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’ll go pretty close, so as not to run the chance of missing.

From The Camp in the Snow, or, Besieged by Danger by Graydon, William Murray

“If I don’t do that I may run the chance of not having the sides even,” answered Dick.

From The Rival Crusoes by Kingston, William Henry Giles

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

Mentally he cursed the prudent cowardice of Daniel, who, having arranged this situation, had left him to run the chance of disgrace and defeat alone.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton