How to Use karma in a Sentence

karma

noun
  • She believes that helping people produces good karma.
  • But the karma has been hell to pay.
    — Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • What has happened this week looks like karma on a grand scale.
    — Henry Porter, The Hive, 6 Dec. 2017
  • Sounds like a pretty rad way to cash in some good karma this week, no?
    — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Yet there’s a strange karma that clings to the Cannes opener.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 May 2026
  • The thing about the smug is that their karma can sometimes be sudden.
    — latimes.com, 12 July 2019
  • There’s this thought that a character should get his karma at the end of that episode.
    — Aamina Khan, Teen Vogue, 19 Apr. 2019
  • Time-and-date karma was always going to boomerang.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
  • My years of good travel karma with luggage and rental cars had come to an abrupt and rude end.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2019
  • Is this a case of Spygate karma, or is the Hall out of touch?
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • In some ways, the stickers are public mockery and a kind of karma.
    — Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • France went on to crash out in the group stage, reminding the world that karma is real.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 14 June 2018
  • That's some instant karma for Aneesa, who just got screwed over by Josh.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 2 July 2020
  • From there, consider thrift store karma.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 14 Jan. 2026
  • From there, consider thrift store karma.
    — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 22 June 2026
  • And the prize for best karma has got to go to Lindsey Ofcacek.
    — Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 17 June 2019
  • Perhaps that’s the small town ethos or an example of karma in action.
    — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Suffice to say, the party comes with a lot of positive karma.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 4 Jan. 2018
  • Others expressed hope that karma would pay a visit to the suspect.
    — Mark Young, miamiherald, 11 Dec. 2017
  • But not only past life merit, but the connection of karma — and love.
    — CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • Surely, that karma would wash over the place, and the Bruins would respond in kind.
    — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
  • The Pacers deserved some good karma.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 19 May 2026
  • The creator ecosystem is tight-knit and people talk — karma has a funny way of working out.
    — Saryn Chorney, PEOPLE.com, 30 May 2018
  • At this point, Cersei deserves every bit of bad karma that is coming her way and then some.
    — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 13 Apr. 2019
  • Throughout the new track, Swift alludes to karma and the idea that those who have wronged her have a storm coming for them.
    — Tatiana Cirisano, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2017
  • Those were cute nicknames for a franchise that had endured more than a century of tough luck, bad breaks and sour karma.
    — John Smallwood, Philly.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • If there’s such a thing as karma, perhaps the A’s creep a bit closer to Houston this year.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • As the game went along, there was more rocking back and forth, more changing of seats to influence karma, more biting of nails.
    — Jim Derry, NOLA.com, 10 May 2018
  • Dreams are built on the service industry, so make a contribution to the karma can.
    — Robert Cocuzzo, Town & Country, 22 May 2016
  • Relieves stress for heirs Donating a home can be more than good karma for the donor and his or her family.
    — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2018

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