Sentences with phrase «sheer luck»

"Sheer luck" means that something happened entirely by chance or coincidence, without any planning or skill involved. Full definition
In this case the player would simply have to repeat the level until they won by sheer luck.
While being a phenomenal gamer definitely helps, there is an element of sheer luck.
Every now and then, through sheer luck, it would, but, most often, prayer would fail.
But are these reputations the product of making good choices or just sheer luck?
Some will dismiss it as madness, some as sheer luck.
And over sheer luck, we have no control.
We don't fully understand the climate, so we might emit more than is currently deemed «safe» and stay under 2 °C by sheer luck.
Either through diligent sleep coaching / training or through sheer luck, one day your babies will start to sleep through the night.
His genetics, training ethic or just sheer luck?
Also, if you've been watching Arsenal this season, you'll notice how poor we've been, and it's only sheer luck of poor finishing from our opponents, that we haven't lost more games.
Completing certain challenges like Collect all types of head gear, buying them directly from the Trophy Shop or by sheer luck in Trophy Rush.
I stumbled onto your blog by sheer luck when googling recipes.
Still, our rooky keeper, the wobbling defence and sheer luck kept us in the game.
Ashley Cole on the other hand will have the eery experience of meeting Frank Lampard with neither of them in Chelsea colours — both were released as free agents in summer by the Blues and by sheer luck drifted back together again.
Although sheer luck no doubt plays a role, «there is also a striking family history that supports a genetic component,» says Nir Barzilai, a geneticist at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City.
4: Complete the look with MoistureShine Lipstick in petal pink Sheer Luck.
Instead I had to rely on sheer luck to find entrances to dungeons and new areas in order to progress.
The cluster of cubes grows very quickly, and the wall openings are ever so complex, requiring more rotations and sometimes sheer luck to make it through.
Coupled with how the game favors sheer luck over determination and skill to win, playing Miitomo Drop more often than not leads to intense feelings of defeat and frustration, the opposite emotions desired for fostering committed and engaged users.
Otherwise, you can expect to play through these challenges dozen of times, typically winning through sheer luck alone, punctuated by the game uttering the words «YOU FAIL» more times than a pack of internet - obsessed preteens.
The house didn't fall down but that was sheer luck considering the rubbishy bricks they used.
In it, Thompson points out that while GDP growth tends to be higher under Democratic administrations than Republican ones, this is often a matter of sheer luck rather than policy choice.
I never got any awful rejections from agents — probably just sheer luck as I sat down next to her at a lunch but I've had enough other publishing related rejections to toughen me up... sigh!
The tenacity our Evertonian alumni show when out on the pitch is no result of sheer luck.
It would all be transparently seen as sheer luck.
I acknowledge that it is only through sheer luck that I did not end up as another Aboriginal male incarcerated or suicide statistic, and thank those who have helped me on my healing journey thus far and those who will help me into the future.
Danielle had a grand amount of determination, good connections and sources for supplies, people in Los Angeles willing to introduce her to the right people, and sheer luck in spades.
A drunk can wander into a Las Vegas casino, sit down at the table and beat a pro just by sheer luck.
If you want to improve your ability to intuit effectively, do not depend on wild hunches or sheer luck.
While Reitmans deserves no credit for, let's face it, sheer luck, it warrants kudos for quickly pouncing on the opportunity when the star it hired became a supernova
In some instances, income is sheer luck — however, it still comes with responsibilities.
They would recognize that much of the outcome would be determined by sheer luck, including the «prebirth lottery» of who one's parents are and how great one's native endowments of brains and beauty.
By sheer luck, I just realized that I have all these ingredients on hand — and I think I've just discovered what I'm having for dinner tonight...
I do not believe that Leicester are top by sheer luck.
And until Wenger restates his case that he is in the race to win it and win it well, any top quality player coming to us would just be sheer luck (like Alexis) or the need to secure their financial futures!
You don't win a World Cup through sheer luck, and Germany have been consistently strong for years.
We got Wellbek by sheer luck but we missed on the most vital need, the Dm and the CB.
It was sheer luck that the...
Whether this was strategy by Wenger or just sheer luck, we can see that our squad has the flexibility to adjust to any situation like Saturday.
For securing the mighty BPL by some sheer luck and tactical corruption.
Was this foresight from Wenger or just sheer luck?
Must be sheer luck.
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