How to Use take a chance in a Sentence

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• There could be worse risks to take a chance on at this point in the draft, to be sure.
  — Paul Dehner Jr., New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
• The son of Deion Sanders now waits to see who will take a chance on him in Round Two.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2025
• 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
• If the Pats want to take a chance on a high-ceiling player, Green could be the guy.
  — Chad Graff, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
• 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
• So, somebody was going to take a chance on him on Day 3.
  — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025
• 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
• Buzz, or is Volkswagen's new EV too strange to take a chance on?
  — Charles Singh, USA Today, 7 May 2025
• Step into the action and take a chance at this new bonustion.
  — cleveland, 7 Jan. 2023
• So why take a chance, no matter how small, on taking a loss?
  — Tim Baker, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
• Film itself, and how people will and won’t find it or take a chance on it, has changed no less.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
• 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
• Their teams of 12 are filling up fast, and no one wanted to take a chance on him, at least not this season.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Shelters’ logic is to keep a dog or cat in a cage rather than take a chance with anyone age 60 or older.
  — Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025
• Based on those results, take a chance on a low-scoring Game 1 in Edmonton.
  — Nick Hennion, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
• Now’s the perfect time to take a chance on wide-leg jeans, considering this pair now comes in under $60.
  — Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2024