Sentence examples for said odds from inspiring English sources

Mr. Wilson said odds were good that he would once again drink and pass out, putting himself and possibly others at risk and demanding intervention from this city's frayed social safety net.

Racing officials have said odds can change after a race has begun because there is often a gap of several seconds between the time a bet is made at an off-track location and the time the information is received by the host track.

From: Hitchin, Hertfordshire Label: Virgin EMI File under: Earnest singer songwriter, authentic, hats What the critics said: "Odds-on favourites have been known to stumble, but you'd bet your mortgage on James Bay striding to stardom.

Michael Douglas says odds are he's beaten throat cancer.

U.S. government forecasters say odds are increasing that El Niño, an ocean-warming pattern that alters weather across the globe, will develop later this year.

Mr. Orr said the odds were 50-50.

Some antitrust experts said the odds were much worse.

But Mr. Sarukhan said the odds were against Mexico.

Still, he said, "the odds for a merger have increased".

With these three factors, he said, "the odds are not good" for its survival.

"In countries that are incubators of extremism, like Yemen," she said, "the odds are long.