How to Use coincidentally in a Sentence

coincidentally

adverb
  • Not coincidentally, all three have struggled both in the field and at the plate.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 26 May 2021
  • Not coincidentally, five of the state’s hottest years on record occurred in the past decade.
    — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Both picks, coincidentally, would be perfect for your next trip to the beach.
    — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 4 July 2025
  • The two even coincidentally wore game day looks with similar, sweet nods to their men out on the field.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Did the country create a new army and coincidentally give it the same name?
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
  • Not coincidentally, the Rams have won four games in a row and clinched a playoff spot.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2022
  • McMillan coincidentally, or not, got off to a slow start in camp last year.
    — Safid Deen, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Aug. 2020
  • Not coincidentally, this scene has turned out to be one of the most controversial things about the show.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2021
  • The architect built the home for one of his two daughters, who coincidentally lived right next door.
    — Tandra Smith | [email protected], al, 5 July 2021
  • That was coincidentally also the title of one of my books!
    — Elizabeth MacBride, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Perhaps not coincidentally the art is the same robin’s egg blue as the jeweler’s bags.
    — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The scene was coincidentally next to two new housing projects going up in the Bronx.
    — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 13 May 2026
  • Perhaps not coincidentally, the was the only game of the five the Spurs won.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Not coincidentally, all of those have undergone a coaching change in the last three years.
    — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • And, oh-so-coincidentally, Tom may just be looking for that same kind of freedom.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Perhaps not coincidentally, that’s the year the Israeli tanks should be ready, too.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • And not coincidentally, the episode ends with the image of Kendall drowning in a swimming pool.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Not coincidentally, midterm elections are five months away.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • Mike is the third from the State Press (all, coincidentally, named Mike).
    — Karina Bland, azcentral, 18 Nov. 2019
  • The one entrance into this cave was, coincidentally, the one exit, and that small opening could close at any moment.
    — Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The most famous prison island in history might be, coincidentally, one of the largest islands in the world.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Cheryl was heading to the seventh floor of the hotel, and, coincidentally, so were Preet and his party.
    — Francesca Street, CNN, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Both players flirted with 500-foot homers this season, coincidentally both by way of the grand slam.
    — Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe not coincidentally, the nicest guy in the vipers’ nest is the producer played by Joseph Cotton.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
  • The game had coincidentally been planned on the team’s home turf at the Hard Rock Stadium.
    — Anna J. Kaiser, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Cook’s momentum coincidentally took him to a bench where the Chiefs running backs were sitting.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Mary Miller tasted the pie made by a friend, coincidentally also a Mary Miller.
    — Pervaiz Shallwani, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Not coincidentally, the Dodgers have won 13 of those 17 games.
    — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
  • Not coincidentally, maybe, these are the two tracks that come off as quasi-funky, even danceable, due to White leaving a lot of room for bass lines around the samples.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Apr. 2022
  • All hell breaks loose at the table and, not so coincidentally, everyone looks to Porsha to diffuse things.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 29 June 2026

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