perchance

Example Sentences

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I think I realized something was up when I began wondering if he, perchance, liked guys.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2021

“Oh happy people of the future, who have not known these miseries and perchance will class our testimony with the fables.”

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2020

Mr. Wallace then wondered whether the Senate should waive the filibuster rule with this legislation, if perchance the House happened to pass it.

From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2018

Grammer's Brady is most interesting when he's not huffing and puffing and remembers what's good about his life, but he is required frequently to huff and puff, perchance to blow his own house down.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2017

“What villains are these, that trespass upon my private lands! Come to scorn at my fall, perchance? Draw, you knaves, you dogs!”

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling