9 example sentences using chance.
Chance used in a sentence
Chance in a sentence as a noun
"Given the chance, I always bang the "don't talk to authorities" drum.
"Whoever you are, you still have a chance to act in the interest of helping this community.
What is the probable chance of failure of a new business in developing a new product?
Chance in a sentence as a verb
Maintain your work-life boundaries, tell your boss's boss you're sorry, but you have plans, and that he'll have a better chance of getting things like that from you with more lead time.
I never liked the fact that their schizophrenic content releases would appear during a timed window, only to disappear from my list later before I actually got a chance to watch it.
Cinema 4K and consumer 4K are not in competition with each other, and there was never a chance of 4K content coming out of the camera at 4096x2560 and making it to a consumer display.
Chance in a sentence as an adjective
"I was offered the chance to make a phone call, but the only number I even have memorized anymore is my mother's, and despite knowing that my friends were probably scared to death looking for me, I wasn't at the point of calling her.
[2] In the UK this is a semi-democratic consultation process which occurs at local government level and involves publicly presenting the designs to local councillors to give residents of the area a chance to raise a formal objection.
Jenny, the manager of the YUI team back then, really took a chance on me, and that really changed my entire career path.\nI solved a bunch of YUI bugs, added a few features here or there, and I always tried to help other folks on #yui on IRC, the mailing list, or in-person here at Yahoo, which I really enjoyed.
Chance definitions
a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance"
See also: opportunity
an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another; "bad luck caused his downfall"; "we ran into each other by pure chance"
a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5"
See also: probability
the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"
See also: prospect
be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; "When you buy these stocks you are gambling"
come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"
occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"
See also: casual