chance in a million
Example Sentences
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Brower said he would not previously have imagined there was a chance in a million that Lyle Jeffs will be released on Wednesday, but now he is not so sure.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 3, 2016
When you find yourself working two jobs for a filly that has one chance in a million, you realize it's not only a business.
From Time Magazine Archive
He took one look and exclaimed: "It's a chance in a million, but I think those tubes contained my lost virus."
From Time Magazine Archive
Although Kermit wrote to his father, “I didn’t think I had a chance in a million nor did anyone else,” he brushed off the incident, writing that it was “the chances of the game.”
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
I realized it was only one chance in a million.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
