How to Use coincidental in a Sentence

coincidental

adjective
  • The fact that he and his boss went to the same college was purely coincidental.
  • In fact, whether your response does or doesn't let her off any hooks is best treated as coincidental.
    — Carolyn Hax, al, 8 Sep. 2019
  • In fact, whether your response does or doesn’t let her off any hooks is best treated as coincidental.
    — Carolyn Hax, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2019
  • So to me, all of this is not a totally coincidental match.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
  • That could have been coincidental, but there’s value in an all-time great just being there.
    — Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
  • But while this naming fluke may seem coincidental, there's a method to the madness.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 8 Sep. 2017
  • There were all these crazy, weird coincidental references to my life [in the book].
    — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Nov. 2023
  • But maybe that’s coincidental, or this is being planned.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Whether the singles were planned or coincidental, the dual release has fans tuned in.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 20 June 2025
  • That feels a little too coincidental, but that’s the story I was told.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But own goals from low balls or cut-backs driven into the six-yard box aren't entirely coincidental.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • And next to it was a black leather jacket which was oddly coincidental to what Aubrey was last seen wearing.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2022
  • In my outsider opinion, none of this is coincidental.
    — William Mersey, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • These are, of course, nothing more than coincidental quirks of the calendar.
    — USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2018
  • As if his coincidental last name wasn’t a cute enough endnote for this dye job, get your tissues ready because there’s a kicker.
    — Rebecca Norris, Allure, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The timing was not coincidental the next time Secret talked about the issue.
    — Kevin Draper, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2019
  • The two things might be coincidental, the doctors told Wyckoff.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
  • That all of this began in Utah may not be entirely coincidental.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • That those are the colors of the Mexican flag is not coincidental.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2021
  • So the company says that the timing, the close timing of these recalls is just coincidental.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
  • And of course, as a Jew, I am disturbed by the not so coincidental rise of antisemitism.
    — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 2 May 2024
  • In response to a media inquiry, Kessler said the timing of the piece was coincidental.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Then there’s Marty’s not so coincidental coffee-shop run-in with Allen.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The timing may not be coincidental.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2026
  • That overseas connection with Salaün proved to be more than coincidental.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
  • The brisk pace and torn- from-the-headlines stories — none of that was accidental or coincidental.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
  • That reasoning was murky at best, the timing was oddly coincidental to Toni’s first season on the boys’ team.
    — Sarah Barker, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2021
  • That the screens in his classroom are flashing factoids about climate change — about loss of habitat and the melting of the glaciers — are not coincidental.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2021
  • The timing of the big back-to-back acquisitions was coincidental, Stearns said.
    — Genaro C. Armas, Houston Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2018
  • But a new report from the Mail on Sunday revealed that the photos weren’t coincidental — they were staged.
    — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 14 May 2018

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