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
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
You kept your word and disgraced me once, if I don't know how you did it; but I won't run the chance of that again!
From The La Chance Mine Mystery by Gage, George W.
I am not a man, Miss Tressillian, to run the chance of another repulse.
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
“I will not run the chance of meeting those folks on any consideration whatever,” said Audrey; “but I will go for a walk with you, if you like.”
From A Very Naughty Girl by Meade, L. T.
