Examples of 'by chance' in a sentence

Meaning of "by chance"

by chance: Happening unexpectedly or without planning. This phrase is used to describe events or situations that occur without deliberate intention
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  • Unexpectedly, accidentally; without foreplanning.
  • Possibly; perhaps.

How to use "by chance" in a sentence

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by chance
It is not by chance that he is now on your path.
You did not hit my money man by chance.
This is by chance the doctor found you.
I just ran into him again by chance.
I saw you by chance while going to the bathroom.
I told you misfortune does not come by chance.
It is only by chance that casualties were not greater.
This senseless violence did not occur by chance.
Just by chance we have one free room.
Studio open year round by chance or appointment.
It is not by chance that the mechanism was established.
There is nothing like by chance in this world.
By chance you had the car keys.
I found this book by chance in a secondhand bookstore.
By chance this diary fell into my possession.

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He learned the news by chance from a newspaper.
If by chance you came to my cabin and found.
The tricks played by chance always surprises me.
By chance a certain priest was going down that way.
We found them by chance and burnt them.
If by chance anything goes wrong during surgery.
I actually found her by chance on the plane.
I was by chance found in the recruitment magazine here.
Would care to meet by chance in the dark.
Quite by chance rather than by good fortune.
They found him laying there by chance.
They meet by chance and began to talk.
We just ran into each other by chance.
I met him by chance at the airport yesterday.
I suppose you just happened to be passing by chance.
Meeting him by chance and drinking tea.
I am saying you did not meet my wife by chance.
I saw her by chance the other day.
This choice did not come about by chance.
I found out by chance several years ago.
That situation had not arisen by chance.
I found this by chance and it moved my heart.
This car failure did not happen by chance.
I saw him by chance fighting in the street.
He was not called to that crime scene by chance.
You have not by chance seen a baby blanket.
I often saw them at many places by chance.
It could be just by chance what we happened to sample.
They will come by in a few minutes as if by chance.
Did you by chance read the excerpt.
A new breed can also arise by chance.
He came to us by chance before we were sold into slavery.
Souls never meet each other by chance.
I met him by chance long before her.
We did not pick you up that day by chance.

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