Explore Perchance through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like possibly or perhaps. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Perchance in a sentence
Perchance meaning
Perhaps.
Synonyms of Perchance
Using Perchance
- The main meaning on this page is: Perhaps.
- Useful related words include: by chance, possibly, perhaps, maybe.
- In the example corpus, perchance often appears in combinations such as: perchance the.
Context around Perchance
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 1 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 3 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Perchance
- In this selection, "perchance" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fates, story, call, sold and allow stand out and add context to how "perchance" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include could i perchance call on and i have perchance omitted anything. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "perchance" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with perchance
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Perchance it is April Fool’s day? (7 words)
Perchance sold to someone with the initials, JRM? (8 words)
Could I perchance call on your expert advice on a matter of the heart? (14 words)
We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the old world some weeks nearer to the new; but perchance the first news that will leak through into the broad, flapping American ear will be that the Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough. (44 words)
Was it planned or was it just perchance?" citation Visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston compared the feather to an abstract painting: "It can mean so many things to so many different people." citation Forrest's life is not an ordinary one. (41 words)
Kurland's Perchance (1988), the first volume of the never-completed "Chronicles of Elsewhen", presents a multiverse of secretive cross-time societies that utilize a variety of means for cross-time travel, ranging from high-tech capsules to mutant powers. (40 words)
Perchance it is April Fool’s day? (7 words)
Could I perchance call on your expert advice on a matter of the heart? (14 words)
Perchance sold to someone with the initials, JRM? (8 words)
Example sentences (11)
Perchance it is April Fool’s day?
We are eager to tunnel under the Atlantic and bring the old world some weeks nearer to the new; but perchance the first news that will leak through into the broad, flapping American ear will be that the Princess Adelaide has the whooping cough.
Could I perchance call on your expert advice on a matter of the heart?
Perchance sold to someone with the initials, JRM?
And it was the goddess's aim and cherished hope that here should be the capital of all nations—should the fates perchance allow that.
If I have perchance omitted anything more or less proper or necessary, I beg indulgence, since there is no one who is blameless and utterly provident in all things.
Kurland's Perchance (1988), the first volume of the never-completed "Chronicles of Elsewhen", presents a multiverse of secretive cross-time societies that utilize a variety of means for cross-time travel, ranging from high-tech capsules to mutant powers.
That is the similitude of those who reject Our signs; So relate the story; perchance they may reflect.
The American musicals overwhelmed the old-fashioned British Coward/Novello-style shows, one of the last big successes of which was Novello's Perchance to Dream (1945, 1,021 performances).
The documentary Supersize Me describes how companies like McDonalds have been sued in the past, the plaintiffs claiming that it was the fault of their liminal and subliminal advertising that "forced" them to perchance the product.
Was it planned or was it just perchance?" citation Visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston compared the feather to an abstract painting: "It can mean so many things to so many different people." citation Forrest's life is not an ordinary one.
Common combinations with perchance
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: