CHANCE in a Sentence

Learn CHANCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
373 example sentences for CHANCE, such as:
1. Where they saw chance, we see law.
2. An evil chance seldom comes alone.
3. I haven't had a chance to unpack yet.
4. It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
5. Here, at last, I had a chance of clearly seeing him.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CHANCE
chance
 n.  a risk involving danger
 a.  occurring or appearing or singled out by chance
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Then I thought there was some chance of water in this direction, so I heaved you over my shoulder and we tramped it together.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2  John, cooped up in the valley, and absorbed in his work, had had little chance of learning the news of the outside world during the last twelve years.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER II. THE FLOWER OF UTAH
3  Having tethered the horses, and bade Lucy adieu, he threw his gun over his shoulder, and set out in search of whatever chance might throw in his way.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
4  I had grown my beard, and there was no chance of their recognizing me.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
5  They must have thought that there was some chance of their being followed, for they would never go out alone, and never after nightfall.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
6  I watched them late and early, but never saw the ghost of a chance; but I was not discouraged, for something told me that the hour had almost come.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
7  I determined at the time that when I had my chance, my gentlemen should each have a draw out of one of these boxes, while I ate the pill that remained.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
8  Instead of grasping at the chance of safety which that offered him, he sprang from his bed and flew at my throat.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VI. A CONTINUATION OF THE REMINISCENCES OF JOHN W...
9  Men who die from heart disease, or any sudden natural cause, never by any chance exhibit agitation upon their features.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER VII. THE CONCLUSION
10  And by the time the sheep had quieted down, the chance to utter any protest had passed, for the pigs had marched back into the farmhouse.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
11  Bart would crack another joke about Saints, if she gave him the chance.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
12  For by some lucky chance a wall had been built continuing the house, it might be with the intention of adding another wing, on the raised ground in the sun.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 4
13  And the lawyer, scared by the thought, brooded a while on his own past, groping in all the corners of memory, lest by chance some Jack-in-the-Box of an old iniquity should leap to light there.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
14  Here, at last, I had a chance of clearly seeing him.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
15  There is, I think, no chance that they will proceed to any actual violence against their prisoners.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
Example Sentence: (163 in 11 pages)
1  Once I have the chance to witness his worst moment, but u still can accept his defects and keep this as secret.
2  Her testimony works against his chance of success as a politician.
3  An evil chance seldom comes alone.
4  Supporting also have the chance to you but eliminated belongs to me and mesmerizing.
5  There's only a slim chance that anyone survived the crash.
6  It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
7  What attracted me most to the job was the chance to travel.
8  I think the stripped-down version of your proposal has more chance of being accepted.
9  She was very demotivated by being told she had little chance of being promoted.
10  The electoral council announced that all eligible people would get a chance to vote.
11  Where they saw chance, we see law.
12  This weekend, visitors will get a rare chance to visit the private apartments.
13  He seized the chance to make amends for his behavior.
14  I can't believe she passed up the chance to go to South America.
15  I haven't had a chance to unpack yet.