POSSIBILITY in a Sentence

Learn POSSIBILITY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for POSSIBILITY, such as:
1. There was no possibility of rest.
2. It is not beyond the bounds of possibility.
3. I never consider the possibility of defeat.
4. The possibility of error cannot be absolutely excluded.
5. The possibility of enhancing one's knowledge is limitless.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of POSSIBILITY
possibility
 n.  capability of existing or happening or being true
 n.  a future prospect or potential
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  From a drop of water," said the writer, "a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
2  Confident as I am that you will not trifle with this appeal, my heart sinks and my hand trembles at the bare thought of such a possibility.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
3  Upon the reading of this letter, I made sure my colleague was insane; but till that was proved beyond the possibility of doubt, I felt bound to do as he requested.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
4  The Jew looked somewhat astounded at this possibility; but collecting his courage, he replied hastily.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
5  Few augured the possibility that the encounter could terminate well for the Disinherited Knight, yet his courage and gallantry secured the general good wishes of the spectators.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
6  She could scarce conceive the possibility of her will being opposed, far less that of its being treated with total disregard.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
7  Then seating herself with a gentleman on each side, she resumed the conversation which had engaged them before, and discussed the possibility of improvements with much animation.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
8  We were unlucky, Miss Price," he continued, in a lower tone, to avoid the possibility of being heard by Edmund, and not at all aware of her feelings, "we certainly were very unlucky.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
9  She began to feel the possibility of his turning out well at last; but he was and must ever be completely unsuited to her, and ought not to think of her.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
10  There was no possibility of rest.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
11  His unsettled affections, wavering with his vanity, Maria's decided attachment, and no sufficient principle on either side, gave it possibility: Miss Crawford's letter stampt it a fact.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVI
12  Anne could just acknowledge within herself such a possibility of having been induced to marry him, as made her shudder at the idea of the misery which must have followed.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
13  Mrs Clay's affections had overpowered her interest, and she had sacrificed, for the young man's sake, the possibility of scheming longer for Sir Walter.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
14  Once let a maiden admit the possibility of her being stricken with love for someone at a certain hour and place, and the thing is as good as done.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 6 The Two Stand Face to Face
15  To argue upon the possibility of culture before luxury to the bucolic world may be to argue truly, but it is an attempt to disturb a sequence to which humanity has been long accustomed.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 2 The New Course Causes Disappointment
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  The possibility of error cannot be absolutely excluded.
2  The possibility of defeat finally galvanized us into action.
3  It is not beyond the bounds of possibility that we'll all meet again one day.
4  We can exclude the possibility of total loss from our calculations.
5  It is not beyond the bounds of possibility.
6  A successful outcome is not beyond the realms of possibility.
7  I began to muse about/on the possibility of starting my own business.
8  Moving to London is certainly a possibility - I wouldn't dismiss it out of hand.
9  The possibility of another stalking horse challenge this autumn cannot be ruled out.
10  The possibility of an interest rate cut is a major talking point in the City.
11  As women increasingly went out to work, the possibility of a conflict of loyalties became stronger.
12  I never consider the possibility of defeat.
13  I waited, hoping for an opportune moment to discuss the possibility of a raise.
14  It is precisely the possibility of realizing a dream that makes life interesting.
15  The possibility of enhancing one's knowledge is limitless.