hazard of the die

Example Sentences

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He had no right to stand the hazard of the die, and then refuse to abide by the result.

From Daniel Webster by Lodge, Henry Cabot

But that chance has a sugarcoating; it is swathed in egoistic illusion; it shows less stark and intolerable chanciness, so to speak, than the bald hazard of the die.

From In Defense of Women by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

Doubtless, he felt how great was the stake he had placed at the hazard of the die, and having won it, he used it as his own.

From The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)

But, like King Richard, he had "set his fate upon a cast," and he "would stand the hazard of the die."

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various

The hazard of the die of war changed.

From Eyes Like the Sea by Jókai, Mór