How to Use chance in a Sentence

chance

1 of 2 noun

• This is the chance of a lifetime!
• We didn't have much chance to talk about it.
• There's a good chance that we'll finish on time.
• If you are free tonight, is there any chance you could join me for dinner?
• Everyone deserves a fair chance of winning the award.
• Which cards you're given is simply a matter of chance.
• If you give me a chance, I know I can do a good job.
• Richardson could have some chances to make plays through the air.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2023
• The chance of rain is also lower than the mainland at just 10% to 20% through the week.
  — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
• Roosa died in 1994, before Williams had a chance to speak with him.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
• There's always a chance the center of the storm could be outside the cone.
  — Ramon Padilla, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2023
• The chance to leave her mark in the Carolinas arose and Julian jumped at it.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 7 Feb. 2024
• There’s a chance that the Supreme Court will hear a jawboning case in its next term.
  — David Ingram, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2023
• Jones should have gone to the free-throw line for two shots with a chance to win the game for Sacramento.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 6 Apr. 2024
• My fourth Olympics — maybe my last chance chasing this crazy dream.
  — Nick Baumgartner and Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 14 Jan. 2024
• Needless to say, the two dissenters, Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson, have no chance.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2023
• To have a chance to really walk through how the film was made, what some of the struggles were along the way, and get a chance to deep dive.
  — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
• Rodgers, a fourth-year player from UMass, won’t get that chance in Indy.
  — Michael Mort, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
• When the Jedi Order finally falls, Iskat seizes the chance to forge a path of her own.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 June 2023
• Houston’s last chance, fittingly, was a half-court heave from Brooks that would’ve stolen the game.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Use oil that is hot—oil that is not hot enough will decrease your chances of a crispy coating.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2023
• Some retailers think their customers will jump at the first chance to swipe stuff, and some don’t.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
• Advertisement The Saints had one more chance near the end of the half, converting a fake punt on fourth down.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
• Brickhouse said had there been a lap infant in that row, there’s a good chance they would have been lost through the opening.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 18 Feb. 2024
• On Tuesday, a House committee gave him a chance to make his pitch.
  — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2024
• Mackenzie Holmes had a chance to get the Hoosiers within one basket but missed both free throws with 1:45 left.
  — Evan Frank, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Jan. 2024
• There was a 50% chance the Calixtos would have a tissue match.
  — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 18 June 2023
• Fans have a chance to own an iconic piece of TV history!
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024
• There’s 30% chance of showers Monday during the day and a 60% chance Monday night.
  — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 22 July 2023
• At the time of the meeting, the forecast showed a 50% chance of clear skies or overcast and the likelihood of overcast skies was higher in Texas and Oklahoma.
  — Sadie Lacicero, arkansasonline.com, 7 Apr. 2024

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chance

2 of 2 verb

• I don't think we should chance driving in this snowstorm.
• He couldn't chance playing with a broken toe.
• Too many are leaving the search for the right ideas to chance.
  — Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• Congress doesn't want to leave that to chance next time.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 23 Sep. 2022
• The Suns had to chance to close out the Blazers in overtime, but didn't.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2022
• Home Alone, and Elf) didn’t want to leave anything to chance.
  — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2021
• Don’t leave it to chance or wait for the right people to come to you — go find them.
  — Matt Lewis, Forbes, 10 June 2021
• Gargano didn’t leave any part of her success to chance.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 23 May 2022
• Steve and Kristi, the parents of Kaylee Goncalves, haven't left anything to chance.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
• The coaches also will have to chance to each pick an artist to round out the top 12.
  — Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2018
• This season, the Bearcats won’t leave anything to chance.
  — Zack Jones, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• For the most part, colleges do not leave the formation of teams to chance.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 13 June 2019
• But here again, the electoral law leaves nothing to chance.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, miamiherald, 21 Mar. 2018
• No one’s a shoo-in, and Ohio Democrats wouldn’t want to chance losing a seat in Congress.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2020
• And in fiery Foyt fashion, Dixon’s not about to leave anything to chance.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Oct. 2020
• Walsh and her sisters, Patti and Kathy Walsh, didn’t want to chance it.
  — Katelyn Umholtz, NOLA.com, 23 Nov. 2020
• But neither will want to leave matters to chance in that way.
  — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2022
• But if the Thunder loses that game, things can chance in many ways.
  — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2018
• Shots at turkeys were too precious to chance to a pop gun.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 26 May 2020
• The first farmers of Europe didn’t leave anything to chance.
  — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2018
• At this point, all their OG fans have had to chance to pony up big bucks to relive their youth.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2021
• Don’t leave anything to chance or let anyone get in your way.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
• Cubs shortstop Javier Baez didn’t want to leave anything to chance.
  — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 22 Apr. 2018
• Cubs shortstop Javier Baez didn't want to leave anything to chance.
  — Andrew Joseph, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2018
• Work with the system, and don't leave your destiny—or your shopping list—to chance.
  — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 13 Dec. 2018
• Better to chance it with the Muni buses than the free-for-all on Mission.
  — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 15 Feb. 2020
• Aldon Smith wasn’t leaving the touchdown to chance this time.
  — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2020
• The difference was attributed to the change in our order and not to chance.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 9 June 2022
• With a place in the grand final on the line, Kenadi Dodds didn’t leave anything to chance.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2020
• Leaving nothing to chance — and with nothing else to do — Dan then ran through the plan over and over again.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024