draw lots
Example Sentences
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The Godfrey-Faussett family so dreaded the tedium of these royal visits that they would draw lots to see who had to greet him.
From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022
Those concerns draw lots of chatter, but they pale beside the encyclopedic issue.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2019
Should that finish in a tie, they draw lots.
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2018
With the scores in the runoff tied again by abstention, Paris won when the Estonian minister chairing the meeting again had to draw lots.
From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2017
They are paired off and they draw lots.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
