All 6 Uses of
coincidence
in
Les Miserables
- Odd numerical coincidence,—twenty-six battalions rode to meet twenty-six battalions.†
Chpt 2.1 *coincidence = a situation where things happened at the same time by chance even though it was unlikely
- Almost at that same moment, a singular coincidence which paints the exhaustion of the two armies, Ney demanded infantry from Napoleon, and Napoleon exclaimed, "Infantry!†
Chpt 2.1
- Before proceeding further, it will be to the purpose to narrate in some detail, a singular occurrence which took place at about the same epoch, in Montfermeil, and which is not lacking in coincidence with certain conjectures of the indictment.†
Chpt 2.2
- On a certain afternoon, which had, as will be seen hereafter, some coincidence with the events heretofore related, Laigle de Meaux was to be seen leaning in a sensual manner against the doorpost of the Cafe Musain.†
Chpt 3.4
- There was a coincidence between the taste for the toilet which had recently come to Cosette, and the habit of new clothes developed by that stranger which was very repugnant to Jean Valjean.†
Chpt 4.3
- The despatch of his letter and the presence of M. Fauchelevent in the barricade, was a coincidence which occurred to him.†
Chpt 5.1
Definition:
a situation where two things happened at the same time or in the same way by chance even though it was unlikely
(for example, if two students in the same class met by accident while visiting another country)
(for example, if two students in the same class met by accident while visiting another country)