All 13 Uses of
coincidence
in
The ABC Murders
- Of course it might be a coincidence.†
Chpt 4
- But I don't like this kind of coincidence, Mr. Poirot.†
Chpt 4
- In my own mind I had put down the anonymous letter with its mention of the 21st as a mere coincidence.†
Chpt 5
- Surely-surely this could not be a second coincidence?†
Chpt 5
- On the other hand, it may be that the name Ascher was a coincidence-that the victim this time, no matter what her name is, will again be an old woman who keeps a shop.†
Chpt 8
- Bexhill succeeding to Andover may be a mere coincidence.†
Chpt 8
- It would be too much of a coincidence to combine the two.
Chpt 13 *coincidence = a situation where two things happened at the same time or in the same way by chance even though it was unlikely
- That cannot be coincidence.†
Chpt 21
- I tell you, my friends, it cannot be coincidence.†
Chpt 21
- That's a bit of a coincidence, isn't it?†
Chpt 22
- Lily-my young lady said as how she hoped he wouldn't cop it for this A.B.C. fellow going to Doncaster-and then she says it's rather a coincidence because he was down Churston way at the time of the last crime.†
Chpt 28
- Of course, it's very slight evidence-these dates may be mere coincidence and the likeness of the name, too.†
Chpt 28
- Trying to make out that Mr. Cust was that dreadful monster, A.B.C… Just because of his initials and because of a few coincidences.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
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(coincidence) 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)