The green velvet upholstery of the small wing chairs on either side of the hearth beckoned, but sitting was a chancy proposition.

Yet at the thought of the whole family for once approving, for once seeing her as an asset rather than a very chancy proposition, her heart beat faster.

Improving game production is evidently more important than the announcers' assessments of teams, which, given the spate of annual surprises, can be chancy propositions.

Sounds like a chancy proposition.

Loving men was a chancier proposition.

Predicting the weather even a month ahead in even the vaguest and most general terms has been a chancy proposition given the atmosphere's chaotic behavior.

He still had to get past, and that was a much chancier proposition when none of Churnazh's personal guardsmen accompanied him.

Ordering fish is a chancy proposition.

This second chance led him to later reflect that "life itself is such a chancy proposition that the only way to live is by taking great chances."

The trade of Clint Malarchuk, the goalie, leaves the job to Mario Gosselin, a chancy proposition at best.