How to Use slim chance in a Sentence

slim chance

noun
  • At the time of this writing, in early March, most days offer a slim chance of burning.
    IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2021
  • There is a slim chance that Garfield's connection with Stone could have served as inspiration for the track.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 7 July 2023
  • There is a slim chance, too, that they will be humiliated.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • To avoid even that slim chance, there are relatively simple steps anyone can take to avoid bed bugs.
    Brooke Borel, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The patient may choose not to continue certain treatments that cause severe pain when there is slim chance for a cure.
    Katia Hetter, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The Americans have not needed the third and final group-stage match to learn their tournament fate since 2007, when there was only a slim chance for elimination.
    Anne M. Peterson, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • But even if the mosquito control plan moves forward, these tiny birds may have a slim chance of recovering outside of captivity.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2023
  • West Bank Palestinians have the option of petitioning Israeli courts to rule against evictions, demolitions or land seizures, even if there’s a slim chance of success.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 22 Sep. 2023
  • His brashness and unapologetic style of politics could give Christie a slim chance, but a chance nonetheless, at winning New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary.
    Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
  • The impasse, and the slim chance that the two political parties will be able to reach a compromise on the national debt in the near future, risk undermining the country’s legitimacy worldwide.
    Bytristan Bove, Fortune, 27 May 2023
  • If an award list only features public and later-stage startups with at least 1,000 employees, then a startup client that is just finding its momentum likely has a super slim chance of winning.
    Beck Bamberger, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Penalver, who turned 50 last Friday, was hospitalized in December and given a slim chance of survival — he was described by a close friend as incapacitated and unable to walk, eat or speak.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Niger’s neighbors are also threatening armed intervention against the junta run by the head of the presidential guard, although analysts say there is only a slim chance of the regional body successfully sending troops.
    Sam Mednick, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • Meanwhile, Niger’s neighbors are threatening armed intervention against the junta run by the head of the presidential guard, although analysts say there is only a slim chance of the regional body successfully sending troops.
    Sam Mednick, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2023

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