draw lots
Example Sentences
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The Godfrey-Faussett family so dreaded the tedium of these royal visits that they would draw lots to see who had to greet him.
From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2022
The captain on active duty said it was common for unmarried soldiers to draw lots to marry the widow of one who died in battle.
From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2021
Those concerns draw lots of chatter, but they pale beside the encyclopedic issue.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2019
In the years that followed, Wansink’s lab would draw lots of lessons in the tactics of the food industry.
From Slate • Feb. 28, 2018
They are paired off and they draw lots.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
