run the chance

Example Sentences

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Fog, strong summer winds, the churning currents of the English Channel, make it far more risky than crossing the Atlantic, where at least yachts do not run the chance of going aground.

From Time Magazine Archive

The chill of it has struck the little ones, and they do not care to run the chance of the scolding they would receive if they showed too much interest in us.

From Things as They Are Mission Work in Southern India by Carmichael, Amy

“Dartnell, who is to lead you, is a smart officer, and by all accounts the Zulus are mustering pretty thick in the neighbourhood, so that you will run the chance of some sharp fighting.”

From Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand by Adams, H.C.

“We shall have to make for the nearest port, I fear, after all, or run the chance of starving,” said Adair.

From The Three Midshipmen by Prout, Victor

I was not sure whether you would come this way, Martin, but I thought I would run the chance.

From Shirley by Brontë, Charlotte