perchance

Example Sentences

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

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2021

Coronavirus: I hail from pangolin, perchance from bat.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2020

“Oh happy people of the future, who have not known these miseries and perchance will class our testimony with the fables.”

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2020

The same goes for when we most likely do or perchance do not delete said missives at our convenience.

From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2019

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