sporting chance

NOUN

good chance

Synonyms

WEAK

betting proposition flip of the coin gambler's chance good possibility hazard of the die luck of the draw matter of chance throw of the dice toss of the coin toss-up

Example Sentences

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The next two teams on the list, the 1968 Cardinals and 1968 Indians, pitched in a year so offensively anemic that baseball soon lowered the mound to give hitters a sporting chance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2016

With Affleck not nominated this time, and no star directors among the final five, Spielberg has a sporting chance, though the feeling here is that Ang Lee will be cited for Life of Pi.

From Time • Feb. 22, 2013

It used to be that journalists had a sporting chance of protecting their sources.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2012

A sporting chance The south's newly formed teams have been practising on simple facilities, as the football stadium and basketball court are being repaired, says the BBC's Peter Martell in Juba.

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2011

Not that he had any hope, but it was only fair to give even the most abandoned of mankind a sporting chance.

From Skippy Bedelle His Sentimental Progress From the Urchin to the Complete Man of the World by Fuhr, Ernest