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chance upon

VERB
  1. find unexpectedly
    the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
    The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
    she struck a goldmine

How To Use chance upon In A Sentence

  • But because most don't have money - what little they had before the flood is now gone - they can't buy anything even if they chance upon a roadside vendor.
  • One of the soldiers chance upon a girl from a mysterious tribe, that is cursed such that its members who fornicate with outsiders will, together with them, transform into wolves.
  • You may chance upon some information that you can use to your advantage. The Sun
  • You may chance upon some information that you can use to your advantage. The Sun
  • Carmine stood listening to the sound of his footsteps retreating down the hall, and prayed that his most beloved friend would chance upon a greener feminine field in his own purlieu. TOO MANY MURDERS
  • Your true specimen of manuscript reader is the faithful old percheron who is content to go on, year after year, sorting over the literary pemmican that comes before him, inexhaustible in his love for the delicacies of good writing, happy if once or twice a twelve-month he chance upon some winged thing. Shandygaff
  • One of the soldiers chance upon a girl from a mysterious tribe, that is cursed such that its members who fornicate with outsiders will, together with them, transform into wolves.
  • You may chance upon some information that you can use to your advantage. The Sun
  • As from next year, there will be no domestic coverage of Test cricket, so no opportunity for hungover passers-by to accidentally chance upon such a thriller.
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