freak of ...

Frequency: 5.82.2 per million words

used to describe a highly unusual or unexpected event, e.g., 'a freak of history', 'a freak of the weather'

freakNOUN + PREPOSITION

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Examples (10)

  • This was no more than a freak of history.
  • Some called the landslide a freak of the weather, others a warning.
  • By a freak of timing, the two emails crossed in transit.
  • The price spike was a freak of the market, not a sign of recovery.
  • What saved us that night was a freak of luck—the wind suddenly changed.
  • Scientists say the glowing fish is a freak of nature, not a new species.
  • The flood resulted from a freak of geography, where two rivers converge.
  • Her survival was a freak of circumstance that no one could have planned.
  • The glitch turned out to be a freak of design in the legacy chip.
  • Astronomers think the planet's orbit is a freak of physics, caused by resonance.