COINCIDENT in a Sentence

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45 example sentences for COINCIDENT, such as:

1. The matter was entirely beyond coincidence.
2. His entry to the party coincided with his marriage.
3. It may, of course, be a coincidence, but it is interesting.
4. The strike was timed to coincide with the party conference.
5. This coincided with a black cloud which suddenly veiled the sun.

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 Meanings and Examples of COINCIDENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
coincident
 a.  concerning; simultaneous
Classic Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  Thought fitted thought; opinion met opinion: we coincided, in short, perfectly.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
2  The judges chosen were Mr. Oliver and an able lawyer: both coincided in my opinion: I carried my point.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
3  I could perceive that the track of blood coincided with the track of his feet.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
4  He went accordingly; and it happened that the time of his arrival coincided with that of Mrs. Yeobright's pause on the hill near the house.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
5  Pavel Petrovitch had scarcely seen his brother since the latter had settled in the country; the marriage of Nikolai Petrovitch had coincided with the very first days of Pavel Petrovitch's acquaintance with the princess.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
6  In both cases his personal activity, having no more force than the personal activity of any soldier, merely coincided with the laws that guided the event.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 13: CHAPTER VIII
7  This coincided with a black cloud which suddenly veiled the sun.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
8  It can't be a coincidence," he cried, at last springing from his chair and pacing wildly up and down the room; "it is impossible that it should be a mere coincidence.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
9  By a remarkable coincidence, the other two had been visited with the same unpleasant sensation at that precise moment.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
10  However, Mr. Fagin seemed to interpret the endeavour as expressing a perfect coincidence with his opinion, and put about the liquor which Barney reappeared with, in a very friendly manner.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
11  In that case the coincidence must indeed be an extraordinary one.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13. Fixing the Nets
12  The matter was entirely beyond coincidence.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
13  upon the pouch were a coincidence, and not those of Peter Carey, since he seldom smoked, and no pipe was found in his cabin.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VI. THE ADVENTURE OF BLACK PETER
14  On the other hand, it seemed an unthinkable coincidence that a man should dare to enter the room, and that by chance on that very day the papers were on the table.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS
15  It may, of course, be a coincidence, but it is interesting.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE MISSING THREE-QUARTER
Example Sentence:
1  Two lines that lie on top of one another are called coincident lines.
2  Her visit coincided exactly with a visit by the American president.
3  His entry to the party coincided with his marriage.
4  Was it just a coincidence that John and she had chanced to meet at the market, or was he deliberately trying to seek her out?
5  You are now telling me that the massive hike is coincidence and not the industrial revolution?
6  But a single touch of contrivance spoils it all. Any time we feel the authors creating coincidence or engineering emotion, making melodrama rather than musical drama.
7  To coincide with World AIDS Day, the World Health Organization and UN AIDS are launching a campaign to treat three million HIV sufferers by the year 2005.
8  A number of other factors coincide to make a June election desirable for the government.
9  The strike was timed to coincide with the party conference.
10  I timed my holiday to coincide with the children's school holiday.
11  The referendum on Scottish independence - and its associated campaign - coincide with the European elections in May this year and the run-up to the UK General Election in May next year.