The word "serendipity" was coined by Horace Walpole in an 1854 letter, from a tale of three princes who "were always making discoveries, by accident, of things they were not in search of".(“Serendipity”這個詞是由霍勒斯·沃波爾在1854年的一封信中創造出來的，源于一個關于三個王子的故事，這三個王子“總是意外地發現那些他們并沒有在尋找的東西。”)

In addition, there were other immigrants who migrated west in search of new homes, material success, and better lives.(此外，還有其他移民為了尋找新的家園、物質上的成功和更好的生活而移居西部。)

Instead of flying thousands of miles in search of food, they make the waste sites their winter feeding grounds.(它們不是為了尋找食物而飛行數千英里，而是把這些垃圾場作為冬季覓食的場所。)

They trekked from shop to shop in search of white knee-high socks.(他們疲憊地奔波于一家又一家商店，尋找高到膝蓋的白色長筒襪。)

Refugees run hither and thither in search of safety.(難民為尋找安全四處逃奔。)

It was a place to which genteel families came in search of health and quiet.(這是一個上流社會家庭尋找健康和寧靜的場所。)

Migrant workers move from city to city in search of work.(農民工為了尋找工作從一個城市移居到另一個城市。)

Reservoirs are drying up and farmers have begun to leave their land in search of water.(水庫正在干涸，農民開始離開田地去尋找水源。)

Reinhard's specialty is scaling the Andes in search of sacrificial remains.(萊因哈德的專長是攀登安第斯山脈尋找祭祀遺骸。)

Pirandello titled his play "Six Characters in Search of an Author."(皮蘭德婁將其戲劇命名為《六個尋找作者的劇中人》。)