Example Sentences

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“I was chancing my arm seeing if I could get flying lessons,” Jean-Baptiste continues, laughing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2025

However, because Ross was chancing his own neck did not mean that Karara need be drawn into immediate peril too.

From Key Out of Time by Norton, Andre

It was chancing death, since once out of our lashings we were as exposed as if on a raft.

From Youth, a Narrative by Conrad, Joseph

He was chancing a long shot, rather than taking the risk of approaching any nearer to the animals.

From With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga by Foster, W. Bertram