Mark wasn’t taking even the slightest chance anymore. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I knew this was my chance to free myself from Magistrate Tiger. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When Shin later had a chance to talk to his father about this, the conversation was strained. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Gum Baby thought if she got another chance, she could prove she could be a part of the team.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You live in a mansion in a gated community and go to an expensive private school. What are the chances that we would ever have met?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Everybody plays it, loves it and follows the games on the radio and nabs every chance to go and see it.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I turned him down before he had a chance.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The chances that he could have had a normal recovery, much less a normal lifestyle, were virtually nonexistent. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

After around fifteen minutes, the traffic in the lobby begins to die down and I finally get my chance. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure you didn’t get a chance to go to Ben's Chili Bowl,” he says. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My mother robbed me of any chance at good memories. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

To a Karhider reading our canons, the crime of Judas lies not in his betrayal of Christ but in the act that, sealing despair, denies the chance of forgiveness, change, life: his suicide. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I shut my eyes and make myself a promise: I will defy the Doctorita, every day, every chance I get, in my own secret vmsima way. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were strangers who had met in a chance encounter. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hesitate, but I take a chance and break the moment of calm. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

All they wanted was a chance to testify. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

There was a slight pause, and then Dumbledore said, “Did you by any chance hear what Miss Granger was shouting, Hagrid?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“If they damage the nerves around your eyes, there’s a chance you might lose your eyesight,” she said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I’ll get my friends back and tell them all about Arthur, and if it’s not too weird for Arthur, maybe there’s a chance they can meet him before he leaves. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

What are the chances you just inhaled a molecule which Caesar exhaled in his dying breath? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would still have a chance of escaping them, too. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday night, Luma would have a chance to improve things for her team if she could convince the Clarkston City Council to let her use the city’s field in Milam Park. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The rest remained outside, watching the door close on any chance at work for the day. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘Dad,’ I said, ‘the storm is three kilometres away. Even if it was nearer, your chance of being struck is approximately one in three million.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, those twins never had a chance to dream the same dream we are making come true . . . change. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt uneasy, knowing her mother hated us, but I took a chance. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

What solely concerned them was that affirmative action limited their chances, their plans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s give Mom a chance to blast some music while she’s making a pie.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t even give me the chance to prove you wrong. I wanna be there for you. You gotta let me in.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We weren’t given a chance to say good-bye properly. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But Coach Hedge promised he could guard Reyna for a little longer and, on the off chance the spirit had something useful to say, Nico decided it was worth the risk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“We all knew there was no chance of reaching six million links. And even if we could, the school district would never approve that much money just for paper!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I said it before I had a chance to lose my nerve: “Can I ask what you’re reading?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On August 16, 1936, when Thistle Down Park shuttered its doors for the season, Red Pollard appeared to be out of chances. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex had almost certainly knocked him out with the single punch, but he couldn’t take chances and followed it through with a knee into the groin. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Finally George thought of a place that would at least guarantee him some rest and a chance to sit down, St. Louis Cathedral. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway down was another overlook, a thin extra lane marked off less as an opportunity to gaze at the scenery, I thought, than to allow drivers a chance to stop and gather their wits. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The Air Force doctors gave me a second chance, and scheduled me for another exam a week later. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we needed to stay together because we had a better chance of escaping the day-to-day troubles we faced. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was his own sarcophagus, a bold and infallible diplomat who was always berating himself disgustedly for all the chances he had missed and kicking himself regretfully for all the errors he had made. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted so bad to tell him how much I loved him, and I didn’t know if I was gonna get the chance when he was in that coma. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And if there is a reasonable chance that readers will misinterpret a statistical tendency as an absolute law, a responsible writer will anticipate the oversight and qualify the generalization accordingly. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“If there was even a chance of his recovery.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And there was a chance- slim perhaps, but a chance nonetheless—that Zane could cut the trouble off at the pass. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When I am among the others hoping and waiting, I imagine I can hear each pleading voice, loud as a chorus: Give me a chance. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I had the chance once. Now I will retire with too many memories.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the two camps could work together, they stood a chance of stopping their mutual enemies. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There was a chance we could move to America. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He said this more than once; and he advised them to pass barrows by on the west-side, if they chanced to stray near one. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘Have you, by any chance, heard how it fared with the men of Lexington?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other friends told the Marches that they had lost all chance of being remembered in the rich old lady’s will, but the unworldly Marches only said... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesper had always known there was a good chance they wouldn’t make this journey home at all, that they’d end up in cells in the Ice Court or skewered on pikes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her mother said it would be a good chance to make new friends. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Patients who had a hand or fingers, or a foot or toes, cut off had the best chance of survival—the percentage of deaths being 2.9 percent and 5.7 percent, respectively. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have a chance to tell Mother about Mrs. Arvydas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I fall in love with it instantly, despite knowing I’ll rarely, if ever, get a chance to wear it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A chance meeting of strangers, and the end of the world unfolds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This could be my chance to get Nora to talk to me again, so we can fix our friendship. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Because my poor artichoke of a father doesn’t have a chance. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I look out the window the whole time, because I don’t often get a chance to leave Bellmont. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was my chance to break the silence. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“She will have a chance to show that to be true,” said Mr. Bradbrook. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He always had plenty to do, rain or shine, and didn’t mind a chance to make paints and mend his gear. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Briony offered her a chance, and she seized it instinctively; less than that—she simply let it settle over her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Any chance of getting out of here in that thing?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The scenario was this: The Colombian knew that his best chance of escape would be during an outside medical trip. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur is about to get his big break, his chance to be somebody at Lake Windsor High. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I have a chance with her?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine waiting in line all night for a chance to sleep in the Superdome, where the Saints play football and the cheerleaders jump and scream. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

‘Stick it out, son,’ I told him, ‘give it a chance’ and before you could spit it was Henry this, Henry that, he’s changing his major from whatever the hell it was to ancient Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stopped talking and gave Mrs. Amos a chance to jump right in. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I will; but mind you are a very good girl, and don’t be afraid of me. Don’t start when I chance to speak rather sharply; it’s so provoking.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Silently, I remind myself to look for the first chance to seize him. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They expected him every year: it was a good chance to catch up on family news. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then again, staying the same means that Tía Inés might not have the chance to love Simón. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The windows to the lecture hall were shut, so there wasn’t much chance of my being overheard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There would be far less of a chance of bumping into someone in the secret passages, he pointed out. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

For by giving it some hard thought, by considering the whole thing calmly, I could see that the trouble with the guillotine was that you had no chance at all, absolutely none. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Vast numbers of them are trapped far above the clouds and are condemned to bounce from pole to pole until by chance they encounter some high-altitude atmospheric molecule and are removed from the radiation belt. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Give it a chance, honey. You’re always too quick to judge.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard, too, needed a change of scenery and a chance to redeem himself. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I do not think your law was made for such a chance,’ said Aragorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Again we ran through our checklist with great precision, because we knew we had only one chance to make a good entry. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were denied the chance, for Mr. Clutter, an abstainer aggressively opposed to drink and drunkards, seized a gun and marched them off his property. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And try to tell him it would be okay, even though you knew—” “There was no chance in hell it would be.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

By chance, Rat said, he was awake to see it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

These urban kids, however, were never truly given the chance to prove that if only given the opportunity, we could rise to the occasion; and rise to the occasion we have. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s not like she was poor, humiliating herself for a chance at college scholarship money like the rest of the girls strutting their bikinis past those ogling judges. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He takes a chance and tells her that he loves her, and to his great delight, she responds that she loves him, too! Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ve given you more than enough chances to prove yourselves. Anyway, I’m beginning to enjoy killing you things. After what you did to my friends, I just can’t seem to get enough of it!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“We have to wait for a chance to get them. We need to pretend were not interested in them. Throw him off the scent.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t he be living up to the prophecy, and giving himself the best chance of survival, if he joined those highly trained wizards whose job it was to find and kill Voldemort? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He had been the second to Patrick for a long time, and now he got his chance. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The most important first step is to not stand and stare at the chance to be free, but to do something. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had seen men die all his life, and death was the luck of the chance, the price you eventually paid. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alby had made it clear they could take no chances: they’d make the Homestead their fortress, and must do whatever it took to defend it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, no. I didn’t have a chance to look,” Eilonwy said. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Do we dare go down that path? My fellow lawmakers. My esteemed senators. Can we take that chance?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Boys did not want to take the chance of being ragged by their friends for walking home from school with her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

From where I stood, it looked like a world of flattering attention, and what’s more, a chance to cross the county line. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which means that you stand a greater chance of dying while dealing crack in a Chicago housing project than you do while sitting on death row in Texas. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Well, maybe I'm relying too heavily on chance, Victor thought. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She knows what will happen if she betrays us; though she will not have the chance. However, if any of you has a doubt, express it now, fearlessly.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"The Lord of Light would hold our city walls against a million Dothraki, or so the red priests promise . . . yet why take chances, when their friendship comes so cheap?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had little doubt that Bigwig, by sheer chance, had led the fox onto a Wide Patrol which had been following their trail. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited a little longer, giving him a chance to talk me into going home, but he didn’t appear. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

There is still a hope, a chance, that Kalinda might someday return my feelings, and I’ll have the unending joy of being able to love her, and being able to have my mother. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No chance she went out in the electrical storm last night?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Matt was touched by her offer, although he knew there wasn’t a chance of it happening. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day the storm delayed them, there was a greater chance that Maddy and Az had already gone under the knife. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Off the bus at the cluster stop I take a chance. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It provided a chance for Forever Witchlings to close their circles by completing an impossible task. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even the bosslings wouldn’t stand a chance against the giant floating towers that guarded the foothills. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

How could I turn down the perfect chance to take revenge on him? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, when it came to gods, there was a chance.... City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Especially now that I see the arena. Her fishhooks are probably our best chance of getting a meal.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You have someone to go back to, you got a job waiting. You can put all this behind you. You got a second chance. Make the most of it.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

His best chance would have been to keep clear and use his claws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy opened her mouth to say something extra mean—what, she hadn’t quite figured out—but she never got the chance because there was a knock at the door. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, she has been still long enough that I take a chance and pull my hand away. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘It seems unlikely that I shall have the chance,’ said Gimli. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She knew it was Percy, suffocating, desperately grasping for a chance at life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But we never had the chance to get closer. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The chance she had been waiting for came in 1994, when she began six months of training for the Euromir 94 spaceflight, also known as the 17th main mission. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered about Ross Milton, but there was little chance to make a trip to Newton at this time of year. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You might send young Snow. He would be glad for a chance to see his brothers." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Well, now’s the chance for you to find out! Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He had no real cleverness or secrets for good business; he simply refused to fail, leaving absolutely nothing to luck or chance or someone else. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And anytime I got a chance to exchange words with a black brother in stripes, I’d say, “My man! You ever heard about somebody named Mr. Elijah Muhammad?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We just want to talk. Thai noodles for a chance to talk, okay?” v The harpy streaked down in a flash of red and landed on the elephant statue. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

What I actually did when I had the chance was buy penny squares of chocolate. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When the woman who’s the borough president announced that the city was sponsoring a street fair on 145th Street, I saw a chance to cheer Peaches up. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It gave me a chance to compete, which I loved, and it was highly respected in the community. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But now I had a chance to force back, a slim nothing of a chance that I could already feel slipping away. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And if they did, Luma felt her team had a chance to win their division. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

For most of the women who joined Marina Raskova’s ranks, this was exactly the chance they had dreamed of. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Although guards carry automatic weapons, Shin and Park persuaded each other that their chances of not getting killed were good. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I, too, have had a chance to share my bounty with my neighbors. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The chance of home and the chance of love. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was his first chance to see the dog up close. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get paid or nothing, but that’s how I got a chance to ride since I never owned a horse of my own. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a chance to be a true explorer—mapping an unknown river and discovering new wildlife species in a land never before seen by any naturalist, or any non-native person for that matter. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He had come to this tower-keep by chance, and yet the chance was all design; or he had come by design and yet all the design had merely chanced to come about. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But if nobody can navigate in there,” I said, “what chance do we have?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They unchain you so you have the chance to do something entertaining. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But what America got that night was a moment of release, a chance to feel its own resilience. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Are you referring to the psychiatric ward by any chance?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s to give travelers a fighting chance out here on the byways. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And then they’d decided to sneak through the city after curfew, giving the Germans all the best chances to spot them in places where they shouldn’t be. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’m ashamed to admit it, but I don’t know if Daddy stands a chance against King. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His mom had dropped him off early—no chance he was going to be late. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And by the time the sheep had quieted down, the chance to utter any protest had passed, for the pigs had marched back into the farmhouse. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

We offer up our dreams, a penny at a time, to the chance that they might come true. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they had no chance to fly yet. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She did so knowing this might be her only chance to get an American visa and come see her mother. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t fully healed, but Dad said its chances were better with the mountain than ^ nth us. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This time Inej had a better chance to track the origin of the gunfire. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I stared out the window, wondering who wouldn’t want to leave the Congo before you could say Jack Robinson if they had half a chance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It filled him with possibility, this chance meeting with a stranger, and the thought of the paths on which it might lead him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One day he chanced to see a mighty eagle, greater and more splendid than any mortal bird, bearing a maiden to an island not far away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since my back was aching for a chance to stretch out, I decided to help her along. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even if the other demigods hadn’t been fast asleep, they wouldn’t have stood a chance against so many. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“That was for Tyler’s sake, not mine. I had to give him his chance.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Blanche and Louis could not be closer. So this is our chance. Tonight, during the meal, I will bring up the burning of the Talmuds. I will pretend to have no opinion on the subject.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

You need to find the good guys but you cant take any chances. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I'd cross the whole country alone and escape into the Colonies first chance I got. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Kabuo pulled into a turnout one rainy afternoon and explained to her in grave tones that he intended to repurchase his parents’ property as soon as the chance arose. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He is very intelligent and he solves the mystery and he says The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a chance her plan wouldn’t work if the information she needed Redemption to see, whatever it was, ended up in her pile and not in his. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

In the background, a woman’s voice was saving, “Let’s see what you’re going to say. Another chance down the drain, a psycho escaped.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew it was a trade she would make again, given the chance. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Every new class I had was like a new chance for kids to “not stare” at me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She has to remain in the air lock until the filters have a chance to purify the foreign air. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

You take a chance of being raked or bitten all the time. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

You talking about another chance to breathe some air 5 other guys ain't breathing. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I have the chance to prove them wrong. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sherlock’s head pops up between us, and after Rosa’s had a chance to nuzzle with him, I collect my things and say, “All right, boy, let’s get going.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They were even willing to pay gang dues to have their chance. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

When Coach Douglas approached him about playing in the exhibition game, he thought he finally had his chance. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boy hesitated, weighing his chances of beating me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sallie said, “That’s only one cloud. The forecast is for a ten percent chance of showers. I just heard the weatherman.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They each submitted ciphers, and James felt great about his chances this week. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Helping people is totally punk,” I said, and grinned, realizing that not only did I really want to help, but that it would be a chance to get to know Ellie better too. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

But occasionally he found a chance to rest for a moment at home. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

What chance did a boy without a high school education have nowadays? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he’d gotten the chance, he’d drawn over them with his own stories, buried them beneath layers of ink so he didn’t have to see them every time he looked in the mirror. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I know there ain’t no chance Mama named me for a poet who wrote pretty words, but it feels good to hear her say it. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Whereas I was grieving for my grandpa who had died, Papa was mourning for the man who had given him his chance in life. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

‘And if you are supposed to be on the road, there is some chance that you will be looked for on the road and not off it.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Me neither. We’ll see if it lasts. While I’m in the habit, though, I just wanted to...Thanks for giving me another chance. I know I’ve had a million already.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

How could they possibly have a chance if all they had when they went after Trina were their fists and their feet? The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Why should he choose to disarm himself, give up his voice and leave the only organization offering him a chance to "define" himself? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Give the bruises a chance to become nothing more than whispers. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She had no idea whether her body would contain the explosion, whether her cloak could smother the flames, but it was her best chance to save her friends and her mission. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

You have come and are here met, in this very nick of time, by chance as it may seem. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Fifteens were likely to be beaten, which was the point; their reaction to playing a much better opponent would tell Luma a lot about their chances as a team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“He’d sulk for days if he missed a chance to be with you. He’ll be completely worthless to us if you leave him here.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After all, it was the first time either one of us had a chance to return the invitations we had gotten. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

"And she would never have a chance to get away from Germany...I was afraid of that." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Even before the previous rocks weakened it, the window would stand no chance against this. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Now she had a chance to see it at close range. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Remember, this is a chance for the judges and the audience to get to know YOU. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

And Moody—they would never have the chance to make up. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before I get the chance, one of the guys in our class comes bounding up the bleachers. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“And miss the chance to make a show of buying Liberty Bonds? Not likely.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“So sensible. But don’t wait too long! You don’t want to get too old and miss all your chances.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Burglary, properly executed, though it had its dangers, offered the maximum chances of success with the minimum risk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I went over every inch of the ground, so as not to lose a chance. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

What I wanted to let him know was that I had this chance to have Acton and I wanted it and I wanted girlfriends to talk to about it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to see you,” she said, “and the way the morphine’s been sending me off to Cloud Cuckoo Land, I didn’t know if I’d have the chance later.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hence, the longer the agent sat tight, the better chance he had. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Him always running off alone any chance he gets. Tom!” she called. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll admit, it was easier for the boy. He was here before I could snap the seal on a bottle. Begging me for another chance to go in. But what can you say?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘He’s a restless soul, always looking for another chance to drive,’ Nico said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Rondon was now confident that there would be other homes along the river where they would have a chance to buy food. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Wealtheow, seizing her chance, wanting to die with the man she loved, flew down the stair and flung herself on her husband's unconscious body. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t she grand? Well, class, this is your chance. Immerse yourself in this experience. Have a listen to her story.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Jam had seen it enough times in books and movies, where one person had a chance to be honest, a window of an opening that closed with their silence intact. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Every chance I give him, every truth I tell him, lightens the burden of my responsibility that much more. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

This was our chance to get on campus without having to meet up with our attackers again. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was a part of that secret fire which came out in fighting, taking chances— and dancing with girls! Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why don’t they just give him a chance? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But Burl played the radio so loud none of my flitting thoughts had a chance to settle down in one place. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The white girl, she gradually learned, had the chance to be free one day. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my fear, I took a good look around the room, since I knew I’d never have the chance again. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The little ones had a good chance of finding new parents. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no room for bad luck or chance in their lives. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not by chance that Lawrence’s personal recollection of the Trinity test was the only one Groves selected for direct transmission to the Pentagon on the day after the blast. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I certainly didn’t want to give up my craft room when I’d hardly had a chance to call it mine. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I go to ring the doorbell with my elbow, but Windy opens the door before I get a chance. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The train was full and I knew there was no chance of a place. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Because whatever happened in the past is in the past. And no one in this arena was a victor by chance.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But she had to let us try it on, ’cause there was the chance that we really did have $5,000 in our back pockets. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right that minute, the conductor came around for old Mrs. Morrow's ticket, and it gave me a chance to quit shooting it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what you did,” he says, “but you opened a chance for us. We ran on your heels. Through the border. Out of Syria. Into Turkey.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t need a chance, if you ask me. They get in enough trouble without it.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And what chance did I have of walking around the streets of Brunswick and suddenly running into him? Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Didn’t you want to go to college to play ball so you could get a chance at professional basketball? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, it was a nice chance to sit, each of us on a swing, letting our toes draw lines in the dirt. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t read it until I got home, situated in my own huge and empty bed with no chance of medical interruption. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Now that he had a chance to take in the crowd, he could tell that the reporters were well outnumbered by everyone else. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t take Brigid on to teach, but how could she begrudge her a chance to start? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

By the spring of 1944, it was clear that the Nazis had lost their chance of taking the continent. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“It might be messy,” I finally say, “but the only way we’re going to have a chance is if we stick together.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My caseworker and I decided since the application didn't ask about arrests or anything like that there was no point in bringing up the subject myself, as it would probably spoil my chances. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Or you can get back in your longboat and take your chances with the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I could get them both busted for attacking me...for breaking my camera...for ruining my chance to win the competition. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Did this mean there was no chance of my going home? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Let’s take it into the Judge and let the kid take his chances with twelve other guys. 8TH JUROR: I don’t think the court will accept a hung jury. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus how many people get the chance to have an entire pool all to themselves? We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’d been easy to talk about—the nothing- to-lose fight, the hope that just one of them would be taken, the chance to finally escape. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They fumble and shove, gradually moving the food toward the Hill, but as though by blind chance. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So anyway, we all chanted, "British Bulldogs one two THREE!" and charged like last time but this time I had no chance. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The leader of the squad, a specialist in summary executions, had a name that had much more about it than chance: Captain Roque Carnicero, which meant butcher. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was a very risky one, but I thought there was a chance that it might work, simply because every rabbit in Efrafa usually does what he’s told without question. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But more than all that, today you get the chance to give an old man his son back. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

First chance he got, he went through her drawers "looking for my nail clippers," and there he found her packet of love letters. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Everything explodes inside Mark at once—he’s not going to let this sorry excuse for a human ruin their chance to escape. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

What chance had he against a man like that? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t fair when the net reached so wide, and a sword’s reach was so short—he didn’t stand a chance. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Buttercup gasped, when he again gave her a chance to rest. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Each girl had received a DVD of the dance steps in her prep packet, but they’d never had a chance to rehearse it as a unit. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I was going to ruin our one and only chance to steal the dynamite back because I was too big of a coward to open a trunk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And right away, Ellsberg got a chance to influence the new administration from the inside. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping I could talk to you after class today, but you left before I had the chance,” she says. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“So you still pay a price for your disobedience, but you get one more chance. I might be able to live with that. Seth?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s not every day,” she said, “you get a second chance to live.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep my Noise as blank as I can but the world’s closing up in folds of light and shimmer so there’s no chance of that. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Please, don’t judge. Just give her a chance.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even Paul Marshall, Bobby’s lawyer, addressed Bobby’s “dread”: “Bobby fears the unknown, whatever lies beyond his control. He tries to eliminate any element of chance from his life and his chess.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After ninety-six hours, your chances drop to twenty-five percent, and so on. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Those who stood the best chance of contracting TB, which was usually spread by the infected person coughing or sneezing, lived in crowded peasant huts, urban slums, shantytowns, prisons, or homeless shelters. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It’s a slim chance, but the cold oxygenated water of the river might be our only chance to survive. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m going to lose my job either way, so I might as well take the chance. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In those first months after preliminary training, Fiona and Briony had little chance to find out if they actually liked each other. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This will be the only chance I give myself. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The broken gutter edge loomed up, surprisingly bringing with it a desperate chance. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Still, I thought I would enjoy the view while I had the chance. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dalton said that this was to give them a chance to support their families and go to school. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow,” she says, a little less than a promise, and a little more than a chance. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Having you here has given us a second chance.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to ride with my parents. What eleventh-grade boy rides with his parents? They treat me like too much of a baby as it is. I’d rather take my chances with the molesters.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have much chance without you,” he said. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their only goal was to survive—which meant people were quick to forget items of high value that didn’t improve their immediate chances of said survival. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She said we wouldn’t start for two or three weeks to give her a chance to rest. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Concluding that a “secrecy virus” had taken over the NSA, William saw no chance of recovering the position of respect and trust he had once enjoyed. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And whenever he got the chance, he would run down to the front gate and sit there watching for them, so that he could exchange a few common remarks. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Not for a broken lute string and the chance of failure. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The aunt thought that this was a waste of time, but she was not going to miss any chance of shouting, and so she came too. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Then the town will own the spring. You’ll all still have a chance to get out from under Burton and the mine,” Jinx urged. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Smiling she sat down on his back, but the others, quick though they were to follow her, had no chance. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I refused to give her the chance to make fun of me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Already several of the rabbits were asleep, crouched uneasily between the thick stems, aware of the chance of danger but too tired to do more than trust to luck. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot of them don’t have a chance, welfare cases. He had several. He had a chance to fight back and he threw up his skirt.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not by chance Johnny next saw that ruby coach. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first day at middle school was a chance to make a new introduction. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Released and offered the chance to "rehabilitate" his standing in the Nazi Party. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

But Liam put a firm hand on my shoulder, effectively shutting down any chance I had of making good on my threat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When she returned from the long trip, before she had a chance to rest, Tamara assigned her to night duty. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Over eighteen hours had passed since our last conversation, and there was little chance that the Sunday papers would have distracted him upon his return to the Green Door. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Her team led the league by 4½ games, but their opponents were the defending champions and still had a chance to take the pennant. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

This is my chance to step back and stop whatever this is from happening. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The chances were pretty good the whole army would end up fighting each other rather than the enemy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

His only chance was to reach the border, and he bounded with an agility that would have impressed a bighorn sheep. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They want me to shoot, to have a chance to make my first kill. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

His mother had used the ceremony as a chance to point out all the eligible ladies to him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This splendid fountain pen came in a red leather case, and I showed it to my girlfriends the first chance I got. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

There’s a chance, a faint one, that I wrote an email to Tom and didn’t send it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing I could think of to do was to admit that I'd overlooked a few lines, but lie about just how many, and hope that I'd be allowed a second chance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I decided I had to take a chance right then and there, so I got my notebook and let him read that bit where Cady and Hans talk about God. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Wednesday said, “You have already lost everything. I am offering you the chance to take something back.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He imagines grandparents and another aunt, a father who never got a chance to know him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He said he would try, but I guess he never got the chance. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

"If I wasn't giving it up, would I ever have got a chance to spar?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t even give you a chance to tell me,” she says, kicking the ground hard. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But girls like me, with coal skin and hula-hoop hips, whose mommas barely make enough money to keep food in the house, have to take opportunities every chance we get. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"Can't take any chances until you see the light. You want to see the light?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

This was my only chance, and even if he saw me, I had to keep going. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was my first friend here, the person who gave me a chance before anyone else would. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You think you all really have a chance this year?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I concluded to myself that if I were the hunter, I would shoot the monkey so that it would no longer have the chance to put other hunters in the same predicament. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I do not wish him dead, but I wish that by luck, by chance, he might have taken some other road and found some other valley. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Amsterdam News assessed the chances of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And the whole hallway is just so confusing to me, everyone pretending to be friends when really nobody is friends, when nobody wants anything but this chance, this job. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The best chance for us to express our admiration came in the first week of December. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Being a scythe’s apprentice means I have to make amends for my...well, for my past bad choices. And so...I want to give you the chance to do the same thing to me.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Rob managed to recover quickly, and they were speeding toward us again before we had a chance to catch our breaths. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He held his breath and waited, afraid to say anything that might wreck his chances. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

When he woke, now, there was an enormous moon, so that at first, he thought it was already dawn, and that he had missed his chance. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m not arguing, Adam. You realize that with your temperature, your life is in danger? Okay? Your actual life? We need to give the antibiotics a chance to work.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘Eurymachus, you whining coward. You never stood a chance with Penelope. I remember you blubbering and pleading for your life with Odysseus, blaming everything on me!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Be here Saturday, 8:00 am sharp. A minute late, it’s over. No second chances.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look like this was the chance of a lifetime or anything, but she did smile a little then. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is your big chance to finally show everyone what you’ve been hiding.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She gave me a tight hug as we were leaving and said, “I’m glad you two had a chance to talk.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

For as much as I dreaded possibly failing the tryout, it would’ve been nice to at least get the chance to see what I could do. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

This is his chance to not only stop this, but to prove Maria isn’t a traitor. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There was a chance the Sixers hadn’t even figured out how to open the Third Gate yet. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“If you told me he were Satan in masquerade, there would be a faint chance that I might believe you.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“He thought he would be taken to the commander’s office. There he would have a chance to clear up whatever confusion there was. But they steered him toward that building there.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The word “chance” does not serve to account well for structures of such magnificence. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those ships will stay with us until I deem it safe to release them. Of course, Guilder could attack then, but that is a chance we must risk. Let me think if there’s anything else.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If a thousand people were to try this test, just over one-third would guess right—which is not much better than chance; we might as well just guess. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

At last, on January 4, 1943, they had a chance to try again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Even if he lurked by the latrine ditch waiting for some enemy to take a squat, the chances of his losing more than one quarrel would not be good. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

While he traveled, however, Charles did go to church quite regularly, both to the services that his captain led and on shore whenever he got the chance. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t do that. For God’s sake, give the man a chance. I can’t tell you why now, but it’s important. Fle’d do as much for you some time.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My brother, ever innocent, had a way of giving everyone in the world a chance to prove him wrong. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We had been sitting in the bright warm sunlight, looking at the river, and I chanced to say as we got up,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Taking a chance, he stood and opened one of the garbage lids. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No, Monsieur. It is only chance. It just happens that many people have elected to travel tonight.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it was a plane, and this looked like my one chance in life to go up in one. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have the chance to tell her what I thought of her name. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you happen to know whose band's at the Taft or the New Yorker, by any chance?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe I still have a chance to slip back, unnoticed. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Janie held his head tightly to her breast and wept and thanked him wordlessly for giving her the chance for loving service. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I knew someone as smart as Rain would appreciate it if she’d just give it a chance. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

A fresh start gives us the chance to reflect on the past, weigh the things we've done, and apply what we’ve learned from those things to the future. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I should’ve hit him with the rock when I had the chance. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was certainly so clear in my mind that I gave up on Orange Juice s life before she even had a chance to defend it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t have to remind you of how people everywhere scoffed at Cassius Clay’s chances of beating Liston. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To give him a chance. A chance to get rid of his chocolates, old buddy.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would, of course, give me a real chance to lead with three wins and two draws! Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Always before there was at least a chance, but here no chance at all, and now the man was his oldest friend. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hume means everything to us. Unless he recovers quickly and regains condition we won’t have much chance,” Ulbrickson had griped to the Associated Press a week before. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Howard had, it seemed, only one chance left. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he believed Operation Pastorius was a chance for him to be a hero to his country. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“I think you’d have a good chance of getting in with them.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

As incredible as my Olympic journey had been, my greatest gift had been the chance to bring joy to those who love me most—my family. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I can creep along the edge of the room and surprise whatever guard is shooting at us before he gets the chance to fire a bullet into my brain. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After that, there was almost no chance, the McCulloughs were told, that they could trace her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was glad that their days in the forest were now over, and there was now a chance to make up for what had been lost. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

If I missed the shot on purpose, for the rest of my life I would be thinking that I gave up the chance to make an easy million dollars. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I don’t want to talk with them, I think now is my chance to find out what Mama Ya-Ya’s dreams can’t seem to tell her. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He needs normalcy now and a chance to pursue his passions, especially basketball. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And there was a chance that not all the pale-skinned folks at the stop were passing light. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Firm. The rules matter. Especially to Barb. She doesn’t take chances.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The girl didn’t stand a chance against Pima’s strength. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Strange chances, but murder will out, ’tis said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“No. I’m afraid there’s no chance at all.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

If Mobutu is capable of embarrassment at all, there’s a chance his sentence could be reduced from life to five years, or less. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll see. Perhaps they will teach you a lesson, Hazel Levesque. Most heroes cannot escape their nature, even when given a second chance at life.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Thomas looked around at the arguments breaking out across the Glade, Keepers doing their best to convince people they should take a chance and battle their way through the Griever Hole. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you at least give her a chance to decide what she wants to do?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If they want to, they shouldn’t waste their time trying to peck one out accidentally but should instead evolve into something that has a better chance of writing Hamlet. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had talked with his father, Ivory senior, about it, and he told him he wasn’t sure he wanted to play college ball even if he had the chance. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If this small part of my journey is to give everyone else a chance, then that is what will make our parents and ancestors proud.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

On January 11, 1871, Woodhull, now thirty-two years old, took a seat in the House chamber, waiting for her chance to speak. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

All this time, she’d thought the last thing Mama had given her was that second chance at life on the Night Zoo’s wall, but maybe her mother had given something else. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And men and women everywhere took their lives in their hands for a chance to ride in these amazing machines, or better yet, to take the controls themselves. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

"You're a hero too. So brave. But you never had a chance to be a child until now." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I just have to hope our chaperone is open-minded enough to give me a chance. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I would continue to write and draw whenever I had the chance. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It’s the worse thing that could ever happen because I never had the chance to say good-bye. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You had a chance to do the right thing. More than enough chances.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

That has about as much of a chance of happening as my Hogwarts letter coming. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m sure he thought he didn’t stand a chance against two vicious hounds and a big hunter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So far she had never had a chance to benefit from formal voice training. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Frank is fiddling with his cigarette in his recliner during a commercial break, which is enough for me to start across the main room—crawling so there’s no chance he’ll notice me. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I'd tear it out for them right now if it would give them a chance to make it through another day. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“If you give me another chance I promise I’ll do a whole lot better. Please don’t call the Home, please don’t send me back.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was sheer chance that Marcus’s mother had not returned to her son’s apartment an hour before to say goodbye to Aurelia formally and make sure she got safely on her way. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It made me want to give him another chance. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What makes you think some lower-deck grease monkey has a chance with a girl like that?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to deliver my speech more than anything else in the world, felt that only these men could judge truly my ability, and now this stupid clown was ruining my chances. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began drifting from store to store, hanging around outside where things like apples were displayed in boxes and barrels and baskets, and I would watch my chance and steal me a treat. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mourn my dwindling time, but I cherish the chance it gives me to make things right.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might have discovered that in at least one instance the wheel had stopped, that in spite of all the unrelenting calculation, chance and luck had, at least once, changed something. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But, anyway, here she was, giving her mother a chance, which, as far as Flora could tell, meant watching Phyllis Buckman use the candle on the dining-room table to light cigarette after cigarette. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Were they here by chance or “invited” by the Peacekeepers? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

ALBUS: So we just need to mess up his chances supremely badly in task one. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“Dear boy,” he answered, “I’m quite content to take my chance. I’ve seen my boy, and he can be a gentleman without me.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

There’d be no chances taken of being discovered so close to the Berg’s headquarters. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to depend on someone else’s chance violence again—violence that, if it came, could be more effective than I wanted. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the way ESP is defined—communication without any normal sensory mechanisms—there is no way to tell the difference between a single incidence of ESP and a chance guess. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I know we don't get much of a chance to judge good wine in the States now, but I got this from a friend of mine that's in the business." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Any chance he’d had at advancing his career in the Pentagon was gone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My granddaddy says you never take big gifts that seem to be for no reason, because there’s a chance that there’s a big reason you can’t afford. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I know, Sierra. Just give me a chance to explain, please.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

If I had taken the goblet when I had the chance! he thought. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I may as well admit that I stupidly had feelings for him and thought we had a chance. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Blunt again. Very good. But you’re missing your chance, boy, just as your father missed his. You won’t hear me make this offer again.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

What with one thing and another, I didn’t get a chance to talk to Tommy for the next few days. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was ordered to report to the German Army to be enlisted as a private with no chance for a promotion. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t do this, Octavian. Don’t force your people to choose. This is your last chance.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Being junior class vice president would help, but he had no chance at senior class president. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You think I’m gonna go all the way home and tell Mama that I only watched the whole thing? I’ll take my chances right here, thank you!” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We must not get shut in. Keep the east door ajar! We will go that way, if we get a chance.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That proved to be Franklin’s one and only chance. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the off chance that they do, will they help me? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And second, some genes are activated by external triggers or by random chance. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Hide was better than a tree because you had a chance of breaking the line if you were discovered. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But how can I get enough experience if they don't give me a chance to get experience? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thus they wandered for some five minutes, standing still, listening, clanking, crouching, creeping, peering, walking on tiptoe, and occasionally making a chance swipe behind their hacks. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I didn't even get a chance to knock," she says. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

John still had a fighting chance, she said. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I hung back, very nearly resolved to flee and take my chances with Falconer—had I known where he was—or even on my own in that unknown city. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The boys began to straggle back up the hill toward the main campus in small groups, shaking their heads, talking softly among themselves about their chances of making the team. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll stop his bleeding; you get the wight. I knocked him pretty good, but not good enough. Don’t give him a chance to get his wind back.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Scaramouche and Wilfred thought I had a remote chance of getting to America, but they both urged me to get a job, preferably one that would allow me time to practise and play in tournaments. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they waited for an officer to escort them home, Emily finally had a chance to ask Hollister why he was there. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It used to be an acute infection, something that most people could get treated fairly quickly before they had a chance to infect many others. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had come across the little frog by chance, in the clearing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Their chance came on New Year’s Day, a rare holiday when machines in the factory went silent for two days. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“There’s a chance my gentleman friend is out there, hurt.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘He stands a fair chance of being spitted for an Orc, or of being roasted by the Yellow Face. But I fancy he’ll look after himself.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Old Cob leaned back on his stool, glad for the chance to elaborate. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have any friends that can sing it. I was going to double the third refrain to give someone the chance to come in as Aloine.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t have a chance to introduce myself last week. You must be Bella Swan.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Come up and give me a chance to talk.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll give you a chance to apologize,” he says to Fry, his voice icy and calm, his eyes the opposite. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The phone rings as I write, and she grabs it before it has a chance to ring twice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Cathy was with Damien all weekend, and when I saw' her last night, I didn’t give her a chance to berate me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such white people are the only hope for South Africa; the more their numbers increase, the better the chances for peaceful change. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved my baby sister Faizah, but she took up a lot of my mother’s snuggle time, so when I got my chance, I took it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“The Nightbeast will likely pick a cave, some sort of enclosed space, to gather strength. The caves at the base of Oso Mountain are our best chance,” Valley said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Nobody had a chance to be resentful of her at breakfast. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

After we got over the mountain, he never had a chance in his old rattletrap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was glad she had a chance to act normal, but even Rob’s good humor couldn’t break him out of his deep feeling of trouble to come. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He will have quite as much chance of escaping wolves and getting home as we have.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Emma would have said there was no chance the answer was c. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Reggie,” she says, meaning my dad, “maybe you should take King out early. Give him a chance to find a good spot before the parades start.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I know, right? And so, I was trying to tell him that he didn’t have a chance.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He never got a chance to see her again before she died. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Antain peeked hopefully from room to room, on the off chance that he might catch sight of Ethyne, the girl from school. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

There is only chance in this world, chance and physics. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The first chance we got, we went and found him some black yarn to mess with. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The work was awfully hard, and there was never a chance to make a decent wage for the men who worked there. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we get her to a doctor, there still might be a chance,” Rashid said. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We buried Harry on a hill, the hill where we were supposed to live but never got a chance to. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Until moments ago it was destined to disappear from his life altogether, but he has salvaged it by chance, as his father was pulled from a crushed train forty years ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

By chance, at Rudolf’s suggestion, he had just invited Kepler, whose mathematical fame was growing, to join him in Prague. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He contorts in a very peaceful, very holy way I think it’s the first chance in a long time the father’s had to say thank you. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

That box gave me a chance to look useful, to stay alive. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“But still, not near enough to give me a chance of being right, if we think differently.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I worried that a bad reaction from Mola might startle her back underground where I would have no chance of finding her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like that. I’d never let her give up her chance to sing. She’ll go ahead with all her plans. I wouldn’t ever hold her back. Surely you know that, Wheeze.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for us, chances were that we would be allowed to go on with our miserable little lives until the end of the war. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say that because, based on current quotas, a person’s chance of being gleaned within the next one hundred years is only 1 percent. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Geneticists use these Punnett squares to determine inheritance, recessive and dominant genes, probabilities and chance. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We simply did the exact opposite of what was expected, knowing we would be punished by Mami when she returned but willing to take the chance to have her back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But that’s the whole point. How can she apologize if we don’t give her the chance?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“This is our last chance — my last chance — to win the Quidditch Cup,” he told them, striding up and down in front of them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He should have remembered that penguins will toboggan whenever they get a chance. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“All for the chance at a little tail,” I said. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Frodo guessed that they were now in the same region, and wondered if by chance they would pass near the spot. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I doubt you’ll do that, Milton. I’m the only chance you have to get your daughter back.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But at least Kevin and I had a chance to grow back into the twentieth century. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yo, man, you don’t blow a chance to give up a lecture, do you?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was no ease, no stability in the course of their conversations, no chance to relax. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The waddling penguins didn’t stand a chance against the dogs. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

But on the off chance I can bring the samples, I'm gathering them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I sit, there's a good chance I won't be able to get up again, that I won't even remember my task. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Her chances of being chosen so remote that I'd not even bothered to worry about her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There was an outside chance the tree in the backyard would fall on the house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was a valiant effort, but it had failed—and as they turned around to descend, Hall’s chances for survival all but vanished. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, in the case of the universe, could it be that we are living in a region that just happens by chance to be smooth and uniform? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she has doubts about her decision not to give Theo a chance. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A lot of teachers take the warning approach; they’ll give you a chance before they really let loose. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I pondered Horatio’s question in earnest, for this was a chance to talk of love like the noble ladies in Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She lunged with the speed of a tiger, but she never stood a chance. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I take the chance to jump back into the dark, looking for Manchee. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

His best chance of doing so is to engage the public’s emotions, for emotion is the enemy of rational argument. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Better to hide out and chance discovery than be caught in open country at sunrise. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that he knew my name intrigued me and I decided to take a chance. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s got an armored hull, she’s got missile and torpedo systems that can blow us right out of the water, and we’d hardly have a chance to pray to God before we died.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once again I am hiding close by in the tall weeds, awaiting my chance to haul myself up when the wheels begin to grind and screech, when once more it begins to race. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a guarantee with all these men, but it was the best chance we had. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It’s the last chance he’ll get to ignore Henry for the rest of the day. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The guard moved among the other patrons and bent to help them pick up the coins, and Koffi took her chance. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Even though he’s always nervous and can barely meet anyone in the eye, he’ll talk your ear off if you give him the chance. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Calder’s parents had told him that the chances of it being a real kidnapping were small. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

"I hardly ken, sir. I've never had the chance to find out." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was of course no chance of concealment in this life, and my nickname among prisoners and guards was, inevitably, “the Pervert.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked away for a second to give my deceitful eyes a chance to stop their trickery, to see what had to be there. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Whatever he suspected couldn’t have been the truth, though, otherwise he wouldn’t be giving me one last chance to duck and run. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

How could he go on from this, knowing that his chance had come and gone, and he hadn’t even been allowed to try? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Rosa slammed open the door and laid newspapers all over the floor.“The doctor says you’re housebroken, but I’m not taking chances,” she said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the sirens and the people shouting and the helicopters whirring overhead, there was no chance anyone could hear him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In the taxi, Aiyi talks nonstop, so I have no chance to ask her about the different sights we are passing by. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks, also, that by simply wandering the circus he might improve his chances of happening upon the red-haired girl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I am about to have my first chance to meet the great Chief Powhatan. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You are one of those, Biddy,” said I, “who make the most of every chance. You never had a chance before you came here, and see how improved you are!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Three weeks earlier, I would have leapt at the chance to go to one of Erin Wheeler’s parties. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“A striper will attack its prey from the front, so the hook will have a good chance of catching the striper that way.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The chances of finding the parrot struck me as fairly slim. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Among the rowdiest people of all were gangs of boys, teenaged and younger, who at last had their chance to defy authority. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

She pressed Wash into the tree every chance she got. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“By the end my arms usually feel like they’ll fall off. Make sure to put the bags down every chance you get.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

One is the fact that I’ve hung out with Nick and Leah after rehearsal three days this week, which means three chances to tell them about the gay thing, and three times wussing out. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After a long pause, Thomas decided to take a chance. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You don’t by any chance have a cold Dr. Nut, do you?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d never even had the chance to fully recover from her back injury. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I figured it was a good chance to catch up with her and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I think of the concert and how I haven’t told her about passing on the chance to sing a solo. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Each morning there was a delicate period, between six and six-thirty, when there was a chance, however remote, that they could steal another ten or fifteen minutes of sleep. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He could not risk the chance of losing one of his penguins now. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girl gathered her skirt and breathed out a word or two of apology, and, as she hurried past, Mariam would chance a sidelong glance and catch a blush. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And before I had a chance to do anything, Faith slammed out the door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She would never have had the chance to meet their dad or get back to his mom’s arms or play in the sprinkler with him and Lizzie or do anything ever again. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our bodies tell us to eat more when we have the chance, because hunger might be just around the corner. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

His last chance at having a life was shot. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Before I even have a chance to respond, Mrs. Walton waltzes to the register, dress in hand, and adds it to the rest of my order. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Actually, Colonel Cathcart did not have a chance in hell of becoming a general. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

You are introduced to your relatives, your oldest friends, as if you’ve never met them before; you get a second chance with them, better than forgiveness because you can begin innocent. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Near the end of freshman year, he had a chance. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The prosecution would have you believe that bringing Mr. Evans, this "Bobo" character, here, is the result of good police work, which gives Mr. Evans the chance to demonstrate what a great citizen he is. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Pascal had a fine set of strong white teeth, so I decided to take my chances. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean the corrections spell out a word by chance?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

One night soon after Christmas all four of the people chanced to visit him at the same time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“They thought they had one chance in this world and it was Willie, and when he lost they felt terrible about that. And they accepted it. They just accepted that they’d lost somebody else.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had hoped to update her on what Dylan and I found on my brother’s computer, since I haven’t gotten the chance yet, but it’s clear she needs the rest. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Since the house is so unbalanced, Doctor, isn’t there some chance of that?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before I got a chance to respond, he said, “See you later, alligator,” and rushed off. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Some find their way to barn lofts; some even creep into people’s houses and live under the eaves or in attics, taking their chances with mousetraps. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I was very rude. And I am sorry. Will you give me another chance?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Now look here you. This is our one last chance to show…” Corporal Nettle said dreamily, “It was Lord Gort what wrote out that order, sir, and sent it down personally.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He got angry. Wanted to fight. But it’s easy for a metal sorcerer to fight someone who wears metal armor. He was smart enough to leave when I gave him the chance.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Do me a favor, when you get a chance,” he called out, miming a tucking-in movement. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I asked him to explain more fully, so that I might not by any chance mislead him, so he said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“We’ll just have to take that chance,”said Miss K. “Now please settle down and finish those spelling sentences.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“So do I,” added her husband, who welcomed the thought of a chance for trying the Socratic method of education on modern youth. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those two guys in the creek. They won’t miss them for a while. Besides, you said you wanted to put a burr in some britches. Well, here’s your chance.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

If there was going to be trouble, Papa might of stood a chance with the shotgun, but he didn’t want to bring the little ones closer to it neither. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wand was telling him he was bang on course; as long as he didn’t meet anything too horrible, he might have a chance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I chance a look at him, and he is just sitting still, staring at the empty vase on the coffee table. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She took the letter he handed her and before she had a chance to reply, he bowed and retreated. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sophie’s driving test was in a week, so she never passed up a chance to practice with her mother. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I can make the chance to run if you’ll have them ready to take it.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s always going on about how he will make time for students. Well, now’s his chance.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms, so I knew we didn’t stand a chance of changing her mind. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is not more children we need but more chances for the ones already on the earth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But I’m also wondering if maybe it means they think I actually have a chance of passing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But I had to try it anyway, it was my only chance. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Kevin said, “Maybe we should have stalled her a little longer to give him a chance to finish chewing off his arm, then.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"We are far from lost. I should welcome the chance to try my own steel against this Stark boy." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The pastor expressed confidence that help was still on its way, but Zeitoun didn’t want to take any chances. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Those words hadn’t had no chance to sink in good when the conjurer on stage came to life. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ellis has the same problems with the schools and his children as I do with mine and we now have a chance to do something for them. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, while I was ill, he’d had ample chance to avail himself of one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He held the money and watched his chance. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was his moment for victory, his chance for revenge, and he had let her go. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It would also mean that the rumors we’d been hearing of impossibly deep snow were unfounded—if they made the summit, maybe we had a chance of making it, too. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder. There’s a chance that. You know what? Lemme see your hand,” he said. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Realizing that his next move might ruin his life, Bobby, whose life on the chessboard had always been about preparation and calculation, decided that people in desperate positions must take desperate chances. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, they were desperately short of people to get things done and that gave us a chance to GET OUT and eventually get back to where we belonged. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had not a ghost of a chance of calculating the distance to the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I can’t stop crying now because this was my one chance to be a man and bring home the money the telegram boy never brought from my father. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When it seemed there was a chance of him surviving after all, his father began to teach him the rudiments of education, intending him to have a career in the church. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

For them, the city represented something new under the Southern sun: a place where anyone could prosper, where ambition and hard work, not skin color, determined one’s chances for success or failure. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t get any second chances if you lose it,” she says. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“That boy you drew. This is your chance to ask him out.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the Erudite are as meticulous as they are manipulative, so they wouldn’t leave it up to chance. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

If there’s a chance I can tell the story someday of an old man’s bravery to save us, then I will take the risk trying. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Please understand, though, there’s a significant chance Robert could die while we’re operating.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Almost from the first I had been guessing about something; and I took a chance—and I really shook up that “super-sleuth.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll steal you some clothes and shoes next chance I get. Just get cleaned up, will you?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Those storm clouds in her eyes don’t stand a chance. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I put my hand up that day, which I did every chance I had, teachers granted me the right to speak with a single syllable that was music to my ears. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What chance of making it to the next round?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You frown at me, and I feel the chance to tell you about my parents slipping away. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She didn’t listen to me when she had the chance, and now where is she? Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Double chance to stick the story in my head. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Did he say he thought there was a chance he might get—you know—funny or anything? Do something to you!” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“What? Are you crazy? This is the chance of a lifetime!” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her best chance, she had decided, lay in seeking employment as a governess in one of the wealthy families. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he assumed that because I was all the way over in Paraguay, the chances weren’t good I would ever be in D.C. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I consider going in, but before I get a chance to rise to my feet, I hear some people moving in my direction from down the street. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You think I got a chance in politics after going supernova in every paper in the world?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She bleakly wondered if there was any chance the children could be made ready for such an important and complicated public appearance in such a short time. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He has no chance; he’s a fool for trying. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I loved the walks with my uncle, because they gave me a chance to talk about my childhood, about growing up with my father and older brother. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He thought for a moment of trying to see if, by any chance, there was a ball game down in Thayer’s haymeadow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I had paused in my reading to give her a chance to finish. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had one chance before this all got totally out of control. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I tried everything, but they wouldn’t listen to me. There wasn’t even a real trial. Just a rushed affair with no chance to defend themselves. I can’t understand how this is our government now.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Less chance of running across Ross Wilcox's lot if I avoided the mouth of Wellington Gardens, I thought. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Soojin has jazz and ballet classes twice a week after school, and any chance she has she leaps down the empty hallways at school. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You have a fifty-fifty chance of doing the job,” Wilson said, “and only a fair chance of escaping.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would be delighted to have this chance of showing the Steward that he knew more about what wps going on in the Retiring Room. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“If he would be so good as to give me another chance, he will not be disappointed.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He did not want to tangle with humans and was trying to keep his distance, but the shrinking circle gave him no chance to flee. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it means this is your last chance. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t stand a chance if he doesn’t get better. You’ll never be able to let him go. You’ll always feel wrong about being with me.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I’d heard it the last couple of days, but I never got a chance to ask about it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She says I gave it a chance and that’s what matters. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlotte, watching her chance, scrambled out of the crate and climbed a post to the under side of the roof. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

It would probably hurt her chances of winning, actually. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Desperate to find where Bear was being taken, I raced wildly through the town, more than once taking the chance to stop and speak to strangers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rabiya and I talked about my lyrics the other day, but I haven’t had a chance to work on them since then. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Julia calculated, “Better than ninety percent chance that Tom's okay, then.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Moving before his opponent even had a chance to think. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Here was another chance for our men to get up and halt the Klansmen's mean actions. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

You say, “Don’t bother, if it’s too much trouble, but if you have a chance to look at this over the weekend, that would be wonderful.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He went slowly, as slowly as any child who has learned to steal at an early age, whose best chance of survival is in silence and remaining unnoticed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I decide to take a chance and tell him my secret. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He had felt his father growing weaker and, believing that the end w'as near, had thought by this separation to free himself of a burden that could diminish his own chance for survival. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other teams didn't stand a chance; our boys smoked everyone. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Here I am about to voice ideas that most scholars don’t believe, and argue that they should be given a second chance. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some thought that he was making a strong effort to counteract the truth about America that I was telling every chance I got. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then Joe got to thinking what a person might do with this much boom if his lawyer never had a chance to make him turn it in. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jaime’s friendship with the Candidate was bom by chance one Sunday night when he was summoned from the hospital to make an emergency house call. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to her, “It’s my chance at redemption. To finish what your G’pop and I started fifty-one years ago.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He had wept, too, and begged for a second chance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would never hurt one person’s chances to help another—even if that other person was someone I cared about. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He would have eaten the bacon too, but the raven made i off with it before he had the chance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Turn left at the next chance," he said, "and follow your nose 'til you wets your toes." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I get the feeling she’s displaying herself, giving me a chance to size up the competition. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me ask you another question. You think I got a chance to play college ball?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me a little wave, turned, and took off down Main Street before I had a chance to wave back. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It popped out before he had a chance to think about it, before he could remind himself not to. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Villagers stood in a long line, waiting for their chance to speak, but they were patient and kind to each other. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“But we can ride. It’s only open on clear nights, so who knows if we’ll get another chance while we’re here.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then he proposed raffling himself off among them at ten pesos a chance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

That was his only chance in the world. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I’d gone home early after lunch yesterday, I hadn’t had a chance to talk to her about what happened, or hear why she had to go to the principal’s office. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I am not that optimistic about my chances here. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You had your chance, Adas. You failed. Kronos likes you just where you are. As for you, Krios, do your duty.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was grateful for the chance to rest at last, but I did not rest for long. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If I can take down the other two, then we might have a fighting chance. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Only scythes can equalize that, but everyone knows the chance of being gleaned in this, or even the next, millennium is so low as to be ignored. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was a chance to start over, and I made the most of it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laertes saw the chance for some sport and gave chase. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“You say your brother’s Crouch’s personal assistant? Any chance you could ask him if he’s seen Crouch lately?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There would be no chance of Captain Kirk and the Starship Enterprise turning up at the present time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he says that you have one final chance to change your mind before the doors are opened and you get a car or a goat. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I was offered a chance to do something else. To work with a different alethiometer, on my own.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You’re here in this home with a chance to do something more with your life. You have Celina Aunty. You have me. You have Muthu. Most of all, you have yourself.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I just came in before Midge or anyone else had the chance to notice Ruth was in a curious quandary. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

One false move would’ve stopped any chances of a come up. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And the blogger never misses a chance to remind everybody that Chokecherry was once a hotbed of KKK activity. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I took a chance to see if Syl could prove something that had been boiling up in me when the cap’n had offered the Dee-troit sheriff all that money to come with us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I went back to the drawing room and thought for an instant that they were chance visitors, all these official people who suddenly filled it. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Not a chance. But they’re all waiting for it like the second coming.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“We would have been stuck in Pakistan without the chance for asylum. We would be a family without a country. There was no way we could go back to Afghanistan.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

This particular candy bar had as much chance as any other of having a Golden Ticket. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometime in the past twenty-four hours, Mami must have had the chance to call home. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

If anyone peered under the bushes and chanced to glimpse human flesh it might be Samneric who would pretend not to see and say nothing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that if you died... aside from the fact that it would really suck for you, it would mean the quest was over. This may be my only chance to see the real world.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“No chance of more of those eclairs, is there?” said Ron, who was looking around at the beaming and bowing house-elves. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Dillard—” But he was out the door before she had the chance. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I told him I’d heard about so-called Mississippi Appendectomies, unnecessary hysterectomies performed on poor black women to stop them from reproducing, and to give young doctors a chance to practice the procedure. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Ann Burras squints her eyes, scowls, and ignores the men who are jostling one another to have a chance to carry her satchel. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But she didn't get the chance to knock. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

If Pollard began drinking too heavily, he would lose any chance he had to ride Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he fell, there was no chance of surviving. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He thus missed the chance, half a century ahead of anyone else, to be the discoverer of dinosaurs. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Brain surgery is risky. There’s always a chance the patient won’t recover.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

There was nothing for it but to take a chance and trust somebody. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we didn’t really get a chance to know one another before we left. And it’s just that some of us might not be who we pretend to be.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“He certainly knows as much math as you and Lanning together, since he can read minds. Give him his chance.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“If you end up the last man on earth, you might stand a chance.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Luck. It was on top of his desk. I slipped it off the first chance I had.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It sent him airborne briefly, and Moss knew this was their only chance. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There is absolutely no chance for Fiona to help me during the morning classes, and at lunch she rushes off to some meeting. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The chances of bumping into Conner are slim, especially if we figure out where he hangs and then avoid him.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Their chance to look for the camera came sooner than Jess expected. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I knew very well that without the church and the help of the people sitting around me, I had little chance of making it through that school year. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I’d gotten my words in this morning when I had the chance. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They could have phoned the police or whatever, I know I was taking a chance, but like I say there wasn’t any choice. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like eleven or twelve. I was just disappointed I wouldn’t get the chance to press my ear up to their wall to hear something good later.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“The winning partners will have a chance to pitch Jenny Lindt their idea. If she likes it, she’ll partner on marketing and development!” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

One thing I did know, my mother sure would be upset when she found out Aunt Loma was talking outside the family—especially now that there wasn’t any chance of changing Grandpa’s mind. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

If I’d pushed that button when I’d had the chance, I wouldn’t have needed to stand outside in the cold night, begging the aliens to save me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But then by fantastic chance he comes upon Mexican duck hunting guides who can speak English. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I rushed you into it. I never gave you a chance to think it over.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Just in case, I grab an umbrella and figure the back door is my best chance of escaping unseen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

For decades most researchers believed manioc, like maize, had no wild ancestor; the crop was thought to have arisen from a chance combination of several relatives. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Still, by early 2016, I knew I had a chance before March—the end of qualifying season—to make the team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He took away the two points he had been given for answering half of the question and gave Maxwell a chance to answer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

After retiring to his hotel that evening, Garfield finally had the chance to polish his inaugural speech. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He seemed pleased at the chance to expand the Cyclotron Republic once again. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It seemed a good chance that they would the way everybody was talking about how hard General Putnam was, but I didn’t want to think about that. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had given him a chance to change his clothes, I realized. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“So you have a chance at a future.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Copernicus had no chance to complain about the preface because he died in 1543, the year his great work was published. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Still, despite the urgency of my other errand, I couldn’t ignore the chance to gather some information about the crisis closer to home. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even get a chance to practice walking with Pop Pop. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I believed that if there was any chance to bring my mother back home it would happen on her birthday. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Most people come out right at the level of chance. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Amelia, what do you say you promise to give music a chance?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She had layers of ‘respectable’ wrinkles on her face, the kind my mother might also have one day, if she has a chance to survive. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Because you got a chance—a real chance—of being something other than a sharecropper. Your brothers and sister are strong. Good workers. But they don’t got what you got.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But there was one other thing that the grownups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“See? Like you’ve even had a chance to build up your own strength?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He had to hope that if Volta had never truly surrendered to the darkness, then maybe he might stand a chance as well. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And yet he did not think everything happened by chance. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the vortex of the struggle, when one is constantly reacting to changing circumstances, one rarely has the chance to carefully consider all the ramifications of one’s decisions or policies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t not go, not now they had found the entrance to the Chamber, not if there was even the faintest, slimmest, wildest chance that Ginny might be alive. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I had advised Walter and his family that we would likely need to go to an appellate court for any real chance of relief, despite how positive everyone thought the hearing had been. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He looked at Scythe Curie—her steely gray eyes, her calm control of the situation—and he realized he never really stood a chance against the Marquesa de la Muerte. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“What you’re suggesting is a one in a million chance, and that means there are nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand other chances to die.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Nor would Sticky have stood a chance had it been any other child lunging to grab him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If they did not make their break now, the chance might never come again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kappe offered him the chance to "rehabilitate" his standing in the Nazi Party. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I had taken a chance on Trotter not looking too closely at the machine. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I frowned—I hadn’t gotten a chance to look inside—but she ignored me and began shaping something in her hands, whispering strange words over them. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well,” she said, “we’ll see. It’s a pity you don’t ride or shoot, you must miss such a lot. You don’t sail by any chance, do you?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not giving her a chance to reply, the princess strode away. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

With the tree cover stripped from the uplands, rainfall would have sluiced faster and heavier into the creeks, increasing the chance of floods and mudslides. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Before Ash had a chance to hide there was a shout in the distance and the woman glanced in the direction of the sound. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As long as I keep on practising with you,” I said, laughing, “I don’t stand a ghost of a chance.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now you know us. It’s only a matter of time before you get the chance to meet everyone else in the school.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But there was no chance to find better words. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m good at fighting off serums. There’s a chance I’ll survive. There’s no chance you would survive. Give me the backpack or I’ll shoot you in the leg and take it from you.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

His chances seemed to improve again on May 10, when the FBI revealed the bugging that’d been done, at Kissinger’s orders, on the phones of his assistants. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They figured the chances of.being caught were low. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

If they did, he must rush out and get hob1 of the Witch and put on his yellow Ring before she had a chance to get into the house. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Clutter seldom encountered trespassers on his property; a mile and a half from the highway, and arrived at by obscure roads, it was not a place that strangers came upon by chance. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting born within earshot of a preacher, I reasoned, is entirely up to chance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Under Fifteens lost their cool against the older Fugees, she figured, they stood little chance against the tougher competition to come. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. I killed them. You better move. I don’t think I gave anyone a chance to raise the alarm. Take a coat from out there, or you’ll freeze your butt off.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

With fuel fumes filling the cockpit and making it difficult to breathe, there was only one chance to land the plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t have a chance to notice anything else, because the van was still coming. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“They call me Charity Case and Free Lunch and remind me every chance they get that kids like me don’t belong here.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

His quickness and accuracy at first entertained Ophelia, but she began to wonder why he couldn’t miss once in a while, allowing her a chance to correct him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I mean, why not leave well enough alone? That is, it’ll never work. I wouldn’t take a chance. In other words, let’s keep things as they are—changes are so frightening.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

McKissick’s first chance to join in a collective direct action against segregation came in 1947 while he was attending law school at North Carolina College in Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, school’s out now. Mama and Papa are picking me up on the way home. They went to visit some friends. Saturday’s the only chance they have.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg jumped at the chance to expand his knowledge of the war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I missed my chance, didn’t I?” she asked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“This is it. Your chance to blow up, and you gon’ hand this battle over to him?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

To help their own chances, Lefty put away his French phrase book and began memorizing four lines of the King James New Testament. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Not to mention, if I can’t get it written in time to make the mail tomorrow, it will put us yet another day later, shorting our chances to make the deadline. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If things break loose from it, however, you will not get a second chance. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And if I couldn’t find a niche in a school with three thousand people, what were my chances here? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

With the easy grace characteristic of Mother when she was given a chance to be magnanimous she agreed. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here, at Chester, as long as your face is selfie-ready 100 percent of the time, you got a chance. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Any chance I can persuade you to stay in the car?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe this was Esperanza’s chance to stand up to her parents, to get them to realize that they couldn’t make everything about them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Congolese pirogues are made of a dense wood that sinks like pig iron when given half a chance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were now in a slow climb up to 475 miles, and we had a chance to grab our first meal and some sleep. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He saw the petition and the news story and wants to give you a chance to speak.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“The question is,” said Fflewddur, “is there any chance at all of warning the Sons of Don before the Horned King attacks? Doli is the only one who can answer that.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Look, you have a good chance of winning. People know you. Junior Scandals made you famous!” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Did I get a chance to slip the papers to a member of the committee? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little paragraphs between the pictures ended before the letters had a chance to get cocky and wiggle about. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Fat chance. Anyway, it’s just to see what you and I will look like in only... two months and fifteen days.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

What chance—what shadow of a chance—had those poor, untrained, half-armed farmers at Concord? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To experience it just once. And I need to get back down the hall and get in line, and have that chance. I just—I will regret it forever if I don’t.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Benji couldn’t tell if she was bluffing, but he wasn’t willing to take a chance. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a question he liked to answer, a chance for him to show his bravery. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

"Canasta, for Chrissake. Do you know what time it is, by any chance?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But I've been spending very little time spelling things out for you and taking chances and putting my heart on the line. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It’s the last chance to get this right. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He was muffled up in his best blacks, woolens so new that they had hardly had a chance to fade yet, but the wind had turned his cheeks as red as his hair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was certainly no chance she had arrived unnoticed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

So almost every chance I could get—especially at home—I took them off. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The waves were getting bigger, and JoJo’s phone was our last chance at getting out an SOS flash. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hummed along to Rimsky-Korsakov on the radio; she’d take a moment to sit down at the piano in the evening if she got a chance. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Grandma hugs her and smiles all in her face, knowing she badmouths Sister Daniels every chance she gets. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, troubled, he said hesitantly, ‘I don’t know why you feel this way. We have never had any of the chances before.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black spots swim across my field of vision, and I think there’s a really good chance I could faint. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Anytime he had a chance, he’d try to get close to me or crawl into bed with me and molest me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I can place myself between her and the others, she might have a chance. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Here was a chance to see a real international crisis unfold as it happened—and from the inside. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t take the chance,” he calmly said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We will,” Lily replies, chancing a smile at me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A central tenet of the Kodály approach is that music belongs to everyone—that an education in music is the right of every human being and cannot be left to chance. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Not a chance. It’s my day to ask questions.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never had a chance to try. I’ve always found myself with some—not less uncertain but less able to take care of uncertainty. I’ve had to do my weeping—alone.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just accept it Should have run when you had the chance. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Fischer answered that he now took far fewer chances than he had during his reckless youth—that he had become a much more careful, more conservative climber. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I would always get the chance to end the story. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But there’s no way I can pass up a chance to see what this spell book has to offer. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Hazel drew her cavalry sword and grumbled, “Fat chance, Octavian.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If you speak English, you have about a 50 percent chance of remembering that sequence perfectly. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ward thinks I have a good chance of getting a scholarship. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, while I was putting on another clean shirt, I sort of figured this was my big chance, in a way. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I want to see it again. You didn’t give me a chance to read it properly.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Obviously he thought nobody stood a chance of reaching them here in a storm to deliver mail. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure at first, but decided to take my chances. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He asked Dr. Bliss about his chances of surviving his wound. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“And a chance to go into the cottages, maybe.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

This would be our only chance to stop it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Part of me wants to dare myself to take a chance. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But if the Doors of Death were in that direction, it was their only chance to get home. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We left a lot of things behind—not only physical objects, but our friends and of course our families, pieces of ourselves—all for the chance to see that light in Maribel’s eyes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The chance to show the world all the stories I have crammed inside me, just waiting to get out. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But I couldn't take a chance on giving her a buzz, because she was only a little kid and she wouldn't have been up, let alone anywhere near the phone. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I said that the way the floor cushions were set right up against the wall, it gave me a good chance to practice keeping my back straight. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But without real weapons — without a pistol, a man-eating lion, and a vial of bubonic plague — I had zero chance of competing directly with Rowdy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't get a chance to answer it, though. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I could give them the chance to move me a bit closer to normal, risks, rewards, and all. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Me and Mr. Ray probably could’ve carried it by ourselves, but it happened to be the windiest day of the year and Mr. Ray didn’t want to take no chances. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Remember that I gave you a chance, little magician. In the end, we are all bound by our choices.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Neel was sure he’d find plenty of mistakes inside these books if he ever got the chance to read them. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Then we shall see what the insides of Mr. Byerley look like. It will mean publicity for U. S. Robots—but I gave you your chance.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t even get a chance to step inside the bar. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

If I’d been the weatherman that morning, I would have said an area of low pressure was moving in from the west, with closely packed isobars and a chance of thunder. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But he’s under heavy guard—we wouldn’t stand a chance!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There on the beach it had been the one thing that had held her back when Nat had offered her a chance to escape. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t going to let Amari spoil her chance to impress the Derbys. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about us,” Alex said, but before he had a chance to say good-bye, he heard Carlos hang up. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

After that moment, I was clearly seen as a threat to Mariel’s chances of making the Olympic team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I had my chance, too,” I tell him. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But if you use your intuition you think that chance is 50-50 because you think there is an equal chance that the car is behind any door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know, but her words make me think I have a chance. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was grateful for the day off, and for the chance to sleep late. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because if I don’t, my brother doesn’t stand a chance. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“And have you riding all over school? Not a chance. You’d get lost or get into trouble or someone would see you.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The chances of them listening to me were as good as a snowball’s chance in the Devil’s bake oven. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, there were two men in that little band who scorned to weigh the chances of success or failure, to whom the extreme peril of the attempt was a reason for making it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After so many years of Mr. Zimmerman’s support, the adoption center would move back into town, where fewer people would get a chance to adopt pets that needed good homes. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She should fly out and be ready to come to the prison at a moment’s notice; there was a chance she could visit him on Monday. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Two gods have warned us we will be attacked four days from now. We must not spread our resources too thin, especially by funding projects that have a slim chance of success.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

By the time he had had enough of the sea, he would already have known other cities, other women, and other chances to be happy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Mitch is right. The crash-lander is high-risk. It could miss Mars, it could reenter wrong and burn up, it could crash too hard and destroy the food . . . We estimate a thirty percent chance of success." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, Ruthie, it doesn’t make any sense. Sometimes I feel I’m invisible, slipping through the streets, never getting a chance to be part of this place.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

This might be my only chance to be alone in the house for a long while. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It meant If you and I were alone on a jungle path, I wouldn f give a bent pin for your chance of survival. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I will, too, the first chance I get. You just wait and see.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Even with their guns, we still had a chance. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It's safer than a main road because there's less chance of being seen; it's more dangerous than a main road because if someone does see you, there's no way to run. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Do not spoil everything for me, she wanted to say, do not take away my chance. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Adoption was their best chance for a baby. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Lots of little chances for me, too,” he began, thinking of the cat under the hornbeam trees. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We could lose our final chance to see our charred father in the terminal ward. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was diagnosed with a herniated disc, and the TCU coaches told him not to come to school until January, after he had had a chance to rehabilitate. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although there is not a Nobel Prize in Mathematics, he might have had an outside chance at the Peace Prize. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

"Might be thinking about the supermarkets, more money, good benefits, chance for advancement." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was tight, a little breathless, when he finally said, “There’s really no chance of you getting out of your house right now, is there?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Ashley, both of us want to make you happy. Give Gay a chance, okay?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Frodo asked, when he got a chance to whisper to Mr. Butterbur. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We have to get cleaned up. We been three days on the train with no chance to wash or • • • “Comment t’appelle?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They must have decided to dress up in hopes of increasing their chances of getting on a plane. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he decided that fleeing to Europe offered him the best chance of survival. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one was optimistic about Garfield's chances of survival. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I was going to. I just wasn’t ready. Now she’s mad. I blew the only chance I had at a friend.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

That way, everyone would get a chance to get out of the car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I look way up at Tiny and say, "Can we quell the rumors of our love? It hurts my chances with the ladies." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Nathan slid back to the passenger side and buckled himself in, even though there was a 99 percent chance they wouldn’t see any other vehicles. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was a legacy of the Korean War, a decades-old protocol that gave American intelligence a firsthand chance to find out what defectors knew about the North. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“You’re sure now,” she demanded, “that none of the robots have had a chance to talk with each other after leaving the Orientation Room?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Before I had a chance to answer, he added, “Why weren’t you at the freshmen assembly?” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

That they would wake up one morning and realize they wanted another chance. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

All I stood a chance of getting out of that sad night was a good sleep, and she had to wake me up and spoil it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“How can this be?” he asked Jen a week later when he finally got a chance to go back to her house. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the days where you could be hanged in London from Tyburn’s triple-crowned tree for the theft of twelve pennies, the Americas became a symbol of clemency, of a second chance. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then we might stand a chance in defeating the Maafa once and for all.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I consider pointing out that it’s only Saturday night and that I’d have all day tomorrow to finish it, but I don’t want to take the chance. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen her a million times since we split, but this is my first chance to talk to her with nobody else around. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was a diabolical wickedness in the idea great enough for the Count, and as a last chance I cried out:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

No, my father would likely never have approached him if he had come upon the chance. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not going to be taken care of for life. You’re just getting a ticket out of here and a chance to start over someplace better.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I headed for the tiring-room, I cursed myself for having hesitated and lost my best chance to hand the book of the play over to Falconer. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a pretty good chance I’ll be taking some time off of work. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why is it so important to give people a chance to throw up their breakfast?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I really don’t want to miss out on this chance to visit the Elwha River. That place was so important to See-yah.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

This meant that I had so many more chances to see the news about other places and other people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The poor guy didn’t even have a chance to pirouette. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You would beat me up again if you had the chance.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There was really no chance of getting to know Ximena better after that. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Except on the high moors of the Northfarthing a heavy fall was rare in the Shire, and was regarded as a pleasant event and a chance for fun. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were followed by a wagon carrying twenty thousand suffrage leaflets, which they shared with interested people along the way, taking every chance to discuss the issue of voting rights for women. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Do you think she stands a chance against Cain?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Hixon: I knew that if he ever, ever, ever got out from under Johnny’s spell, that he probably had a chance. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Money ain’t everything, chile. And ain’t none of his money belong to her—she got ’bout as much chance to use his money as you do.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Last chance, Todd,” Aaron says, no longer sounding so calm. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I already knew who I’d call when I got a chance. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘Can you not feel the earth trembling? We, the gemini, are your best chance.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"I don't know if I'll have a chance to give it to her." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She was good at it and bragged so much Victory practiced every chance he got. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t believe that was my burden to take on, yet at the same time I wanted to show them that if they gave me a chance they’d see we were more alike than different. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Dad said,You wouldn’t by any chance have a cigarette, would you? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In spite of his calm demeanor, calm voice, he was charged and surcharged with a will to action, a readiness to take and enjoy any desperate chance. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not know what Qhorin had in mind, but perhaps it was a chance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, give her a chance to get home first.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Bloom walked in by chance, stared at her for a while, asked the instructors something, and left. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without an “or else,” protesters are just people with protest songs and demands who don’t stand a chance of getting anything. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that morning, quite unexpectedly, he came upon a chance to talk to Blackavar alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had seen Dad nick fenders, slaughter chickens, square away with traffic policemen, and knock down full-grown trees, and we weren’t taking any chances. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wormed her way out into the backyard, where a knot of boys were chugging beer and arguing about the football team’s chances of the playoffs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The second chance you get when your parents can guarantee full restitution. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s worse than somebody coming up and eating your dinner before you have a chance to sit down. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There's no chance I'm going to make a mistake, because I've got no armor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for the gravity of the situation, Basil and Jess would have seen the chance for many a good laugh. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Before I had a chance to move, Mama came out and lit into me for sitting there doing nothing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I had my chance and I’ve lost and I deserve this and I’m fighting but I’m not nearly as strong as I was before and I can feel the end coming. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The hopelessness of their chances had no important place in his thoughts. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether coming from work, home, or school, or just out for a good time on the town, there was a decent chance for blacks to cross paths with trouble. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He doubted the girls would ever go through his things, but there was no point taking chances. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I felt like I’d never have this chance to have him to myself again. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“As for me, I will grab even this smalt chance to get a decent man in the palace,” said Auntie. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you gentlemen come downriver by any chance?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew that Cassius knew I had been with him, and for him, and believed in him, when those who later embraced him felt that he had no chance. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a chance for the reticent Ulbrickson to relax, to open up and confide in the Englishman, to joke about shell house events, to smoke a cigarette out of sight of the boys. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If you launch a new musical form, though, what you need is a composer of such stature and brilliance that there is a decent chance of someone taking your new art form seriously. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“You're the one always talking about equity this and equity that. Here’s your chance. Start a new tradition. Rate the boys.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Maybe . . . because for the first time . . . there was a chance I could keep him," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had played through scenarios of how I would get back at the NKVD, how I would stomp on the Soviets if I ever had a chance. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And what if, by chance, we were game that could feed them? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“So, the chance of meeting someone in the middle of the Pacific with whom to trade my cigarettes did not strike me as an obvious prospect.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Keisha and Albert call me Madam President every chance they get. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Rishi took the chance to steal one last look at her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It must have been the way Joe spoke out without giving her a chance to say anything one way or another that took the bloom off of things. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

To have any chance of success he would have to be strong when he started. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can’t imagine staying here when there’s a chance to see Ray. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I even got the chance to play as first baseman in the Little League World Series Championship. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Matt wished he could see what was happening, but he had no chance of prying Maria away from the peephole now. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, he handed the scissors to her and gave her a chance to open up a monkey. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never said anything, but I think he figured that, as when we were kids, we both stood a better chance if we took on the world together. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before I had a chance to answer, he added, “We have excellent vocational programs in car mechanics, electronics, and wood shop. We also have a program for future farmers.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Is she? By Jupiter, I will, if I only get the chance!” cried Laurie, sitting up with sudden energy. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the athletic director from Stanford, Jack Rice, invited them to dinner at the posh Adlon hotel, they jumped at the chance. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Only when he chanced to move past the food which had been prepared did he, as a game, take a bit into his mouth, hold it there for hours, and generally spit it out again. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said, ‘I am willing to take that chance,’ Seven, but in a coven there is only we. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The morning of the rally, everybody met at our house, mostly because Brent Chisholm was expected to show up and no one could resist the chance to get an early, in-person peek at him. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

If there would be new kids at school, I figured I’d have a better chance to find a friend. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Honey, your dad moves around a lot. And I only have an email for him. The chances of him responding are zero to none.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I sit up at the idea of Zohra in my hometown and the chance to show her what our lives are like in America. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“If you have a chance to be closer to people, you should take it. And it’s not that you weren’t good enough,” she said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“We can feast later, when we have found out where they go. Surely you would not miss this chance.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I was glad I’d decided to give him another chance, and that he was coming with me today. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But I immediately took advantage of the chance to cover myself. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I’m immortal, you fool! I have escaped Tartarus. You have no business here, and no chance to live." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“There don’t got to be a limit, because it ain’t nothing but chance.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The chances of his making the hundred-grander were dimming every day. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was awe, too, in Shadrach’s realization that once more a freak of chance had allowed him to come through alive, but there was no optimism in his hope for future battles. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chance to make this into a reality. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The thought of abandoning my team and sabotaging their chances at a win... Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And yet at the end of November 1943, at thirty-two years old, a second chance—one that might finally unleash her professional potential— found Dorothy Vaughan. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He might have chanced it all the same, but then Penny had landed a blow on his shield and the moment was gone, never to return. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He couldn't chance an injury to his legs, not with the big meet coming. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was common for Shin and other students to take a chance. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I have enemies all around. Who better to do my work than someone utterly grateful for being granted not only a second chance, but also wealth and the power of my name?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The best chance of avoiding and confounding the beasts that lie below is to be as unpredictable as the sea and sky. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Our best chance for survival lay in finding somewhere the soldiers could not hurt us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the one you spend all your energy on, it bears the fullness of your thoughts until done, the kind of job that if you mess up you’ve got only one more chance to redeem. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a crazy hope, but it was our only chance. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t even given him a chance to explain. Maybe it’s okay. You don’t know.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The traders got her cold eye, the missionaries her hard glare, the few other white visitors who chanced onto the island received from Old Tallow no welcome. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And if he did not, the one chance Ira had would be lost, and this made it the more important that he should not know. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will give you one more chance, but don’t ever touch anything in this house unless you are permitted. Do you hear me?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I knew school was my only chance of getting a better life. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t say that. Good chance you’ll have a wonderful accessory in the next minute or so.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There was a chance that the PSFs could catch up to us, that I’d be back in camp or dead before we even got to Virginia. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When she was in the saddle, she could ride so fast that there was no chance of gemstones cropping up in her wake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He begged her for a date, saying, “Hennie, come on . . . just give me a chance.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A month later, Congress had another chance to take up the bill. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“He don’t give nobody else a chance to win —” He stopped and sniffed the air, and still sniffing, looked down at the old dog. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm perplexed by her amusement until I realize that with the Careers' stores eliminated, she might actually stand a chance. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He figures he’s got you scared and he’s gonna take a sock at you the first chance he gets.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know how many kids at this camp wish they’d had your chance?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Come home. Please. Give me another chance. I’ll never, never, never hurt you again.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A few more words and the chance would be lost. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon when Marigold finally got a chance to squeeze in some Talent-hunting. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And thanks for helping my mom give Terri and Anna a chance. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And by catching and circumventing threatening behavior early, there was a good chance of diverting those students toward a more positive path. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

So when you get a chance to choose, of course, you choose your own kind. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It comes from being in a position to seize opportunity from the happy marriage of time, place, and chance. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed that Sayle Enterprises wasn’t taking any more chances where he was concerned. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

And everybody knows that Savanna made the finals in two different regionals last year, and had come close to placing at a national—so there was a good chance that she would make it in. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And while she didn’t have a tiger’s heart, she would rip you to shreds if given the chance. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“No, but you have every chance of getting shorter,” she replied. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The forester was able to turn the laugh a week later when his chance encounter was proved to be no dream. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first real chance of rescue, and maybe there would not be another. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You believe that? About second chances? In life, I mean.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

This all sounds like a great idea with no chance of catastrophic failure. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realize if I’m going to have a chance for escape, even the jungle may not hide me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Like when the doctor explained how if one breast came off, the rest of me had a better chance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, he seized the chance to regain some lost ground. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

She wished she had spent more time with her parents when she’d had the chance. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

After hearing about his cooking experience while in prison, Ariana took a chance on Marcus and gave him a job. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Now supremely confident of his chances of winning both the eighth and the ninth games, which would give him the match, Bobby rather formally declared that he would dethrone Spassky. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Frank had been sure he’d destroyed any chance with her last night when he had summoned Gray. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He knew he would not have another chance like it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Missiles from the wall had slackened off, giving Cluny’s horde a chance to desert the ditch for the relative safety of the meadows. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I know this is a terrible thing to say, even think—but right now I wish Jacqui had shot Henry when she had the chance. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The police had no reason to believe anything the kid said, but Roy wasn’t taking any chances. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe his friendship with Esperanza would remain rocky, or maybe this was their chance to rebuild. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had a sudden desire to turn and go off in the other direction, to take his chance. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Friday nights were college nights at Club Victor, which meant no cover charge and a chance to dance to the offerings of a local bandmaster, Vic Meyers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pooh said I only get one chance to let everybody and their momma know who I am. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Titans gave no sign of noticing them, but Percy took no chances. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Before I’d even had a chance to cry out, a hand whipped around from behind and pressed something sharp to my throat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"So," Bruce offered, "we can have a high chance of killing one person, or a low chance of killing six people. Jeez. How do we even make this decision?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having nothing was not as bad as not having the chance to work for more. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was a chance for me to speak out. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

But God knows he has had enough chances to learn. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not if it meant there was a chance they’d lose a game. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Suba used to pinch me every chance she got—and of course, Mean Teacher didn't care. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Why didn’t they sell the tickets to Felix when they had the chance? Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I am proud to serve Lord Gwydion, and there is a chance to win much honor, more than by washing pigs and weeding gardens!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Only seven states had not yet voted on the issue, and most of these were in the Deep South, where the suffragists knew they didn’t stand a chance of winning. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And if that were the case, the map she had never intended for us to see might be our best chance to find her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before I have a chance to consider the weight of what I just said, Rae turns back to me and smiles like I just offered her the galaxy or something. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I wanted to, but it didn’t seem like I was going to get the chance. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Now, when we have this tentative trust, may be my only chance to kill him. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

If, April decided, the Egypt gang all stayed together, there might be a chance to slip away from the big group to pay a visit to Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Could be you’re not giving it a chance. It’s a critique, you know?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

No one else, including Adams, stood much of a chance at all. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“And he said a black man would have a chance. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My assistant's voice rattles through the phone speaker before I even have a chance to say hello. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking about that, though,” Henry says, “the chance being with me is going to keep ruining your career. Congress by thirty, wasn’t it?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“If it is some crazy fool he’s liable to be aiming at you and hit one of us. Least if he hits you first it’ll give us a chance to duck.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I don’t get up and say something now, I’ll never get another chance. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I know he is still trying to impress Mrs. Walton, and I so want to tell the old man he doesn’t stand a chance. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

One Junior Double-Talker puts his caller on hold to ask the girl in the cubicle next to him, “Jenny, any chance you brought a spare hypnosis radio?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Was this just another chance to get thrown off the road? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It took seventy years for that answer to establish itself, but once the telescope had been invented and turned into a scientific instrument it was the only answer with any chance of survival. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At first he tried throwing it but that had no chance. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

JimmyTrotter took a chance and ran through the pines and over the creek to check on Butter and to get whatever afternoon milk Sophie was willing to give. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

You already know that, but I may not get the chance to tell you again. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Actually in Hobbiton and Bywater every day in the year it was somebody’s birthday, so that every hobbit in those parts had a fair chance of at least one present at least once a week. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Well, now there’d be a real chance, she thought, as she scented herself after her bath. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had therefore seized his chance in the first week of the holidays. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"You see, all I needed was a chance. You've granted it, now it's up to me!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is all a game to them still, a tourney writ large, and all they see is the chance for glory and honor and spoils. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There would be no chance of escape for the stragglers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The commander, an anxious young knight with a pockmarked face, offered bread and cheese and the chance to warm themselves before his fire, but Mya declined. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If I were beaten at home, there was absolutely nothing that I could do about it; but if I were beaten in the streets, I had a chance to fight and defend myself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no chance of winning the Stars and Stripes, and everyone in his camp knew it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we’re going to have a chance, we have to take advantage of its biggest weakness.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

This was the assassin’s first chance to describe his deed, and the actor in him probably made the most of the dramatic story. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was always the possibility that the collegians would win, but statistically their chances would be much lower than a thousand to one. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since she left the chair sit w’here the gendeman had chanced to put it, she sat to one side in a corner. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t stand a chance. We had guns, they didn’t, and that was the end of the Spackle.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

All the cool stuff I was going to say just flew out my head and I heard myself begging for just one more chance. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it’d be best if I didn’t take no chances. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t hear what he was saying after they bashed his face. Give me a chance and I’ll tell you every word of it. He s the one that’s against the Party, not me.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Talking to the New York Times, he claimed flat out, “California has a chance, but I think Washington will win.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I can, and I will. Why shouldn’t I? You have never given me your best; either that or your best just isn’t good enough. Sorry, Short, you had your chance....” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

What chance did he have of walking around Brunswick and finding a house with a baby, and that baby would be Jupiter? Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

All I know is this: I refuse to miss this chance. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Everyone wanted a chance to say a final good-bye. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“So listen carefully ... if you really want to destroy my house, Joseph, I guess this will be your last chance. Go ahead. Burn everything down to the ground till there’s nothing left but ash.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He scooted away with his body doubled over and his face contorted intentionally into a nonchalant, sociable smile in case anyone chanced to see him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Your jealousy is kind of sweet, but there is no chance at all of anything going on.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Please. Just get me to the bridge and let me try. I'm the only one who's got a chance.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And if at the beginning of the summer someone had said I’d be friends with my nemesis, I’d have said there was a greater chance that Earth would be swallowed by a black hole. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He would look again, he would search whenever he got the chance. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Maybe his mom or dad made him do something else and he didn’t have a chance to tell us.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If we could check that the candidate landing site was not covered with sifting, drifting dust, we would have at least a fair chance of guaranteeing that the winds were not intolerably high. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washington could slow down Howe, but his ragged army had little chance of keeping the British from sending troops from New York to occupy Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing was clear—there was no longer the chance of catching Thlayli and the rest off their guard. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Mom feels the same way I do: if she thought she’d have another chance to share a cup of tea, shop for bargains at Marks and Spencer, or walk in Nan’s garden. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Just like I wanted to be too, if I ever got the chance. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

But they were so fierce and erratic in their attacks, we never stood a chance. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I guess they aren't taking any chances, what with my habit of being nearby when radios break. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to have tryouts. Coach is giving us another chance.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I did not have a chance to say a proper good-bye, for he was already gone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd be the one to recite my essay as a spoken-word piece if it would increase my chances of getting in. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The guard probably lost interest in us as soon as we disappeared from his view, but I wasn't ready to take another chance with my life. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m not telling you my combination,” I said, even though I knew my chances of seeing my history book were fading. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I knew they probably wanted to talk to me about why you weren’t home, but I didn’t give them the chance. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You mean the corrections spell out a word by chance?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“To think we gave you another chance, and this is how you chose to behave.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

If he made the run, took Derek down the river, at least there was a chance. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

"But I am not willing to chance my brother's life on a woman's honor." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There had never been a chance before, since no one except Claudette Colvin had ever pleaded not guilty to breaking the segregation laws in a bus arrest. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t yet completely distraught because there was just the chance I’d left it in the billiards room; otherwise my hope was that someone had borrowed it and would give it back in the morning. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember to give the person you’re asking the chance to answer one question at a time,” says Ms. Rochambeau. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Succinct, yet magisterial, this formula captured the essence of the interactions between heredity, chance, environment, variation, and evolution in determining the form and fate of an organism. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He did not give me a chance to give an answer. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Why, if I hadn’t pulled Jingle Boy up, I’d be halfway to Buxton by now without getting a chance to have a proper thought, and it might be too late! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

My chances for getting the job were good; I had no past record of stealing or violating the laws. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma used to tell me I’d only get one chance to make a first impression and it looked like I was blowing it with the Dusky Devastators of the Depression. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get the chance: the wide beach with fine, golden sand, the calmest waves and the clearest blue water, a few blocks away from the hotel, was reserved for whites. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I’m kicked out of school, I don’t even have the chance to talk to her, to try to explain the unexplainable. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Whenever she had a chance, she slipped outdoors to work in the vegetable garden or to tend to the animals with her father. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I never did get a chance to dance with Sam. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have much chance, either. But we’re the only one Mr. Benedict has got.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I passed up on a chance to play with band kids because you needed people for the Co-Co’s.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

This was probably the first chance he had got to spiel these ideas out to somebody. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Things must not go wrong, this is my chance, and I shall not waste it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He’ll begin to rub his flint blade and say “This is your last chance.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

If Styx Malone himself couldn’t get out of Sutton on the Grasshopper, what chance did I have on my dirt bike? The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Virginia, listen, I’ll be straight with you. You have a good chance of being queen, but only if you improve your Quichua.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I award the principal a booming slap on the back—because, hey, when am I ever going to get another chance to do that? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I know this isn’t a good time, Alter, but when you have a chance, read it. I borrowed it from a friend at the Arbeiter-Zeitung.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you think we have a chance?” he asked. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The good news was that more students were coming up to me, which was a chance for me to ask their names. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

If given the chance, you knew you might smile back. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Didn’t she realize that this didn’t help his business reputation or his chances for the Chamber of Commerce Businessman of 1968, which that creep Kowalski was trying to steal from him? The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Who can resist the chance to be on one of the most popular channels on YouTube? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And never, though she dreamed and plotted as she scrubbed the iron kettles and churned the butter and bellowed up the fire, never a chance to take the calf money home. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mom slides her elbow over in a “here’s your chance, Catherine” nudge. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of all the kids in America, I was going to get the chance to take a shot worth a million dollars. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We are friends in the way people in an unprovisioned lifeboat are, chance consorts who are sure that they’ll be picked up soon, any day now, but not exactly how or when. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at least he had a chance now to raise his voice against the others, and for that he cried in gratitude. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The discovery did not come by chance: insects were widely used to test chemicals as agents of death for man. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

"I haven't had a chance to thank you for the delicious food, Mr. Hoo. How long have you been in the restaurant business?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a small part of me just kept thinking about how, if I told him, there would be no chance for us. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You will be given the chance to play a brand-new, exciting game!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Far as I can tell, he’s not going to get another chance.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Hush! go back to bed; it is all right. One of us will be here all night. We don’t mean to take any chances!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

This was my chance, the chance for the freedom I always should have had, the chance to escape from my stepfamily, the chance to win Char back. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It was wrong of him to lie,” Breanna says, “but we also don’t know everything, or why. I’m just saying we should give him a chance, is all.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“And why din’t they kill him when they had the chance?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Toby wasn’t sure if him seeing them could be trouble, but he wasn’t going to take any chances. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The chance lay bright before him, and heartily he answered, “I will go.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Very well, my arrogant young adventurer. Why not test your courage? Every explorer deserves a chance to prove his mettle.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Rare events such as batting streaks that are the result of chance are not individually predictable, yet the pattern of their occurrence is probabilistically describable. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a chance to play against a growing legend. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The children wanted to take Paige upstairs, isolate her, and have her speak to them with the directness and the concealed softness about the chances of their father being alive. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before I had a chance to look away, he caught me staring at him. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. The chance you might have to watch me die.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But I’d rather give out my second chances from the place that taught me how to give them—Hope Springs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“You kidding? It’s last game. We got a chance of sweeping.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

More people should be privileged to fly in space and get the chance to see the fragile earth as it appears from afar. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know this is a terrible thought, but if we never had to leave, we wouldn’t have come here and had a chance to see Rashid Uncle’s eyes, your eyes, alive. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I shan’t let you out of my sight, wherever you go. There’s an escape patrol on the way—I heard the signal. When they get here you won’t stand a chance. You’re bleeding badly now.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got his one chance to speak, he tried to turn the whole hunt around into a kind of new, improved prayer meeting with animal shooting at the end. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he can’t get food he’s bound to look for it, and mayhap he may chance to light on a butcher’s shop in time. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The chances of running into someone are slim. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

By chance, Pixie's angelic bum hovered at the end of this pipeline. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If you don’t fall asleep firsts you get a chance to think ’bout things when you ride a mule. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But Erin has a real chance to make a good college team and earn a scholarship, which is another reason I love training and playing off-season b-ball so much: It’s a chance to help Erin. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he sees me in my PE clothes, I will never have a chance with him. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have to worry ’bout gettin’ into college, because the chance wasn’t there. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we'll find out. Let's hope it was her first error, so that she will have another chance.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you think,” he asked, “that keeping the enlisted men out might interfere with our chances of getting results ?” The chaplain hesitated, feeling himself on unfamiliar ground again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I stand about as much chance of having to keep that promise as you have of waking up tomorrow speaking Farsi.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you get a chance to see anything?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The game night will give me the chance to get to know the other kids better and figure out who could’ve written the poem. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Not only that: that it would cut into such a tiny circle and see me—what chance was there of that? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alex hasn’t gotten a chance to thank him yet, and he doesn’t know where to start. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

If the shades were drawn full, and no lights were on, and there was no answer when one of the girls rang the bell, we would take the chance and go in. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without giving me a chance to decide, DeShon clasps my right hand. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Our families were all invited to visit us in Huntsville to see how our training was going, and we’d have a chance to say our good-byes then. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“We’d have to get the use of the radio transmitter somehow; then hide out for at least eight days, with the Sarf alerted...Not much chance.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had no chance, and he knew it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

So you got a chance to really stand out, okay? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra always enjoyed the horse fair; as well as the chance of stealing a ride on a less-than-well-attended horse, there were endless opportunities for provoking warfare. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Several mortals have found favor in her circle, but since I have no real skill with a lute or declaiming, I have no chance of being one of them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We didn’t want to take any chances of that wolf-thing hunting us. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

By chance, Yali and I were walking in the same direction on that day, and he overtook me. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now was my chance to tell him the whole story. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Reverend Taylor was helping his rescuers as much as possible by jumping around when he got a chance. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That I won’t get the chance to see what I can do with the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,” I said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

And he’s always the first one up, if Mr. Ward gives him the chance. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The result: the astrologers picked the correct personality profile for the clients about one out of three times, or no better than chance. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know whether to be glad or not that I hadn’t had a chance to use it against Weylin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Let the other companies behind follow these three that lead, as they have chance. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go find our friends. After that we can come back. But if we take them now, we’ll have no chance.You hear me? Absolutely zero.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And in the case of the latter move, there was a good chance it would not even cause blindness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was spring, late March, with alternately cold and wet weather—now and then a chance of light snow. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Bayani, of all the things you ever tell yourself in life, never say, ‘There’s no chance.’” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They told him, “Kids this age. You’ll see. She’ll probably walk through your front door before we even get a chance to track her down.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

"He may never get the chance again. Life is short, Stannis. Remember what the Starks say. Winter is coming." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Before I had a chance to ask, he blurted out, “I got my job back! I’ll start Monday.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She was very forceful, and Cohn never had a chance of not being taken in hand. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

On the way back up the hall, I chanced to look in Grandpa’s room and saw that the bed in there wasn’t made up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

This stunt, I knew, had every chance of getting us kicked off company property again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got no chance with these on,” Harry said exasperatedly, waving his glasses. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"No. No, I can't. ... I, no, I need to believe that it isn't our last chance. . . . Eleanor? Can you hear me? I need you to believe it, too." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

On a chance I asked, “How soon you going to Florida?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

You only get one chance to love, to be loved. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Me too. That’s why I’m calling. Any chance you could drop off Penny somewhere and meet me at the Travel Arena?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Here is my chance to be completely independent for once in my life. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now it was time for them to move on, giving the grasses a chance to recover. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Didn’t he know that what the army really needed was a chance to win a battle? George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was his addled understanding of the rules of warfare that the marksman should be given a second chance. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Making a calculation that was short on information and long on aspiration, Shin told himself he had a ninety percent chance of getting through the fence and a ten percent chance of getting shot. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I am giving you a chance, my lord. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I know that every minute I wait is a chance for Miss Celia to call up Miss Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Dratted antiaircraft guns in Angers. The tail’s been hit. I think it was flak, not a night fighter, or we’d be dead. We don’t stand a chance against a Messerschmitt 110.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

My friends are worried about me, and Marcus makes a point of challenging me on the combat field every chance he gets. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

What if I had never had the chance to collect and build new memories? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“There’s a chance,” Colonel Varney answered, walking Lillian into the house with his arm around her protectively, “there’s always a chance. Let’s hope for the best until we have a reason to think otherwise.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you say,” said Frog doubtfully ... ... but for once the gods were listening, and their chance came much sooner than that. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He is choosing what he thinks will give her the best chance of survival. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It’d been a shame that Dorian had left so quickly an hour ago; she hadn’t even had the chance to speak to him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was by chance that Alma ran into an old friend from church at the grocery store one day. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“We have already come this far. Give yourself a chance to believe once more,” she pleaded. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we made an assumption here—that there is a 50-50 chance that God exists. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But what chance would someone like him have with a normal girl, anyway? Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Uncle had said that no one knew where his family was for certain ... so wasn’t there at least a chance that they might be here in the camp? A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The court was then adjourned until the following day, when I would have a chance to address the court in what is known as the plea in mitigation before the magistrate gave his sentence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I said, "Hey, do you mind turning around when you get a chance? I gave you the wrong address. I want to go back downtown." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I haven’t had much of a chance to talk with Rosa since that morning on her porch. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Actually, she didn’t care one bit that I wanted to move out; she just couldn’t pass up a chance to give me a hard time. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too late, I realized if he saw Papa later he might chance to mention seeing me on the train tracks going through Mill Town. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Seizing his chance, the rat dodged nimbly into the open, and battered madly at Matthias’s upheld shield until he was forced to drop it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

By this definition, though, going to the ballet is an experiment, while learning that the seats are uncomfortable and the drinks sold in the bar overpriced is a chance experience. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You don’t get that on the first try. It takes three chances. And each chance costs a dime.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Aureliano Segundo had come across him by chance as he protested in broken Spanish because there were no rooms at the Hotel Jacob, and as he frequently did with strangers, he took him home. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And you, my husband, what chance have you when so many young men are festering in idleness! Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is my chance to go and find Mariam, and I’m not going to screw it up. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“But what if she follows us? Goes and gets her friends? Ruins our chance at surprising them up ahead?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At such times, a chance acquaintance or even a stranger was easily able to lose his ‘real’ meaning and assume an identity in the unconscious traumatic configuration. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me then that there was a chance we would be driving around so long that Chubs would die. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When given a choice, most people in the ghetto, like anywhere else, would prefer to be able to work, support their families, and live without fear of harm or violence, if given the chance. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

After that he pulled himself together, and when the chance came along to lease and sharecrop a hundred acres from a big strawberry grower up north in Santa Clara Valley he took it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polly still could not see how leaving with the doctor in the morning, heading to the slave market, would lead to a chance for freedom. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor girls don’t stand any chance, Belle says, unless they put themselves forward,” sighed Meg. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

All three of us had trained as soldiers and we probably had the best chance of actually executing an escape. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just met them, you know? I don’t want them to hate me before they even get a chance to know me.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The protocol among gill-netters in such conditions was to lay on one’s foghorn at one-minute intervals and to keep a sharp ear turned toward the fog on the chance of receiving a reply. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We need to operate now to give her a chance,” he said. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“But first let's give him a chance to come back. Do you think he'll be pleased to get back here only to find you’ve disappeared, gone looking for him in the big, wide world?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

In several years, I’d get my chance to work for the university and reckon with some of these community-relations problems directly, but right now Art was just kindly offering to pass around my résumé. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Hearing this made me think about how I didn’t even get the chance to pray for Treelore. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Well ... how does a virus work? I mean ... is there a chance we caught it? Would we be able to tell?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“You know, you’d probably really like him if you gave him half a chance.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Mom, am I going to be able to find love up there since I never got the chance to find it down here?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Knowing they wouldn’t get a second chance if they were wrong. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The more you send the more chances someone along the way will steal the whole thing.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, honey, I bet there’s an explanation for this. I bet Mr. Daniels didn’t mean for this to happen. Give him a chance, okay?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

If they only had a second chance, but they’ll never have a rebirth, not like me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But Mami was not one to take chances with our natural high spirits and tendency to ignore what she told us the minute she turned her back. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“They will kill you. And they will like killing you. Do not give them the chance.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe she’d quit staring at me after awhile and give me a chance to lift: my gun. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the ceremony was over, and the celebration began, there was no chance to see Hari. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was finally my chance to be a part of the airplane crew. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Zed looked way too happy about the chance to park in our driveway. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

An elderly woman like this would have no chance of swimming to safety, much less have the strength to cut a hole through her roof. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I’d seen her once or twice before, but the Colonel never introduced me to her and didn’t have a chance to that night. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He’d probably get around to giving me a lesson one day, but it would be pure random chance when and if it ever happened. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Things he never had the chance to tell me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I could ruin any chance she has for new lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I had one last chance to make a decision. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Last chance,” he added as he walked out the door. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Answer Professor Mandell’s letter when you get a chance and the patience. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Yes, I thought, this might be my chance to march forward at last. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And without that extra practice, he has no chance at hitting ten thousand hours by the time the professional hockey teams start looking for players. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t get a chance to tell anyone about...well, that other thing.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Without being in the least curious, she had once by chance opened Gregor's door. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t give Bill a chance to come out under his own power. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once swept into the system, one’s chances of ever being truly free are slim, often to the vanishing point. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Later at the official inquiry, all of the mistakes and missed chances that occurred in the opening minutes of the fire would be discussed in great detail. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried downstairs to get Francis before the innkeeper and his wife had a chance to compare notes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But it was he who tried to reassure me: “It’s not certain yet. There’s still a chance. Today, they will do another selection ... a decisive one . . .” I said nothing. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, Ugwu wondered if the child had liked it because it gave him a chance to rest, lying down on the grass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"A ship now, might have been wiser. No chance o' finding more men on the way, but still . . . clever man, he'd go by ship, but me . . . thirty years I been taking this kingsroad." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That leads to an error called a hypercorrection, in which people use a nominative pronoun in an accusative coordination: Give Al Gore and I a chance to bring America back. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I think there’s less of a chance I'll be expected to cry in the audition if there’s, like, fewer people in the scene. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was the faintest of chances that elil would disperse them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpa says it’s just a chance That I got to wearin’ pants, Says that when a kid is small, They puts dresses on ’em all. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were on him, grabbing his arms before he even had a chance to consider fleeing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I think we’d better take a chance on going back by Ridgebury. I don’t think many men will want to ride in deep snow.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I can’t let Hudson spoil any chance at making new memories in old places. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My ma’s mama died of pneumonia, and we don’t ever get the chance to forget it. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could always ask him. Give him a chance to explain everything.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The war looked like my chance to realize my old dream of flying. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could not take a chance of this happening in front of the whole class, even though I wanted to get the extra credit. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped more than anything that I had the chance to go to school with Abby, to keep her as a best friend, to stay. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Felix didn’t know if she was going to say more, and he didn’t get a chance to find out because the DJ’s voice boomed over the speakers. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

As much as he welcomed food and the chance to rest, Taran was silent throughout the meal, and continued so when he retired to his nest of straw. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I bought a chance from a little kid just the other day. They beautiful rosaries. A lady I know won the outboard motor the sisters was raffling last year.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not had a chance to say goodbye to her friends, the other Vessels. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mudd was the unknown soldier who had never had a chance, for that was the only thing anyone ever did know about all the unknown soldiers—they never had a chance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She dressed plainly and modestly, spurned every extravagance, and never turned down the chance to put money in the bank. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The trip was also a chance to explore the family’s new sense of personal liberty. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Not to mention the chance to say good-bye to your baby girl. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Some alleged calendrical devices may just possibly be due to chance—an accidental alignment of window and niche on June 21, say. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What a pleasure to formally meet you. I was beginning to worry that I'd never get the chance." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“She had this laugh. I swear it’s why I married her, Laila, for that laugh. It bulldozed you. You stood no chance against it.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

So early the next morning, I set out with Old Yeller, glad for the chance to hunt hogs a while longer before starting in on the corn gathering. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was not a chance that he would catch them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Why, they were as much an army as I am a butterfly. I’d have stood a better chance fighting with crawlers.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I go back to the map, to Ben’s writing on the other side, the first chance I’ve had to look at it under something besides a flashlight, which ain’t really for reading. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Had it not been for this hint of grace, Kit’s anger might have erupted in a scene that would have spoiled all her chances on this first morning. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“The Negroes? You don’t think they have a chance?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Said it was a good chance to ketch up on what needed doin’. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I never get much chance to take her anywhere, and I know she likes to be with her husband. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was there really any chance that he would ever return? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I always tried to keep the tape wound to just that spot so I could play the song whenever a chance came by. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe right here? That old tent was flimsy, and now we’ve got a chance to make a better one.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The fourth night, a different chance to get out appeared. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Running wide around turns offers the best chance of clear sailing but exacts a high price in extra distance the horse has to cover. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Attaching a name attaches you to the world of fact, which is riskier, more hazardous: who knows what the chances are out there, of survival, yours? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we all watched as her personal coach, Yury, insisted she be given a chance to fence, in this our final match. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was still a chance to save him. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ah had done give ’em a fair chance. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

There had been rumblings all week about a tropical storm crossing the Florida Keys, a chance it might head north. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Herold had stood by Booth, even when he had a chance to leave. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had made their decision without giving me a chance to speak for myself. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can change people’s minds about magicians without hurting anyone. I’ve seen it happen. We just have to give them a chance to see who we really are.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I picked up my other case files and made updated plans for how to assist each client to maximize the chance of avoiding an execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ma pauses to give me a chance to say something, but I’m speechless, so she goes on. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

When her husband left, they welcomed the chance to take her back from the in-laws; she could live like the little daughter for just a while longer. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t give Ekon the chance to say anything else before jumping to her feet and heading to the pond she’d gone to before. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At first Ophie had thought this would give her a chance to sneak away to the attic to look for clues. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It also gave her a chance to connect with her subjects. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“This is our chance!” said Kojo, racing across the floor to grab the weapon. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Myself included. People would kill for the chance to be in my presence. In fact, they have.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to give you one more chance to turn yourself in. It’ll make life easier for everyone.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because I never could count on another chance at happiness. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before I know it, the first chance I’ve ever had at making a friend is gone before the first class period has even ended. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Not a chance. Open that door so I can tell your mother where I found you." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“No chance. It’s too dangerous for someone our age to go behind the fence.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then when a few days had passed and all the Egyptians had had a chance to cool off, Ken and Toby turned up in Egypt again—and the others were glad to see them. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might as well go back to bed—the bed she so rarely abandoned that poor Mrs. Helm had to battle for the chance to change its linen twice a week. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m gonna fix you up with a new route and give you another chance. I got some merchandising gimmicks maybe help you out.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this was my chance to get out from under Winky. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barbara and John were then ten and seven years old, and Elizebeth was always looking for chances to expand their world. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“If she don’t throw it at me, Ah’ll take a chance on cornin’ back,” he announced, making gestures to indicate he was hidden behind a post. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He never missed a chance to let you know you were sixteen and he was eighteen. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He thought there was a good chance this meal would end in violence. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Any chance someone other than Richards gets the nomination?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Uh, do you think there’s a chance we could maybe have a ride in your motorcar?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

By chance, Sissy found out that a beautiful sixteen-year-old girl out in Maspeth had gotten into trouble with a married man and was going to have a baby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t even gotten a chance yet to see how people will react.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“The reporter left her name and number and asked that you call her when you have a chance. ” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Putting every detail down on paper would give God a chance to see for himself what was going on, I thought. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had a much better chance fending for themselves here. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had to play along until I got a chance to make a break. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Always take any chance you get to perform in front of an audience,” Ms. Holly told our class. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If they could take a chance with me, then I'd do the very best that I could. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gram squeezed my cheeks and said, “This trip will give me a chance to be with my favorite chickabiddy again.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

They seemed to scare most people senseless, and if they were stationed all around the school, Black’s chances of getting inside seemed very remote. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I felt a vague sense of relief, knowing that I hadn’t gotten the chance to tell Frankie my secret. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

This is their last chance to show their great love and respect for their leader. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

In The Stranger the protagonist, Mersault, has a chance meeting with an Arab, a stranger, that results in Mersault’s killing the man. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Pong had been so excited that day, even though he hadn't dreamed that he'd actually get the chance to tell the Governor how much he admired him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

To give up the chance to dance at Carnegie Hall? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And from Chariots of Fire : Let each of you discover where your chance for greatness lies. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

HERMIONE: Harry, last chance, are you sure you can do this? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

‘And keep your packs on as long as you can: we may get a chance to cut our way out yet.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the offspring of traitors, his one chance at redemption—and his only way of averting starvation—was hard work. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And because . . . what if she never had the chance to touch him like this again? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

If you look an angry black momma in her eyes, there’s a chance you will turn into a pillar of salt on the spot, like ol’ girl in the Bible. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Nealson was cleverer than I and he confronted me before I had a chance to confront him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Peeta’s argument is that since I chose you, I now owe him. Anything he wants. And what he wants is the chance to go in again to protect you,” says Haymitch. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I walk, I remember how Darin tried to defend me from the Mask during the raid, even when the man gave him the chance to run. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Whatever his plans, I knew he didn’t stand a chance against my family. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Tendrils of fog curled their way in behind him before the door had a chance to close. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As the riders passed, Lord Jason nodded a curt greeting, but it was only a high lord's courtesy to strangers chance met on the road. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The pregnancy was, in a way, a chance to regroup and think about my life. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Dicey thought that if she left the dinghy there it had a good chance of being claimed or returned. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One way or the other. But don’t decide who he is before he has a chance to tell you that himself. Now lock the door behind us.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“And with Gwydion? You lost no chance to make that known.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

No one, including Mahmoud, could believe he had survived, and thereafter he vowed never to take the chance again. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

‘Bless the old hobbit! I love him more than ever. I hope we get a chance of telling him about it!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Did you bring me a snort, by any chance? Miss Love ain’t no different from yore ma when it comes to whiskey in the closet.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It’s like a “Fragile” sticker’s on my forehead, and instead of taking a chance and saying something that might break me, they’d rather say nothing at all. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And that was when I knew I didn’t want to miss the chance with my parents, so I broke the silence. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t give a bent pin for your chance of survival if we were alone on a jungle path, they said. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, by chance, two or three pellets happened to light on top of each other, and this transformed the behavior of everyone. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a chance that I could leave without seeing him at all. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Finally given the chance to run, he surged ahead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As uberblogger Glenn Reynolds likes to say, blogs have given the people a chance to stop yelling at their TV and have a say in the process. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now the sky presented the greatest scientific puzzle they had ever encountered, and they were all considering their place in it, and their chances of solving it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“What percentage chance do you think you have?” she asks. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The very first chance that I got, I evaded his grasp and ran on ahead into the dark, skipping with feigned boyish exuberance. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hephaestus was always tossing broken parts out of his godly workshop and littering the earth with scrap metal, but what were the chances some of it would hit Ogygia? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And there was no pool in the Training Center, no chance to learn. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, Joe was never given a second, much less a third, chance to “upright himself,” but he was nonetheless characterized at age thirteen as a “serial” or “violent recidivist” by prosecutors. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You would’ve drowned both of us, so I figured I had only one chance to make sure you’d let go. You going to be okay?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I believe that if we can’t learn to live with our brothers and sisters here on earth, how will we get a chance to work it out in heaven? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I’m glad that girl gettin a chance. She been workin for that Lee mother a long time. She need a break. But I bet that bird be makin more money than me. Whoa!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They know we’re operating in the area, they can hear us, and they ought to be in their bunker. I’m not taking any unnecessary chances with my men.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A petition for certiorari, a request to review a lower court's ruling, is very rarely granted, but I'd known all along that the Supreme Court was our best chance for a stay of execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Best of all, the radio format gave her a chance to speak for herself. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Being away from her in Birmingham gave me a chance to clear my head. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“You’re sounding absolutely awesome. Killer bass, Elijah. But everyone’s got to be able to play the song for the spring concert, right? These two dudes need a chance to learn the song, too.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

That would likely earn them a chance to race against Navy and the elite eastern schools for the national freshman championship in Poughkeepsie in June. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

An officer whose battalion included the 588th found out what was going on by a chance comment from his driver. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Just go outside and take my chances on the tracks. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“One of our assistant coaches quit,” I say before she has the chance to say something about it. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

All day long a terrible thought had kept crossing her mind: Maybe the Smoke was where she really belonged, but she’d lost her chance by going there as a spy. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Fat chance! He never bothers me in the evenings! He’s usually working late in the studio or off at an art show somewheres. It was a cinch.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

If by some extraordinary chance the blade failed, they would just start over. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, by chance, Kit would find herself alone, and rushing through her task at double speed, she would steal down the path to Blackbird Pond, hoping that Prudence too had been able to escape. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t like to take chances,” he said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There were the visual customers—officers wanting food, ordinary soldiers wanting a chance to get warm, Redding people buying things. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tendency to attribute meaning to phenomena governed only by chance is ubiquitous. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the dark screen on the door, I can see outside but chances are they can’t see inside. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

What she showed me today is that a truly self-reliant person takes action, leaving nothing to chance and everything to themselves. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Seven had one chance to catch it off guard before it grabbed her brother, and she did the only thing she could think to do in that moment: She lunged at it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“A Berg might be landing any second—this is our chance.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They may as well have been over with the Wives of Vietnam Soldiers at Saint Adelbert’s already, for all the chance we had of getting one. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

And Russia would represent the kind of opportunity Paul and Jim had hoped for when they’d taken on Peru: a chance to affect health policy for the poor on a global scale. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

There was always a chance that our work would be to dig graves in the woods—and then be shot to fill them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that blacks did not have the same chances as whites, and I did not want to do something that was commendable only as a Negro accomplishment. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I collect stories. And when I get the chance I investigate odd rumors and see if there’s any truth behind them.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All these years I had been hearing about how nasty hospital food was, and now that I finally got a chance to taste it, it wasn’t half-bad. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I got one chance to be here, and I don’t know, I drew it out, told so many lies.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

"I'm so glad we have this chance to become acquainted, Mrs. Baumbach. I had so little time to chat with my guests last night." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Lana. Give me and the bird a chance. We re boffo.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am saying that our students should stop making noise. Asking David Hunt to go does not make sense. Give the man a chance and see if peace will come.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

You may have destroyed my chances of using Cedric to darken the world but maybe you’re right, Scorpius—maybe prophecies can be prevented, maybe prophecies can be broken. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

And the Mexican and Filipino girls at school who went to “confession,” and how I envied them their white dresses and their chance each Saturday to tell even thoughts that were sinful. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure, but I wasn’t ready to take any chances, either. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I whispered, so my voice wouldn’t have a chance to break. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was perfectly willing to give everyone and everything a chance. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“What are the chances it’ll start when we need it to?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least while there’s a chance to get free.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

At least there was the chance the ball would bounce off the backboard and drop in. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He took no chances, held back his impatience with an iron control. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan was right—his father never meant to give me a real chance. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Thus there was seldom chance for anything but banal remarks. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Smith’s friends are here, I say over and over under my breath—as if there’s any chance in the world that I’m going to forget. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“We have to make a decision here. Matt, any chance at all you’re going to weigh in?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after a little hesitation, he added a fourth piece which he had long kept by him on the chance of his wanting to gamble a little some morning at the tea house. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I listen to them and make a wish that they get the chance to meet in person one day soon. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was as though now that the young men had had their chance, with unsatisfactory results, the older men would take over. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The biggest threat is giving up hope. If he decides there's no chance to survive, he'll stop trying." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a chance that she is recognizing the odor of her human family like all pets do—even members of the family they’ve never met. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another Daniel-less universe, I did go to USCIS, but I didn’t meet Daniel in the record store, so our chatting didn’t have a chance to delay me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

By chance she had chosen the three most obstreperous pupils in the school to be her thieves and robbers. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When the sky cleared of kites and only the final two remained, every kite run­ner readied himself for the chance to land this prize. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our projections had Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin all at a 70% or higher chance of going blue, but latest returns have them too close to call. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"By any chance do you have any idea what time it is?" she said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Every place is beautiful,” he had said, “if you give it a chance.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He could be locked up for the rest of his life, but there was a chance he could get out early after serving twenty-five years. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were inside the house, trying every chance they got to charge toward the door. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And, of course, every chance I get, I go to the band room. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When this is done, and the information programmed into all our computers, I for one would be willing to take my chances. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And we didn’t even get the chance to play today.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even if we change the probability to one in a million for such a predictive dream, we’ll still get huge numbers of them by chance alone in a country the size of the United States. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was her chance, to face them all. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith moves slowly at first, giving me a chance to find my rhythm. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Okay, I’ll give you one more chance to get me to dinner. If you beat me in wrestling. Are Quakers allowed to wrestle?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Creativity. Clarity. Cleverness. And penmanship! Poor handwriting can destroy your chances to win,” Mrs. Grayson replied, looking stern. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For my part, the best I could hope for was to distract him, giving my friends a chance to escape; If anybody could think of a plan to get them out of there, Annabeth could. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The idea came wheeling into her mind as though it had been waiting for the chance. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was frustrated at being down two games to none against Tal, who never passed up a chance to annoy his younger opponent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Childcare for the youngest children offered women a chance to work outside the home, to begin earning their way to a better life, knowing their little ones were cared for. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was reluctant to bring up the subject, but he knew this might be their only chance to be alone. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

HARRY: Just give it a go — come on — this is your chance to go nuts in Honeydukes without your mum knowing—no, Albus, don’t you dare. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

It can only be defined by the anecdote, the chance encounter or the sentence overheard. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I almost asked what it was, then, if it wasn’t a place—but there was a good chance Ms. Wardak would think that was more attitude. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got to go somewhere he’s not going to like. A place that will throw him off guard or distract him long enough to give us a fighting chance.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sam gasped, but he had no chance to cry out, for at that moment many things happened. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Toby took a chance and looked at Lily, hoping she’d fill in the story. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Polish up my other talents, and be an ornament to society, if I get the chance.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got another chance on a fast break, and I could have passed, but I forced a difficult shot because I’d missed the last one. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was only a homosexual, but I didn’t want to take any chances. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Just use your own information—no encyclopedias for this! It may be your last chance for extra credit, you know.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before I even had a chance to respond, she was already grabbing the birdseed from the cabinet and filling Koocah’s bowl. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We smeared extra honey on it— Father was not going to take chances. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a very realistic chance that I was going to render Soraya a biwa, a widow, at the age of thirty-six. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She said that I deserved it, and I might not ever get this chance again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even if the job lasted only six months, she was going to make the most of this chance. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“So maybe we give him a chance to cool off. And you too.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But when Mr. Muhammad’s teachings reversed my attitude toward my black brothers, in my guilt and shame I began to catch every chance I could to recruit for Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The actor in him cannot resist the chance to utter one last bold line from center stage. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But I’d been waiting my entire life for a chance to go to the Olympics, and just like that, the experience was already behind me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Last chance to walk with your favorite mom.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

So that afternoon, when Mama told Stella to get Papa’s hammer and a few nails and fix some porch planks that had worked loose, she’d jumped at the chance to be helpful, just in case. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“If I’m right, it’s the only way you’ll stand a chance.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She worked fast; the sooner she finished, the closer she’d be to a chance at meeting Wash in the woods. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Obviously there’s no chance at all of us getting a bit of your hair unless you cooperate.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But I’m losing our boy’s chance to win that scholarship!” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

That was my chance, and one that I’d better make good. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the white landowners above him there had not been handed to him a chance to learn the meaning of loyalty, of sentiment, of tradition. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was little chance of treading on the toes of a relative. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m inquiring about my sister. She was purchasing com. Did she by any chance come by here today?” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a good chance to take Hannah the piece of cloth, anyway, Kit reasoned. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

If you set foot outside your door at night there was a good chance you would step on one of them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

What matters is that I have the chance to tell Nora what happened, before she hears it from Carlos or her parents. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It would be far easier to look in the unlocked chests first, on the slight chance that one of them might hold the treasure. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because she started saying I needed to give Marilyn a chance. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It gave us a chance to have some good times together. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never turn down a chance to play, so I quickly pull the Casio out of its case and set it up on the dining room table. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“You won’t get the chance,” said the captain and, to prove his point, pulled the lifeboat’s tarp completely away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“For Matthias, I will give you one chance to leave us be.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"I'll write him and give him a chance to pull out of it." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Now is his chance to apologize, to make everything better. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had a better chance of finding another dead muskrat in the cabinets before we found a Sharpie. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama Lessie told me that Granddaddy had always wanted to buy that Lionel train set, but as the father of five daughters, he never got the chance. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Because let's be honest, Private Clown here hasn't got a chance against Nergal. Sik'll go down like the three hundred Spartans." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She phoned her parents every chance she could, begging them to let her return to the familiarity of Monroe. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The drop...the cement and brick below them...Even with a fire burning and the chance of more explosions, it wasn’t a good option. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I know I need to welcome the chance Celina Aunty is offering me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She wants to get it right because there won’t be a second chance to say it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in its nut-sized brain, the squirrel must have recognized its only chance for escape. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But it’ll give me a chance to finish telling you my tears.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I’m about to thank him, but he hobbles off before I get a chance. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Full-force grief I have no chance pulling myself out of without time, which we know I don’t have. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Why hadn’t I taken the window seat when I’d had my chance? One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when there’s no chance of being misunderstood, it’s not a terrible crime to use than me in casual conversation or informal writing: Trixie’s fatter than me. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m searching for something to hang on to, some sign of the girl and boy who met by chance in the woods five years ago and became inseparable. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

"I don't want you to take any chances," says Opa sternly. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The blow startled him momentarily, giving Lyddie a chance to help Charles haul the ladder up onto the platform and out of reach. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The chances of finding another form of intelligence is not. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a chance that the mother tiger broke loose and came across the river,” Baba said. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had arranged this special practice, giving his freshmen a chance to scrimmage against a few members of the varsity, to show off all he had taught them and they were doing lousy, rotten, terrible. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bumped into him by pure chance in a trinket shop in El Paso. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mother who abandoned her child did not deserve a second chance. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Franklin and Deane sometimes sent Bancroft on missions to London, not knowing that this gave the double agent a chance to report in person to the head of the British Secret Service. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather hold him out and let him take his chances in college. If it wasn’t the football season, it would be much easier,” he said in the silence of the locker room. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it was fantastic, because it gave you another chance to notice things you might have missed the first time around. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was because everyone deserves a second chance. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to miss his chance to find his forever family, who might just be waiting for him out in the audience. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Go for the KO, only chance to win, knock his head off." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As days went by, she would meet me at the door and before I had a chance to ask, she would imitate me, saying, “Did I get any mail?” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

But no writer can leave the macroscopic organization of a text to chance. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“When you come to America, it’s a chance to forget some of the bad Chinese habits. A person could get up one day from the gambling table and find her life over.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Road is much faster. More chance of food. Countryside prettier, but takes longer. You don’t want to be seen?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But if I had the chance to work away from the prying eyes of Madam, I’d be grateful for it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, on November Saturday nights, I’d be over to the Daughertys’, who had decided to give me a chance after all. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Five minutes old, and already the themes of my life— chance and sex—announced themselves. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I have a chance, Kit?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Most pianists never get the chance to play in the great out-of-doors,” she said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dazed as he was with pain and weariness, Sam woke up, grasped quickly at his chance, and threw himself to the ground, dragging Frodo down with him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Whether even a heroic level of leadership stood any chance was uncertain because—and here was the cruelest irony—the effort to make the Revolution truly complete seemed diametrically opposed to remaining a united nation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But it doesn’t do any good to take chances with them and no one takes chances. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I lie in my bed that night, I think about Grandma and how I never got a chance to say goodbye. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

But even then she did not give resignation a chance. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

After a seizure, I usually need to sleep for twelve hours or so, just to give my atoms a chance to settle in and hold hands again like good neighbors. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He picked up a journal, slipping the yellow paper over it before anyone had a chance to examine the cover for clues as to its author’s identity. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She wanted to put that stupid peacock back together again, to put the life she’d had before back together again and create a second chance. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Toño knows that the coyote cannot completely be trusted—who of his kind can?—yet this dangerous man is my best chance. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Beloved: I think I love you now, and I pray you only give me the chance to spend my life in constant proving. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

A chance to play in the front yard. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rufus says when I give him the chance to breathe, and now he kisses me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t even get a chance to worry that Pi might not be there. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t just another face in the class, I had a chance to express myself and be a star! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mama talks a mile minute without even giving Mrs. Darcy a chance to say a word before she strolls into the living room with her heels click-clacking on the hardwood floors. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Before anyone had a chance to speak, he answered the question himself. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell him that where I came from was California, but then, he never gave me a chance to speak. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Toby said that was necessary so no one would have a chance to fool around with the oracle before everyone was there. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

RON: You know, Gin, we always thought there was a chance you could be sorted into Slytherin. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

But a bird flew out of the eaves before he got a chance, and Freebie went wild. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Combine the two and your chances of nervousness are greatly increased. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tried not to get too depressed about our chances. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

After Jack’s Hail Mary pass—or “Hail Molly,” as he called it—Dina grudgingly agreed to give her another chance. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It would be better to return later, after everyone had a chance to calm down. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t going to let Garvey sucker him into getting mad and blowing this chance to avoid jail. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m just trying to help you. The clams are gross if they don’t get a chance to spit.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Chances are he’s a lot cleverer than I am; chances are he’ll see me coming. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my mind, I practiced the words I would say to the Sacred Rock if I was given the chance. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I never got a chance to leave the note for Uncle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He sensed its inner workings and, if the statue of Hygeia operated on a similar schematic, Leo might have a chance . Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Julie asked, but before Alex had a chance to say yes or no, she pulled the lottery ticket out of her pocket and waved it around. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Our strategy was not to argue with him in the field, but to contest the charges in court where we would have a chance to make our case before slightly more enlightened officers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chance to identify with a powerful and wealthy entity—the company or the boss—is only the carrot. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I had a pretty good chance of having things go my way until one evening when we sat watching the national news. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There came to be no other rabbits for a long way round Efrafa and any who might wander into the neighborhood by chance were quickly picked up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had he been given the chance, he believed that he could have had a career like the one he had had at Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gave him no chance to walk with dignity, but dragged him along the corridors and swiftly up some steps to a barred gate leading directly into the arena. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even have a chance to say the words before he said— A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Doc had his hat off now since there was practically no chance of getting his head wet unless a pipe broke. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having chanced upon Darwin’s book, Jenkin read it thoroughly, worked swiftly through the implications, and immediately found a fatal flaw in the argument. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A man that thinks anything he dont understand all about must be crooked and that first chance he gets he’s morally bound to tell the third party what’s none of his business to tell. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s more than a chance to create a new identity. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Now,’ thought Pippin, ‘if only it takes that ugly fellow a little while to get his troop under control, I’ve got a chance.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It might not be him, and I can’t make sure, but it’s the best chance I have. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I recognized them as those of that night when my mother had ordered me home before I had had a chance to inquire how one got “money and all the food one could eat.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There may still be a chance for you to win your point,” he wrote. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Bates’s widow said, “We Indians cannot get our rights in these courts and I have no chance at all of saving this land for my children.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s conceivable that such an action could interfere with your chances of having the prayers for a tighter bomb pattern answered.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If his reflexes were faster than his intellect, she might have a chance. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, their shape, and the roads, and the wheel trees coming together all made it possible. A lot of little chances, all coming together. When did your part of the story begin, Will?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mark Antony may have meant to spend at least some of his time planning the Parthian expedition, but he did not get the chance. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d realized he had no chance of winning, and that this kind of death was far better than returning to whatever place he’d come from. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Dad made a mistake. You didn’t want to give him another chance,” I said. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Now was her chance to proclaim in public all the private anguish and purge herself of all that she had done wrong. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I reckon nearly all of Summerland had a chance to spy my bosoms had they cared to. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

What would I text to David if I even had a chance? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But still, the first chance I get, I call Peeta to see if he wants to go into town with me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to tell me that I wouldn’t be able to keep up and had no chance of winning. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Not with those swine, no. But there’s plenty that would if they got half a chance. They’re not so holy as they make out.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The more you look like a samurai, the better are your chances of survival. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And from this one last chance at redemption. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They dreamed about being something other than poor, but they never got the chance to be anything because nobody paid attention to their dreams. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guessed that our chances of actually carrying off the entire flight as planned were about even. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z