds like bad luck to me,” Finn said, giggling. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps to a lover who had the good luck to be out this morning. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She was so enraged at her bad luck that she almost forgot to be afraid. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You violated your luck when you went too far outside. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or have we just had a stroke of bad luck? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, honey. I knew you’d get the bends. Think I’d tangled with a bull. But I was having such a run of luck it seemed like I ought to let it ride.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll see you back home in a couple of months. Good luck, okay?” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She yelled "Good luck!" at me the same way old Spencer did when I left Pencey. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

After all, it was great luck getting Theresa as a guide. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lynnie had always thought crickets and even crows were good luck. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

His luck was holding; every hole toward which he guided his horse held open just long enough for him to gallop through. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the detectives again pleaded ignorance, he explained that it was a stretch of park where one encountered “hustlers mostly,” adding, “but plenty of amateurs, too. Nurses. Secretaries. I’ve had a lot of luck there.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, good luck seemed to be on their side as they huddled together in the dinghy. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“You luck,” I would have said, back in our daytime life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, Seaweed Brain. Just come back to me, okay?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had better luck with a masked booby. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Said he, cutting them short: “Friends, no luck lies in that plan for us, no luck, knifing the lad. Let’s think of feasting.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Certainly the tongue, absolutely the brain, and, with luck, maybe a little slow walk if you nudge him gently in the right direction.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rock wished me luck on trying to find the cash, but I’m not having any luck at all. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think Stew Cat is bad luck,” I said. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

April and Melanie and Marshall were on their way home through the alley when, by the sheerest luck, Melanie noticed the loose plank. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was ready to make his escape, but Grandma was saying, “I hope ! have better luck with your milk today than the last batch. I found a dead mouse in your delivery yesterday.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you had any luck with Black yet?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Pale morning, icy sky, frosted crusts on the hills, but no sign of sticking snow, worse luck. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Jemmy had made many a meal on bread and herring, when he was in luck, and felt hungry enough to ask for seconds. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I would have more luck trying to steal the moon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At the Salt Lake airport, there had been back pats and “good lucks” from other travelers who recognized the band of suit-clad missionaries. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

His last email had only contained three words: “Cool!!! Good luck.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

With her luck she had been born into the only nonkissing culture, just when it started feeling like a valuable activity. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m also talking on company time, so I got to leave the stockroom, but best of luck with your search and tell Dylan I said bye!” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Saw ur poster, I’m not your boy but good luck! What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“They’ve pulled us all off our regular jobs at the Ministry to try and find him, but no luck so far.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Let’s sing the song of the birds and the rain and stay away from the dark places on this map. With any luck, we’ll get to Abuelita’s house before dawn.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

"Give your Florian a little kiss now. A kiss for luck." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He sold towels and tablecloths, without much luck. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Charon said, “I’d wish you luck, mate, but there isn’t any down here. Mind you, don’t forget to mention my pay raise.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We Koreans have reinvented the idea of luck as mostly bad, and try to do everything we can to prevent it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s bad luck to talk that way, seaweed brain.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I really wasn’t going to have much luck explaining all this if I stole the wrong chickens. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

They wish the woman good luck and ask if she comes from the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry knew, when they wished him good luck outside the locker rooms the next afternoon, that Ron and Hermione were wondering whether they’d ever see him alive again.This wasn’t what you’d call comforting. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

For once the absence of women had gone along with luck. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When they pulled apart, he was looking at her, with his hands wrapped tightly around her, like he couldn’t believe his luck. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But if you can question something that people really care about and find an answer that may surprise them—that is, if you can overturn the conventional wisdom—then you may have some luck. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But of course my luck with this guy sucks. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Anything to touch me, as if it’s their way of wishing me luck. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But now it is your luck to come with me, I fear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or with looks—he had a lopsided frog face and oddly thin arms for a field hand—or with luck. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“And they aint going to be no luck in saying that name, lessen you going to set up with him while he cries.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t having much luck at all with any of the Weird Watsons! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tied pretty red yarn around its tail to neutralize the bad luck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve studied some unusual cases. As luck would have it, I’m one of the few researchers in the world who has experience with your condition.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When, at last, the train chugs into the Bengaluru station, Aunty Silver warns us, just like Mr. Subramaniam did, "Be careful. And good luck!" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

We slapped the corners of his sign for good luck, like we always did. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The others wished us luck, and we were on our way. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Mom wished me luck as I followed Dr. Estrada into the back room. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He had analyzed the abortive party and found that a misfortune had crept into every crevice, that bad luck had come up like hives on the evening. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we’ll have better luck on the other side. Find a spring or something.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Anya said, “The tsar thinks there’s a dragon here. He sent Ivan’s papa here to find it. If dragons are good luck, why does the tsar want to hunt them?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

There may have been elements of luck in the emergence of chloroplasts, but once these things were on the scene, the evolution of the sky became absolutely ordained. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck hitting a skinny little schooner cutting through the waves bound for fortune and glory.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When the altar gate was thrown open, the congregation surged forward to touch the infant Jesus for good luck in the coming year. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He shook my hand, like man to man, and he said, “Good luck.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was our tradition to eat the chewy treat on New Year’s—good luck and long life and stuff—but Dad had never made it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And even if you don’t do time, good luck getting into the Big H with a felony tacked to the bottom of your application. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, good luck. With getting on TV, I mean.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Specifically, Nye hoped to find a Zenith portable radio believed to have been stolen from the Clutter house on the night of the crime, but he had no luck with that. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Henry had been suffering from poison ivy, hay fever, rheumatism, pinkeye, we would have been in luck but the only painkiller they had was Excedrin. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I think this: I had great luck to crash my sled through the Drinkers’ cellar window. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Today, with any luck, I would finally get to thank her. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“To make that phone call. Wish me luck.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was horribly depressing—and not just because it was for someone who’d died tragically young and for no particular reason aside from some bad arterial luck. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, kids keep coming up to me all day wishing me luck. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

With luck, I’d find a truck and get on my way. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Goodbye now,” she called after them, “and good luck solving your case.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Everybody’s waving at her, congratulating her, wishing her good luck in the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He and Mom had sealed the envelope together for luck. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“We shall see each other soon, then. Good luck with your work, Stefania.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

For two nights we had shelters to ourselves, and on the third we were just exchanging congratulations on this remarkable string of luck when we heard a cacophony of voices approaching through the woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

So I stirred one hundred times, even after Dad offered to take over, even after my arms burned with all that luck. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It took me four years to find you last time, and if luck hadn’t been on your side Capricorn’s men would have got to you first.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Do you have the eyes of an owl, to find a trail at nightfall? We sleep here and I shall be off at first light. With good luck, I may have her back before...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Support for American independence, for example, was always fragile and shifted with each victory or defeat in the field, which was often a matter of pure luck. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We wish the best of luck to all our young competitors!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

As luck would have it, the regent was just then paying a call on the chief magistrate of Umtata and was in his very office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This hadn’t been one of those underachieving teams whose only hope was a fantastic combination of luck and miracle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just my luck that my mother was walking into the room as Dante’s sketch pad hit the wall. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“A stolen lucky charm," he always claimed, “brings only bad luck. Everybody knows that." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Nemesis stands for balance! When people have too much good luck, she tears them down.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I slumped, too weary to curse my luck properly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Arthur said with a sigh: “It was because you got both blows on the same place. That was bad luck.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was on a roll, maybe I should have asked her to stock up on some new desk candy, too, but there are times when you just don’t push your luck. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Truly I am in a sacred cosmic womb, a place where everything is born, and it is my sweet luck to behold its living core. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Good luck, my darling. Oh, by the way, you do realise you've got a tail, don't you?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Other board games, such as Trouble and Sorry, were also problematic: If a touch of bad luck stymied his plans, he became angry and would abandon the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost his luck in the fires of the Blackwater, when he’d lost his ship and sons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With luck, there would be no warning whatever. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But this is what I mean about luck—they caught the burglars, and we got every last stitch back." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then Genie said, “Don’t seem like the rabbit had good luck at all.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She hands Sunny and me brown-bag lunches, pats our cheeks gently for luck, and the three of us head out with plenty of time to spare. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Christ, the way the world’s going now you may even luck out and get your wings when there’s a war going on.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But we must. It would be bad luck not to.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I drove him at a different angle from the load, hoping he’d have better luck. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It brings good luck if it snows before Christmas,” Yo adds. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Sarai had always felt the narrow stroke of luck—like an ax blow passing close enough to shave the tips from the down of her cheek—that Minya had saved her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Of course, with any luck, the second guard might make off underground without fighting at all, but one could not count on that. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The firewood detail was an extraordinary stroke of good luck. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

With luck, I'll get to eat "Arrival" in a few sols. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not my fault you’re a Spare. Or that you invoked the impossible task. It was rotten luck, but don’t take it out on me!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And after my plasma ball experiment had gone wrong, I didn’t want to push my luck. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I could use a bit of good luck traveling with me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Here. Circuits have been jammed all morning, but maybe your luck’s better than mine.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Nope, nope, nothing like that. They just send them home with an insult. Better luck next time—that sort of thing, only ruder.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“And Fernanda, dinner next Sunday, eh? Good luck to you, Vanessa.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Good luck choosing a man over your friend, you witch.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Are you having any luck with that?” he asked in an offhand tone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There’s that other part of his genetic makeup that’s not inherited but just incredibly bad luck. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He waited a few seconds to say only that no one talked that way to his wife, that he was leaving the job, that this was over and good luck. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But the pearls were accidents, and the finding of one was luck, a little pat on the back by God or the gods or both. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he gave me that envelope on the street, I told him the letter could only court bad luck. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

What they change his name for then if aint trying to help his luck? The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We count our luck with a different measure here in the camp.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my luck, I would be the person to break the original crown. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The next exit would take me to the college and, with my luck, I’d run right into my father or one of his scheming grad students. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Then shaking hands and wishing each other luck, they fitted the helmet over his head. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had to fend off my share of goals, which I mostly did, through some combination of luck, coincidence, and latent memories of my pre-medication training. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The two spies had better luck in Concord, where they learned that the Patriots were grinding meal into flour for soldiers’ rations and were storing “powder and cartridges.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not like we used anything except our hands, feet, and dumb luck. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not good night. I'll be with you the rest of the night, a vinegar gnat tickling your ear when you need me. But good night and good luck, anyway.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked for about ten minutes, then we had the good luck to come across a little creek with a wooden bridge running across it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just my luck, I’m stuck in a classroom full of troubled kids who are bused in from bad neighborhoods. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

His fingers were his luck, and he needed luck now. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Now you have seven pieces of good luck coming your way.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing important. Just a stupid little man who may be one step up from spells and good luck charms.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

If this is how you treat people, good luck ever being happy in life. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the day that Justice de Wet was to rule on Jimmy’s case, we were waiting in the cells underneath the court and I said to Jimmy, “Let us exchange ties for good luck.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the stewardess approaches with her cart of beverages he tries his luck and asks for a Bloody Mary, tasting the metallic bite of alcohol for the first time in his life. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the moment they began their magical training, they were told, and told again and again, that their coven was their destiny, and that being ungrateful for fate’s gifts would curse them with bad luck. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“If you help us, your name goes on the key, too. You couldn’t engrave it yourself, though. It’s bad luck. Who else at the store does engravings?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The rangers had no better luck with the other garrons; not even the most placid wanted any part of these burdens. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Sorry to hear that, mate. That’s some rough luck. You may proceed.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It might mean bad luck for both of them. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“All my life they told me that butterflies at night bring bad luck.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was no need to talk, because we were thinking the same things: about Morty Phillips and the way luck worked and didn’t work and how it was impossible to calculate the odds. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Death: “When playing with death, nobody has any luck.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the end, I spotted him through sheer luck across a crowded courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As luck would have it, no salesperson pounced on me the minute I entered. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

And it was sheer bad luck mat he sat down on the pile of thistles. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Finally I settle on, “Good luck in your game.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not because she isn't nice, because she is—she always hand-makes birthday cards, and she even sent me an e-mail when she heard I was applying to Prism to tell me good luck. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t given her anything for luck today. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. Good luck, kid,” and he leans back and gets swept up in the surge, his head bopping along, off in the direction of something called a Duane Reade. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Some members of the wavering class could move up in the system by joining the Korean People’s Army, serving with distinction and, with luck and connections, securing a lower rung in the ruling party. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Bobby Moch reached under his seat and touched Tom Bolles’s lucky fedora, a few extra ounces of weight in exchange for a lot of luck. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I won’t have an inch of luck for the rest of my days, and sadness will follow me wherever I go. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Hello. I am Joey Pow. I am beating all my opponents in four and a half seconds. It is because I wear the red trunks my sponsor says are good luck. This is my sponsor.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is nice. Let us drink good luck to Kay in his knighthood.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worse luck, he told her, for she badly needed punishing. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A silver thimble clenched, for luck, in her little fist. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we did have some happy times, and some pieces of great good luck, two in particular, that help to explain how we got here and what our plans are now. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe in luck or streaks or whatever else you’re talking about,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Park didn't have any luck—or status—to spare on that dumb redhead. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“A lot of it has to do with luck,” he said during a lunch break up on a stoop around the corner from the Queens diner where he went to work after 3 Guys. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I have my best luck in the rich neighborhoods.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“That was for luck. Some one gave it to me.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Odysseus’ second thrust went home by luck, his bright spear passing through the shoulder joint; and the beast fell, moaning as life pulsed away. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The piece he was playing was called “Come Back to Sorrento,” and by the greatest good luck, it happened to be Mama Bellini’s favorite song. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of all those other families of miners and prospectors who had come to Battle Mountain hoping to find gold and who had to leave town like us when their luck ran out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But we would never return them empty, because it was bad luck. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I had no luck while I was in Africa. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t push your luck, brother. Briares has fifty faces; all of them are ugly. He’s got a hundred hands, and he’s still all thumbs around the house.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As it happened, by sheer luck really, he discovered straight away a street with four shops of just the kind we were after, standing virtually in a row. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the temples we all scattered, and before I could corner Maurice again I realized that I might have had a tremendous stroke of good luck. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

My mom has charmed luck with parking spaces. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Hardly believing my good luck, I made a bow to her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was going to say For Good, but even now I don’t want to press my luck. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kind Mexican people like my gramps hang on the front of their houses to bring good luck and welcome guests. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Ally, how many kids your age use phrases like ‘unfortunate stroke of luck’?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

This took ingenuity, courage, and luck, and so far they had remained undetected. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

On another day, Mulch might have pointed out that luck and fortune were basically the same thing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Had good luck with my shopping, too. Wasn’t a thing I bought that wasn’t on sale.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we’ve pretty much seen nothing but bunnies and buzzards since we left town. Came across the buck just yesterday out of sheer luck.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if you hold the line it will change the luck.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Four years later, Soviet scientists decided to try their luck on dry land. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Even when he struck gold last year, when his parents finally divorced, it wasn’t long before his luck ran dry. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Because I’m not local and with luck I won’t still be here after the next full moon. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Best of luck. At present, it’s my father you should worry about. With him opposing you, you have no chance to survive.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Boethius, the late Roman who had written the Consolatione while unjustly imprisoned by the emperor, had said that a blind goddess spins us on a wheel, that our luck comes in cycles. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to sew yellow, blue, and red ribbons into her wedding lingerie for good luck. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

As luck would have it, the moment Mrs. van D. turned around I was shaking my head in a combination of compassion and irony. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“With luck we shall make it, and without luck we shall not.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I swear I can almost hear that new mother let out a sigh of relief, as if she can't wait to get her baby away from me and whatever bad luck or germs I carry. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Why don’t I care one iota about the bad luck that might befall me? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need luck, honey. You are prepared and perfect!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I came to wish you luck, my boy. But I make it a point never to visit Olympus unless I am summoned.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’d read about other young people like me trying their luck in the competitive bounty hunter world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But Icarus was already out over the open sea, heading north and delighting in their good luck. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Betty shook his hand at the door and wished him luck, and then they were moving quickly, down the elevator, into the darkening street. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dobby will be missed — good luck, Harry Potter, sir, good luck!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The other children of Ch’ulp’o had long spurned him, for orphans were considered very bad luck. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Hoping luck will put a fish on the end of the harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

After a short time Blackberry announced, “We’ve asked Hazel to tell you about our adventures: how we made our journey here and had the good luck to join you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One piece of luck is that I have the next day off, completely. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was no room for bad luck or chance in their lives. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pack of Young Pioneers then tried their luck, only to be pitched off the same way. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

By the time Dad was born, most of the money was lost to extravagance and bad luck, and soon the big family was broken up. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

ON NEW YEAR’S DAY, I come downstairs to start on the blackeyed peas for good luck. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

By good luck I think I hit him in the throat. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Good luck,” she said again, louder this time, and Lexie nodded and followed the nurse through the door. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s just my luck. I’m the lamest satyr ever, and I find the two most powerful half- bloods of the century, Thalia and Percy.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And thanks—believe me, I could use the luck. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bathroom mirror, worse luck, showed no signs of leprosy. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The black box was always there and who could tell when Archie’s luck would run out? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was whispering from one bunk to the other; with a little luck, the Russians would be here before the evacuation. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was an easygoing girl, “everybody’s sweetheart”—rather too much everybody’s, for she was partial to men, though somehow she hadn’t much luck with them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you have good luck. Only dont catch that old fellow down there. He deserves to be let alone.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, Heinrich set off to try his luck as a mercenary again and disappeared from his family altogether. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe at least wish him luck at school tomorrow. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Getting Mom to ditch my paperwork was beyond luck; it was another miracle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

People stuff their mouths with treats, and blow onto game pieces for luck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Blanca had probably already asked around dozens of congregations without any luck. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“The two highest-scoring teams will meet for the final round later tonight. Good luck, and we hope we see you again.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was bad luck, bad fortune, freakish to the point of being too scary to contemplate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

After Emily and Matthew returned home, she spent over an hour trying to decode the odd little symbols on the flyer with no luck. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But then again, having him as a friend isn’t pure luck; it’s because we gave each other a chance. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

There were about a million things Roy wanted to say, but the only words he choked out were: “Good luck tomorrow.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That wasn’t luck,” she whispered in my ear. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were hollow-eyed men who couldn’t believe their luck Two or three of them, then five or six. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck. Your daddy’s done planned out your whole life. You cain’t go off to no shack in the woods; you’re going to the Tuskegee Institute to get learned.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was also hoping I’d get used to the smell—a strange, acrid stink like the supply closet in a chemistry classroom—but no such luck. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"That's what I'll have to do. I shall wait there and I shall listen and I shall hope for a bit of luck." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He was in luck this time, for there could not have been pleasanter people or a more welcoming house for miles around. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fixed my eyes on the largest cloud, as if, when it passed out of sight, I might have the good luck to pass with it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

At the end of the tour, he did not even want to pet the Slough of Vertigrin the Wise for good luck. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t believe her luck and assumed the worst for their backstory. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Mack and the boys drank the whiskey, after all they weren’t crazy, but all the talking they did was “Good luck,” and “Lookin’ at you.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is the lord overcomer of obstacles, the god of good luck, the god of wisdom, the patron of learning. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I like Mama Ya-Ya’s signs best: “Ladybugs mean good luck”; “The Little Dipper means freedom. Its handle is the North Star”; “The color blue means strength and friendliness. Happiness.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

When they returned to the kitchen, Ben asked, “No luck?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Now he just had to hope that they wouldn’t panic and that his luck was waiting somewhere below. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For the past two days they’d skirted north, hoping to find a safe pass, with no luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Future generations would take the advances for granted, but in the early days the mechanical birds yielded their secrets slowly, pressed by disciplined experimentation, rigorous mathematics, insight, and luck. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I wished Morales luck and we knocked knuckles, the way in-mates did with each other. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I made urine, I should spit into it for good luck. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gives me a fist bump on his way out, the Seven way of wishing me good luck. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him to try his luck at Ship Channel that evening; the good sets would be taken at Elliot Head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He felt like a glass filled with splendor and luck. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Annie told me to switch my good luck charm to my front pocket, because in New York pickpockets steal stuff from your back pockets and you never even feel a thing. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They aren’t very interesting. We tried to teach them some tricks, but with no luck, I’m afraid. I think you’ll like this tank over here much better.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“They’re freckles. Freckles are good luck, you know,” I said a bit too heatedly in trying to raise my voice above the din of the kitchen. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon she would be talking strategy and battle moves and breaking out her dice, just for luck. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ron and Hermione came hurrying over to wish Harry good luck as he entered the locker rooms. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And I hoped that all the people who had drawn rotten lives would be given a change of luck. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there were rumors about Spares being bad luck, and Ravenskillians were nothing if not superstitious. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They parked down the street and wished me luck, and I quietly slipped out of the car. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In his next start, on September 2 in the Roamer Handicap, Seabiscuit had nothing but bad luck. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lester watched the departing sled for a long time before he yelled, “Good luck, son!” Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you really take the bad luck away?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said he didn’t believe in luck, but I did. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Abruptly he turns and, without a word of comfort or bidding us good luck, walks away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as so often seems to happen, the good luck came about because of bad luck. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

On the ace he had written, “Let’s see you storm through as the best in the deck. If the joker does not appeal to you, throw it away and keep this for good luck. Pete.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Don't you think it was bad luck to meet so many lions?" said Shasta. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

But this was good luck as well, luck he needed. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Congratulations, Tom. You are now the proud owner of three hundred twenty Montana acres. Good luck.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The dizziness is real, and some of the faces are, too, but good luck figuring out which ones, and what they really look like. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

How quickly their luck had changed from bad to good! Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

With luck, they would not have to dig a new one in the fall. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“So, have you had any luck with the new riddle?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The people who try their luck and don’t fare well will generally be quiet about their experiences. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir, there’s a shadow of bad luck all over you. First your daddy leaves; then your mama dies. Now poor, stupid Junior.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I spat blood and he never realized that I had made my comment on such good luck. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to smash through the glass wall with his sword hilt—again, no luck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He used many bad words to curse his rotten luck. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night after night Kennedy kept swimming out into the ocean to try to spot any Allied ships, but he had no luck. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was his first good luck No, he thought. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, “She doesn’t want me to come visit anymore. She thinks she’s bad luck.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s also great luck because I know the woods like the back of my hand. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I thought this might help me figure things out, but so far, no luck. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He breathes the good luck in and out. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Nasser had had no luck explaining that legions of immigrants kept their money in cash, that trust in banks was tenuous. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

With my luck, the only name Mrs. Gottschalk would remember was “Percy Jackson,” and then I’d be the subject of a nationwide manhunt. .. again. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, Melody. You’re my champ, no matter what, you got that?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was while we were in the country that we had our first important stroke of luck. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish you luck finding your justice in the Underworld.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nailer stared at the bonfires, thinking about the nature of luck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me a little half-wave, mumbled, “Good luck,” and wheeled right back around to lead my mom and Jeffrey to their seats. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I supposed it was a bit of luck that she was even here. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

That is a piece of luck, the Catholic infirmaries are noted for their good treatment and good food. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

How your uncle has always shaved the left side of his face before the right—for good luck, from habit. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Our captain thanks them politely, seemingly bearing no grudges or anger, and the pirates wish us luck and wave good-bye as we sail on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ask for help. I think ... I think the statues can give us some luck.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They said it was just luck I wasn't dead, that's all. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

With any luck, the territory would contain flint, jasper, or chalcedony, the raw material for spear points, meat scrapers, and other hunting tools. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, good luck; do be careful!” shouted the king, and down the road they went. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

If anything, you gave us luck because we got out and we’re here. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was said that if you heard one owl it meant nothing at all, but if you heard more than one, it meant bad luck. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not know what luck could mean to the dead, just as it was impossible to know if one baptism was enough. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad phoned to wish me luck, going on and on about how proud he was. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Hardly able to believe his luck, Grub scurried back toward the command tower. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, Piper,” Dad says as he puts both his hands on my shoulders and looks at me with smiling eyes. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Tendai thought it was hard luck for the princess to marry someone covered with scabs. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It took twelve years and a ton of good luck for me to find the mysterious Frances. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You should know. There has been a lot of bad luck. Around me. Like, it follows me. I think. Maybe.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

With luck, you catch him on the move. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Spit for luck,” Wilem urged, as we began to climb one side, and followed his own advice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They had looked over every inch with no luck. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With his ability to draw bad luck I didn’t want to take chances. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

At work he’d see signs of his luck turning — a run of placid chickens, a mistake in his wages to his favor — every time something new to fuel him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a slow process that depends as much on luck as on hard work, all the more so when the animal is an adult. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cards, we could win, but matching nickels, Richie always had some kind of crazy luck. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Look, I just found out the nurses are going right to Chu Lai. I just wanted to wish you luck. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Churchill’s preeminence, too, was a product of place, time, personality, luck, and oratorical command. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I felt like telling Carol that my parents were out there, too, that she had no idea what it was like to be down on your luck, with nowhere to go and nothing to eat. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

With luck he could make the Southern line before nightfall. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as luck would have it, and Will sure needed some, Claire walked right out her front door. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It was just the barest luck that had allowed Nailer to recognize his father and duck away. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his hand on her tummy and rubs for good luck. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Dylan wishes me good luck with my future husband as I race half a block down to the main entrance of the Times Square train station. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Sticky shuffled his feet and said, “I just kept trying one door after the other, until finally I found the staircase. It was sheer luck.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The one bit of luck I got is that the river here is pretty calm, despite some splashing from the wind. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Guillermo leans down, takes the black bundle of bad luck into his arms. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She could make potions to give folks luck to win a court case or to make their boss less angry. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But as my luck in life seemed only to snowball from there, I thought more about the twenty or so kids who’d been marooned in that classroom, stuck with an uncaring and unmotivated teacher. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“The question is how to open it. We’ve already tried pushing it, sliding it, and begging it. No luck.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe my luck really was turning and this would be my best birthday ever. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, he said, “Go on, Jesper. There’s a line of credit waiting for you at the Crow Club. Play till morning or your luck runs out, whichever comes first.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But men have made the same mistake more than once—left the whole business out of account, or been content to trust to luck and the fortune of war. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had time, I could make a chart and trace my luck in them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra had brains and outrage and will on her side, but her success would also require a lot of luck. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I told you all this good luck would be bad! This is how they liberate us? Only the Greeks could be so stupid!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We tried to paddle against it but had no more luck than flot- sam caught in a tidal wave, and then it thudded against our feet and we were rising, too, riding its back. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"I want to welcome the prettiest, smartest bunch of young ladies our staff has yet had the good luck to meet," the plump, bald master-of-ceremonies wheezed into his lapel microphone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The makeup girl throws me a wink and a smile and mouths, “Good luck.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The lions stared at it, not believing their luck, and pounced. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And over and over again: they were spirits, it was bad luck to talk to them, they came from the fairy world. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But with luck, in the middle of the crowd, it would be safe to talk for a quarter of an hour and arrange another meeting. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

To “commiserate” is to feel sorry for somebody else’s bad luck. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mamita gets up early too, and heats up my soup and watches me eat, which is maybe her way of saying good luck. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked for good luck, for a respite from the fog; he prayed that the gods would clear the fog away and keep him safe from the freighters in the shipping lane. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As days went by, Amari had no further luck at catching more fish. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he want to worry about luck for? The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to get the machine started, but no luck. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

If it’s bad luck you ride it out and if it comes the other way and you have good luck you’re ready for it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck,” she said as Trevor and I left her office. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We were seated in alphabetical order, and as luck would have it, Ham Knapp ended up way back in the room, in the very seat he had chosen for himself. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I would have preferred one on English and two on math, but luck was not on my side. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

A voice closer to me said, “Good luck.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

My friends were sinking fast, trying to swim, without luck, in the bubbly trail of the ship’s wreckage. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’d held his church service the night before, followed by a potluck, but it turned out to be more of a “down on your luck,” as only one person showed up. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a strange bit of luck and timing that I had come in during the second wave. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As if my luck can get any worse. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Very urgent that heavy water be destroyed. Hope this can be done without too serious consequences. Send our best wishes for good luck in the work.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day as luck would have it, I made a trip to Imre. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Good luck with that,” he says as he heads upstairs. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“New purses. A sign of good luck coming!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no luck with movie theaters, so I decided to try beauty parlors. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck to you, Mira. I hope to hear from you soon.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The friendly man untied the rope from the least sorry of the rowboats, put the rope in Johnny’s hand, wished him luck and went back to his shack. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Against all odds he had got them two does: and now he was bringing their luck back to the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we should probably stop here. I think that was my good luck of the week.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

If you pick it, it will bring you good luck, but if you leave it growing there, you can make a wish, which is exactly what I did. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We all shake hands and wish each other luck. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Stones are just stones and rain is just rain and mis- fortune is just bad luck. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Tehlu anyway, have you had bad luck your whole life, or have you been saving it all up for tonight?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The man at the other end listens to my whole story, wishes me good luck finding a lawyer for free, and hangs up. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Nick and Falconer would come to some mutually satisfactory agreement, and with any luck, we would never see either of them again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I guess you can luck your way into moving up the chain, too. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Good luck now,” she called, as me and the preacher stepped off the porch and out into the rain. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Or are you saying those kids used up all the bad luck, so we never have to worry about being kidnapped? Thank you, Other-Finn and Other-Emma and Other-Rochester! Hope you get found soon!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s bad luck for the Mark’s last day on dawn and evening,” replied Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He realized they’d been lucky not to have encountered any more wildlife since the grootslang, and now he suspected that luck had run out. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They were weathered brown except for their toes, which shone like new pennies from all the times people had rubbed them for good luck. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he added pleasantly, “good luck with him!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I smiled at the little girl, wishing her the best of luck, and told her to never give up on her dreams. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But there is little doubt that she had a great deal of luck on her side as well. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

And if Mom didn’t seem interested in making any luck this year, then I would. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But bad luck trails them on the trip back to Calcutta. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But still he never wished me good luck and that has always gone against the grain. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And HeLa was the result of that luck. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Feast of Fortuna—all the luck that happened today, good or bad, was supposed to be an omen of the entire year to come. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Nailer’s got a couple days free. On the boss man’s quota. Even Bapi wants to get close to luck like his.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, when the three agents convened in Dewey’s office, it developed that Duntz and Church had had better luck than Nye—Brother Nye, as the others called him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The cops have better things to do. Man, it’s just my luck the mayor was at the concert! What kind of mayor goes to rock concerts?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been wishing you luck from the moment I met you. What I wish for you now is a miracle.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But a real school was so messy and random that solutions sometimes fell into place by sheer luck. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t believe our luck when they offered us their tech and invited us to be part of their Interspecies Co-Prosperity Alliance. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We smiled at the pathetic irony of it, shook hands all around, wished each other luck, and parted. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Colin had left the household and gone south to find his luck in the trades, Gwen had told her before she went to sleep that night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You and Grandpop can keep it. As a good luck charm.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He was on good terms with the British grooms and by great good luck, from the point of view of a spy system, intimate with the Colonel’s horse boy, Dove. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just his luck he was related to this grubby old dude. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Generally I have had good luck with the animals, and taken good care of them. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Good luck, Ali,” the chief says, then quickly darts away, as if he’s the one who is afraid of us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“She’s the goddess of luck. Whatever happens on her feast day can affect the entire rest of the year. She can grant the camp good luck... or really bad luck.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"But nothing. How about a hug for luck?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Barring bad luck, he tells himself, he might make it to the border. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then, with the terrible luck of such toys, I lost one drumstick. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She held a blue plastic hairbrush that she tapped nervously against her thigh like a good luck talisman. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Indeed we did. However, not even that bit of bad luck can derail our juggernaut!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

What we need is more crowding, more unrestrained and obsessive communication, more open channels, even more noise, and a bit more luck. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The foundry that had made the statue had gone out of business five years ago, so good luck getting a replacement globe for Atlas. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Bad luck for those poor ants, singled out while minding their own business amongst their brethren. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor looked at the girl’s face and could tell by her arrogant expression that there had been no luck involved at all. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"The card didn't say a word about ash in turbans. How did you know it would bring Master-ji luck?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

That night I put the empty book in the pyramid box for safekeeping, and for good luck. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

If a swallow’s territory is in peril...the hawk’s luck might run out. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Just Frank’s luck, but he had to pull it together. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He wondered if he would have better luck sleeping in the emu pen. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten children and a lot of hard luck had worn him down, had worn away most of the arrogance he came to this country with. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The last person she had a private talk with was Jason Grace. And that was the last time I ever saw him. Good luck and goodbye, Percy Jackson.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“No luck,” he murmured, and handed the phone back. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

You move and you watch and you work hard and you just keep doing that until luck comes. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I will, Daddy. Good luck with your sermon on Sunday.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good luck,” Twig said, and then threw her arms around him. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And what weight should we assign each of the many inputs that affect a child’s outcome: genes, family environment, socioeconomic level, schooling, discrimination, luck, illness, and so on? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

With luck, we would land in the pool. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

"Patty, please. Maddy already told me you got all the good luck you need," she teased, flicking one of my beaded braids. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

My luck, if that’s what had been keeping me alive thus far, had to be running out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The song was about someone with crummy luck. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The only luck I had was that the lady hadn’t given my parents her phone number or email address or anything. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

After years of spying for MI6, the double agent knew that his luck had run out. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I got a luck gift,” Nailer said suddenly. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was no weakling and a good ratter, but it had the bad luck to be up against a dedicated fighter who was spoiling for action. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my luck it could only be Judy Poovey, trying to hit up on me as she inevitably did about this time every Friday night. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The luck that had turned in Ethwen now turned the world with it under my hand. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was luck that brought me here, or maybe it was providence. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Here. This is your new home. Build some houses. Good luck.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“And he don’t like me in his car when he does anyway. He says I give him bad luck.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized I’d snuck so much luck into her bag, into her smock pockets. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for, like, a luck potion?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

While Arachne wasn’t watching, she attempted to get some sort of signal on Daedalus’s laptop to contact her friends, but of course she had no luck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Whether that luck would be good or bad, Reyna wasn’t sure. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It is the luck of the draw, or historical accident, whose name gets remembered as the discoverer of a new phenomenon. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I smile? not able to believe my luck. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Some, though, follow the circus wherever it may lead, through money or luck or extensive favors from other rêveurs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z