CHANCE in a Sentence

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Then I thought there was some chance of water in this direction, so I heaved you over my shoulder and we tramped it together.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHANCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
chance
 n.  a time when you can do something
 v.  happen by accident or unexpectedly
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)
16  That kind of chance comes once in a blue moon.
17  The Republican candidate stands a good chance of getting in.
18  She stands a good chance, since only two people are contesting the seat and the other candidate is very unpopular.
19  Certainly if the job were offered me I'd grasp at the chance.
20  He has almost certainly blown his chance of touring India this winter.
21  A businessman should grab at any chance to make a profit.
22  It's so cold the snow doesn't get a chance to thaw.
23  He stands a fair chance of going abroad.
24  There is an off chance of finding him at home.
25  Just give me a chance and I'll prove it to you.
26  She enjoyed the chance to converse with someone who spoke her language.
27  Life gets better not by chance, but by change.
28  They try their best to leave nothing to chance.
29  The people are demanding a chance to participate more in government.
30  They had met by chance at university and finished up getting married.