perchance

Example Sentences

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More than a few times, Davis said, the author was stopped by readers who asked whether, perchance, he knew their grandfather or uncle.

From Washington Post • Jan. 18, 2022

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

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2021

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

Her goal is to sleep, not perchance to dream, but to “drown out my thoughts and judgments, since the constant barrage made it hard not to hate everyone and everything.”

From New York Times • May 10, 2018

It seemed to Legolas, as he strained his farseeing eyes, that he caught a glint of white: far away perchance the sun twinkled on a pinnacle of the Tower of Guard.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien