How to Use four-leaf clover in a Sentence

four-leaf clover

noun
  • These include a kissy face, a four-leaf clover, a heart, and a peace sign.
    — WIRED, 29 Mar. 2023
  • What is more likely to happen than finding a four-leaf clover?
    — Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 11 Mar. 2024
  • Your chance of finding a four-leaf clover is one in every ten thousand.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 23 July 2021
  • In other words, the next best thing to keeping a four-leaf clover on your person at all times.
    — Emily Kirkpatrick, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The video ends with Haynes, now an old man, sitting on the same bench holding a four-leaf clover.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • The video ends with Haynes, now an old man, sitting on the same bench holding a four-leaf clover.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • The symbol of the foundation is a four-leaf clover, with one of the leaves being a duck’s foot.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 May 2023
  • Florida State needs a lucky rabbit’s foot, a four-leaf clover or a horseshoe.
    — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Just like a four-leaf clover, Matt's family tree started to blossom.
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 16 June 2024
  • The packages of cocaine were pasted with the Batman logo and images of a black four-leaf clover.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
  • One plant that looks nice now and works more permanently is the oxalis tetraphyla, or four-leaf clover.
    — Becky Wern, Florida Times-Union, 7 Mar. 2026
  • An expanse of a clover lawn also brings back sweet childhood memories of hunting for hours on end for the perfect four-leaf clover.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2026
  • One more historically lucky discovery was a four-leaf clover pressed in a book from the 1800s.
    — Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2022
  • Arizona has won two straight against the Dodgers and Bumgarner's four-leaf clover can propel them to a victory tonight as well.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2022
  • According to The Weather Network, a four-leaf clover is rare, and difficult to find.
    — Marina Johnson, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2024
  • By appearance, the microbe seemed to be Sarcina ventriculi, which looks a bit like a four-leaf clover and is ubiquitous in water and soil around the world.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 3 Feb. 2021
  • The nurse who examined her in the emergency room swabbed the small four-leaf clover pendant dangling from the broken chain before giving it to police as evidence.
    — Hannah Dreyfus, ProPublica, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Marvin Aldrich was given a four-leaf clover necklace as a gift before his big win, according to a news release from the Iowa Lottery.
    — Jennifer Rodriguez, Kansas City Star, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Relief pitcher Hirokazu Sawamura has an intricate pattern in the pocket of his Mizuno, and a four-leaf clover on the back.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2021
  • So grab your lucky four-leaf clover and head to one of Louisville's best Irish pubs to sip green beer, indulge in some fish and chips or just mingle with friends to keep your Irish eyes smiling.
    — Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The Horned Frogs will wear a purple helmet with the all-black uniform featuring the Horned Frog mascot holding a four-leaf clover in its mouth.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 June 2026
  • Adele was also seen wearing a stack of three four-leaf clover Van Cleef & Arpels bracelets, worth $4,000 each, with a set of rings on the fourth finger of her left hand.
    — Amanda Taylor, PEOPLE.com, 24 July 2022
  • The brands have co-created a jewelry collection that celebrates friendship, connection, love, and luck inspired by Ganni's four-leaf clover motif.
    — Concetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Van Cleef & Arpels — known for its sleek designs of metal and precious stones inspired by nature, like the four-leaf clover — has notably emerged as a favored brand among a bevy of corridos tumbados stars.
    — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Clovers typically have three leaves, but a rare mutation occasionally produces a fourth, and so the elusive four-leaf clover has long been associated with good luck and happiness in Celtic cultures.
    — Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Wojcicki told a reporter from the Times that Barry Diller was unable to roll his tongue whereas his fellow-guest Anderson Cooper could make a four-leaf clover with his.
    — Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Chicago, daughter of Khloé's sister Kim, and Dream, daughter of their brother Rob Kardashian, wore adorable matching outfits, including a baby pink top that said ‘Happy Go Lucky’ with a four-leaf clover, denim shorts and matching white sneakers.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 3 Apr. 2026

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