Sentence examples similar to throw chances from inspiring English sources

Whenever a foul is called, the wronged player gets a number of free throws – chances to score points for their team.

Open City, Teju Cole's contemplative novel about a man wandering around New York and the corridors of his own mind, reflecting on books, films and his Nigerian roots as the city throws chance encounters in his path, was much praised on both sides of the Atlantic when it first came out last year.

It is so frustrating to see a pupil who has been given last chance after last chance repeatedly throw those chances away.

He did not throw away chances tonight.

He pointed to the Knicks' 37-16 advantage in free-throw chances and said the Heat was no longer getting any respect from the league's referees.

I'm just saying, why throw a chance like this away?

I'd be sorry to see you throw your chance away now".

It would be a sin to throw that chance away by substituting cosmetic change for real reforms.

Luckily, Rudolph didn't throw her chance away for good.

He had thrown away chances to shine on and off the field, had lost all his money, had lived for a period on the streets.

Let's not throw away our chances by leaving it untouched in our toolbox.