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

“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

There is only one way to dispose of a picture in America, and that is, to raffle it; the Americans will then run the chance of getting it.

From Diary in America, Series One by Marryat, Frederick

Of course, though, had the Germans opened fire on the professor from their trenches, they would have run the chance of killing their own three men, captives though the latter were.

From Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam by Young, Clarence

Another is that the dog may acquire the "Toho" before he has run the chance of being cowed in learning the "Drop."

From The Dog by Dinks