How to Use take a chance in a Sentence

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• Given his hot start to the year, now might be a good time to take a chance on that.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
• Pick one of the plastic eggs and take a chance by cracking it on your head.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2022
• Logo was the first place to take a chance on us, which at the time seemed like, ‘Oh, Logo?
  — Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 18 June 2024
• Sometimes, a tiger is hungry enough to take a chance with a bear.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 21 Feb. 2024
• To play it safe or take a chance -- that's the question the universe is asking you.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2023
• Still those who tell the lies are willing to take a chance, risking the lives of everyone in the school.
  — Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
• Step into the action and take a chance at this new bonustion.
  — cleveland, 7 Jan. 2023
• On Tuesday, Perkins did, torching the program that didn’t take a chance on him.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2023
• Time will tell if any NFL team will want to take a chance on the longtime veteran.
  — Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
• Leonard’s luck took a turn Feb. 15, when a new owner decided to take a chance on him.
  — Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
• For that reason, Martial had to take a chance on himself.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 31 Jan. 2023
• Not one store or business in his small Iowa town would take a chance on a young man born without arms.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
• Don't take a chance with the potential health risks that mold and mildew can cause you and your family.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2024
• Don't take a chance with the potential health risks that mold and mildew can cause you and your family.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Nov. 2022
• The Rangers needed to lock down a one-run game; Bochy didn’t take a chance with a reliever more prone to walk trouble.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 3 Apr. 2023
• The perfect moment to trust my gut, to quit a job and take a chance on myself as a full-time freelance writer.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Aug. 2023
• But also, a lot of the time, people don’t want to take a chance on teaching someone something.
  — WIRED, 27 Feb. 2023
• Trump may not want to take a chance on a major initiative that could fail to get Putin and Xi on board or break down in the middle of the process.
  — Lewis A. Dunn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
• Edwards is also young enough, and presumably cheap enough, for the Pacers to take a chance on him.
  — James Boyd, The Indianapolis Star, 5 July 2022
• Based on those results, take a chance on a low-scoring Game 1 in Edmonton.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
• Many of these screenings still have tickets available or there will be rush lines for those willing to take a chance on getting in.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
• The coffee chain decided to take a chance on the unique flavor, doing a test rollout to about 100 stores in the United States and Canada.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Aug. 2023
• Francis owns that movie because nobody would take a chance on it, even after The Godfather.
  — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2024
• Boston Private had long been a preferred banker for these schools, willing to take a chance on them when the sector was in its infancy here.
  — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023
• But his experience in the Homer community prompted him to take a chance on his own place.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2022
• The Clippers only gave up some Steve Ballmer spare change to take a chance on a veteran point guard who goes to the basket, their only needs other than some health.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2023
• With only $200 in her savings account, Wright decided to take a chance on herself.
  — Michael Gioia, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2023
• Washington also helped persuade Luhrmann to take a chance on Butler.
  — New York Times, 25 May 2022
• In the finale, however, James receives a call that one team has in fact decided to take a chance on him, and his dream of making it to the big leagues has been realized.
  — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2024
• His talent might be enough to entice another team to take a chance, and maybe even send the Red Sox someone who might actually help.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 13 Feb 2025