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

“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

Grammer's Brady is most interesting when he's not huffing and puffing and remembers what's good about his life, but he is required frequently to huff and puff, perchance to blow his own house down.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 27, 2017

"If we reach this lake, we can make camp by the shore, perchance catch a few fish. Jon, fetch me paper, it's past time I wrote Maester Aemon."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin