Example Sentences

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Chancing the risk of failing to make a much needed difference.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2017

Chancing one day to examine the Vulgate in the university library, he saw with astonishment that there were more gospels and epistles than in the lectionaries.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

Chancing to look out I saw twenty mounted men coming across the prairie.

From Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History by Morris, Lucy Leavenworth Wilder

Chancing to be at Dublin, I heard by accident you were here, and fearing that there might be a difficulty, I ran down in the hope of being of service to you.’

From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

Chancing to read some lines of La Fontaine, she sent for him, and at once saw his genius, and suggested that he should write tales and fables.

From Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by Bartlett, David W.