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
• Buffett notes in his annual letter this year that there is a slim chance of a purchase that can be huge for Berkshire due to its size.
  — Bill Stone, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• 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
• Workers at small, unregulated mines like Ms. Forero, who still use dynamite sticks to open tunnels, have a slim chance of finding the emeralds that can change someone’s destiny.
  — Astrid Suárez, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2024
• Now of course this is a very, very slim chance that northern lights will be seen over Ohio, but conditions are looking good for a significant aurora show to occur somewhere on Earth this weekend.
  — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 10 May 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024