How to use "chance" in a sentence

For the last half hour, I've been thinking of my best chance of escape

What about other hikers? Will they find me by chance? Again, the answer is probably 'no'

There's also the chance of a storm.

He doesn't get the chance

"Who cares how? Now's our chance

And while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous in any given case, still the evil effect following it, being limited to that particular case, with the chance that it may be overruled and never become a precedent for other cases, can better be borne than could the evils of a different practice.

Most people have a chance to see exciting events in their lives

Perhaps it was already there and the murderer dropped the apron near it by chance

Champmathieu, a large, simple-minded man, denied everything when his chance came to speak, but the crowd thought he was trying to be funny

Give the girls a chance

We deserve a better life, and this is our chance.'

You have no chance

The day of his funeral was arranged for 5 June, and thousands of people saw this as a chance to make a public protest against the king and his government.

Marius, meanwhile, was grateful for finally having the chance to help Thenardier, and therefore to keep the promise he had made to his father

Thenardier's presence, however, offered him another opportunity; it gave him the chance to solve the mystery of Cosette's fortune.

Then, when you get the chance..

But then the man looks to the right, and Jake knows it is his best chance

"I don't want you to say anything stupid, Jimmy, because this is your last chance." He looks across the pool to his assistant

So Jimmy, one last chance

"Not a chance."

We've been having a lot of fun! This week, they gave us the chance to try snowboarding as well as skiing."

'We've lost our chance of happiness

At first, it had seemed terribly wrong that such a wonderful opportunity should come her way before she'd even had time to mourn her boy, as if the Fates were so shallow and insensitive as to think that they could balance the scales and offset Danny's death merely by presenting her with a chance at her dream job

"For giving me a chance to prove myself."

He had seen Tina's work in some lounges around town, and he had surprised her when he'd offered her the chance to co-produce Magyck! At first, she hadn't been sure if she should take the job

Tina supposed that some people would say this hotel was gross, crass, tasteless, ugly - but she loved the place because it was here that she had been given her big chance.

Everyone assured her there was no chance of trouble

Fighting with Michael, coping with the shock of separation and divorce, grieving for Danny, and putting together the show with Joel Bandiri had filled her days and nights, so she'd had no chance to think of romance.

Helen Mainway chattered excitedly about the spectacular special effects, and Elliot Stryker had an endless supply of compliments as well as some astute observations about the technical aspects of the production, and Charlie Mainway poured a third bottle of Dom PS 233; rignon, and the house lights came up, and the audience reluctantly began to leave, and Tina hardly had a chance to sip her champagne because of all the people who stopped by the table to congratulate her.

Let's not throw away this chance."

"And the boys competed hard all year for the chance to be one of those selected to go on the trip

Perhaps it was too soon to tell for sure, but he was beginning to think that fate, in an uncharacteristic flush of generosity, had given him a second chance at happiness.

"If the father has a chance to protest," Elliot said, "we'll probably get involved in a knock-down-drag-out legal battle

In the process of trying to hurt his ex-wife, he'd waste several days of the court's time, and the end result would be exactly the same as if he'd never been given a chance to protest."

I'll call you this evening, after I've had a chance to think about it."

The gun wavered, but it didn't move off target far enough to give Elliot a chance.

If I really believed there was even the tiniest chance of anything like that, would I be standing here so cheerful?"

"Last chance to do it the easy way," Vince said.

And if, by some million-to-one chance, the boy had been alive when he'd been buried, why would it take an entire year for her to receive a vision from the spirit world?

But if the other people had a chance to view the bodies, if none of them has had any reason to entertain doubts like yours, then they're all just finally learning to cope with the tragedy

There's a better than even chance he's been co-opted by Kennebeck's crowd

"But I didn't get a chance to pack that suitcase," Tina said

Their ineptitude gave Willis Bruckster a chance to shine

He could destroy the Network, given half a chance

"But if I wait, I'm just giving him a chance to keep one step ahead." Worried, he continued to hesitate, anxiously chewing his lip.

"Yeah, I believe there's a chance you're right."

There wasn't much of a chance that a trap had been set for them so soon

Give them a chance to see you when they turn into the street

But I'll be as quiet as a mouse and give it a chance."

"Can a couple of people like us really have a chance of winning when we're up against something as big as the government itself?"

"-the better chance we have of getting out alive."

It'll take us a little longer that way, but at least we'll have a fighting chance

"Well," Morgan said, "there's always the chance I'll screw up

So he is praised for being merely incompetent and not also drunk, and he is given a second chance

But I did not consider these points at the time, and so I thought the Martians had very little chance of success

'We didn't have a chance.' he said

'Not a chance.'

If I had been alone, I think I would have taken my chance and gone straight across country

Five of the machines had been seen moving towards the Thames and one, by a lucky chance, had been destroyed

When the smoke had begun to settle, it stayed quite close to the ground so that even fifteen metres up in the air, on the roots and upper floors of houses and in high trees, there was a chance of escaping its poison

They never gave the guns any chance against them

He would have had very little chance if the younger lady had not very bravely stopped the cart and returned to help him

Then they began to look for a chance of getting to the right side of the road

By chance the kitchen had escaped and now stood buried under earth and bricks, covered on every side except towards the cylinder

The hole was only big enough for one of us to look through, so I had to stop watching them for a time while he had his chance.

I had an idea of going to Leatherhead, although I knew there was little chance of finding my wife there

'If they manage to do that, we haven't got a chance,' I said

We've got to learn while we've got a chance

There, it seemed to me, I had the best chance of learning what the Martians and human beings were doing for death

When I met you by chance and learned to love you, I was afraid to tell you about my child

'Well, if I had the chance to behave the same way,' said Connie, 'I wouldn't make use of it.'