How to Use by chance in a Sentence

by chance

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• These teams aren't assembled by chance; they are carefully curated for their specific skills and complementary strengths to deliver results.
  — Marcin Nowak, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
• If, by chance, Mbappe and Messi were to end the tournament with an equal number of goals and assists, the award would go to the player who achieved those goals/assists in the fewest number of minutes.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
• The pair had spent the previous night talking for hours after meeting by chance in the elevator of a youth hostel in Munich in May 1998.
  — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
• The actress and singer met Skrip by chance while the two were vacationing in Egypt, with Williams later recalling that their unexpected encounter blossomed into a lasting romance.
  — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
• The Reddit co-founder asked Williams to marry him at Rome’s Cavalieri Hotel—the same place where their paths first crossed by chance in May 2015.
  — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 July 2026
• Damon and Barroso have been together for over two decades, after crossing paths by chance in 2003 while Damon was filming Stuck on You in Miami, where Barroso was working as a bartender.
  — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 9 July 2026