by chance

Example Sentences

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And I don’t think it’s by chance that when he got back in Paris, he decided that he was not going to seek political prominence via elections, but rather by his charismatic gifts.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

Woolwich Crown Court was told the teenagers believed Cashford, 49, was a paedophile after he met the girl by chance at an amusement arcade two days earlier and gave her his phone number.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Immaculately dressed in a fur-collared coat and white scarf, conductor Herman Makarenko led nine string players before dozens of people, some of whom had stopped by chance.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Yet Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Mr. Guan in August after encountering him by chance, and he’s been in a jail in upstate New York since.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

Mrs. Johnson, the boy's mother, is a loud, big woman; Ranee saw her once by chance in a grocery store before they moved out of Ridgeford.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins