POSSIBLY in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for POSSIBLY, such as:
1. I must get a divorce if I possibly can.
2. Nobody can possibly suspect what he says.
3. I cannot possibly be hard upon your brother.
4. I feel much more than I can possibly express.
5. This last task is possibly the most difficult.
2. Nobody can possibly suspect what he says.
3. I cannot possibly be hard upon your brother.
4. I feel much more than I can possibly express.
5. This last task is possibly the most difficult.
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Meanings and Examples of POSSIBLY
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possibly
ad. to a degree possible of achievement or by possible means
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 For a horse, it was said, the pension would be five pounds of corn a day and, in winter, fifteen pounds of hay, with a carrot or possibly an apple on public holidays.
2 Plainly the letter had come by the laboratory door; possibly, indeed, it had been written in the cabinet; and if that were so, it must be differently judged, and handled with the more caution.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
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Context Highlight In CHAPTER INCIDENT OF THE LETTER
3 From Mr. Bounderby I have received every acknowledgment of my social station, and every recognition of my family descent, that I could possibly expect.
4 The visitor having strolled to the window, and being then engaged in looking carelessly out, was as unmoved by this impressive entry as man could possibly be.
5 Once again, Stephen had to conquer an instinctive propensity to dislike this old woman, though her manner was as honest and simple as a manner possibly could be.
6 I cannot possibly be hard upon your brother.
7 I seek to repair what is amiss, if I possibly can; and I hope you will assist me in a good spirit, Bounderby, for I have been very much distressed.
8 If lack of a child is going to disintegrate you, then have a child if you possibly can.
9 The bottles could not possibly have spilled: there wasn't room.
10 I must get a divorce if I possibly can.
11 By the end of eleven years, however, Mrs. Price could no longer afford to cherish pride or resentment, or to lose one connexion that might possibly assist her.
12 Mr. Bertram," said Miss Crawford, a few minutes afterwards, "you know Henry to be such a capital improver, that you cannot possibly engage in anything of the sort at Thornton Lacey without accepting his help.
13 I feel much more than I can possibly express.
14 'It couldn't possibly be done without,' replied Fagin, in a most decided manner.
15 Such as there were, hurried quickly past: very possibly without seeing, but certainly without noticing, either the woman, or the man who kept her in view.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 We don't want these rumours to spread if we can possibly avoid it.
2 Nothing can possibly excuse him for such rude behavior.
3 Exercise will not only lower blood pressure but possibly protect against heart attacks.
4 Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.
5 She was possibly the greatest writer of her generation.
6 There's more at stake here than you can possibly imagine.
7 It really is best to manage without any medication if you possibly can.
8 He couldn't fathom out what the man could possibly mean.
9 Nobody can possibly suspect what he says.
10 This is possibly their worst performance ever.
11 It may possibly rain, but it will probably be sunny again.
12 This last task is possibly the most difficult.
13 They possibly falsified the results to cover up the inadequacies of their theory.
14 If you catch a guy possibly responsible for the case, I have a feeling that more than one FBI agent would interrogate you.
15 But only for a minute--only while he could button the flower inside his jacket, next his heart--or next his stomach, possibly, for he was not much posted in anatomy, and not hypercritical, anyway.