How to Use chance of survival in a Sentence

chance of survival

noun phrase

• At one point, her chance of survival was fifty per cent.
  — Han Zhang, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2023
• Both sets of parents were told their infants had about a 40 percent chance of survival.
  — Cathy Free, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2023
• The cub, who has not yet been named, was introduced to the Cincinnati litter to increase his chance of survival.
  — Bebe Hodges, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
• Your only chance of survival is to shoot the werewolf with silver bullets.
  — Manuel Canales, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• While there are no medicines that can kill this virus, timely veterinary care can help boost a cat's chance of survival.
  — Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2023
• Can anything increase the chance of survival in such incidents?
  — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
• Brandt needed to abort the unviable fetus in order to increase the other twin’s chance of survival.
  — Rose Minutaglio, ELLE, 22 June 2023
• Smith believes releasing packs with adults and pups have a higher chance of survival as a family unit.
  — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2024
• But the chance of survival decreases by 10 percent for every minute that passes without any CPR at all.
  — Helen Ouyang, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2024
• They will be released next spring with the hope of increasing future reproduction and chance of survival.
  — Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2023
• The veterinarian from Egypt had then given Noor Jehan a strong chance of survival.
  — Reuters, CNN, 18 Apr. 2023
• Investing in employees is going to provide the highest ROI and chance of survival.
  — Csaba Toth, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
• At the time, the babies had a 10% to 20% chance of survival, while developmental delays were possible but unknown.
  — Brian Brant, Peoplemag, 15 Sep. 2023
• Construction costs are generally higher, but so is the chance of survival.
  — Janet Shamlian, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
• As widely reported, Anya’s water broke too early in her pregnancy, and there was no chance of survival for her fetus.
  — Lois Frankel, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2024
• Doherty credits her tenacity to her mother, Rosa, who was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm when the actress was 8, and given a 10% chance of survival.
  — EW.com, 30 Nov. 2023
• If your heart stops beating outside of a hospital, your chance of survival is typically less than 10 percent.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Dec. 2023
• Now Tessa’s only chance of survival and to protect this eco-system is an uneasy alliance with the equally endangered Mama bear.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 8 May 2024
• The lawsuit had argued that the laws' vague wording made doctors unwilling to provide abortions despite the fetuses having no chance of survival.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2023
• Doctors in Baton Rouge diagnosed the unborn baby with a vein of Galen malformation, a rare pre-birth condition, and a 1 percent chance of survival.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• Immediate kangaroo mother care after birth has been found to increase a low birth weight infant’s chance of survival by 25 percent.
  — Gary Darmstadt, STAT, 12 Oct. 2023
• Fraternity members dumped Brennan at a hospital, where he was placed on life support and given a 1 percent chance of survival, the complaint alleges.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
• Those recommendations touched off a firestorm and were denounced by women’s health advocates, who have long argued that early detection gives the best chance of survival.
  — Melissa Healy, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
• Instead, this cognitive architecture evolved to detect any potential cues about social coalitions and alliances—to increase one’s chance of survival by telling friend from foe.
  — Robert Sapolsky, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
• Some forests are transitioning to areas more suitable for their growth, including cooler places at higher elevations where their seeds have a better chance of survival, Hill said.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• Advertisement Maharaj was given a low chance of survival when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in May 2023.
  — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2024
• At four years old, she was given a 30 percent chance of survival when diagnosed with stage 4 Neuroblastoma, which later inspired her to become a pediatric intensive care nurse.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
• Physicians predicted Newhouse had a 5 percent chance of survival with a strong possibility of ending up in a vegetative state.
  — Diane Bell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2023
• Brown was chosen to lead an advance group, called Forlorn Hope because of their chance of survival, to storm a temporary fortification armed with only bayonets and fending off musket fire and cannons.
  — Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 9 June 2024
• In its earliest iterations, women were almost exclusively victims—pretty damsels in distress whose only chance of survival, if at all, was through a man.
  — Essence, 31 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 29 Aug 2024