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Example sentences for "possibly"

Lexicographically close words:
possibilitie; possibilities; possibility; possible; possibles; possim; possimus; possint; possis; possit
  1. But one thing is certain--we must follow them up and prevent their getting hold of that treasure if we possibly can!

  2. We may possibly be lucky enough to find some entrance into the cave, although I must confess I doubt it.

  3. Possibly foreigners are the main cause of the promenade.

  4. Possibly to those who have been brought up with this idea the English custom of providing a small dressing-room for the husband and allowing madame paramount rights over the whole bedroom may seem unaccountably odd.

  5. This is more or less true of Etretat also, and possibly of Biarritz too, and no one who dreams of careless attire should come near these places during the season.

  6. Richardson and Mr. Hood of the scarcity of stores at these posts and to request them to procure all they possibly could on their route.

  7. Something had happened so that he could not possibly get away.

  8. It is then seven hours, possibly more, not less.

  9. They had forgiven dogmatisms voiced in such a hearty manner, and emphasised possibly with a slap on the back of the listener.

  10. The prisoner, who was still living, was possibly in the right.

  11. Possibly that was his intention as he crossed to his side; possibly that was his conviction as he heard himself--he--Victor Ramirez!

  12. And when, possibly from some unguarded expression of Lawyer Maxwell, it was reported that Gabriel Conroy was an impostor under an assumed name, all further speculation was deemed unnecessary.

  13. Possibly she might have got tired of waiting for me.

  14. A humane and possibly weak consideration for Mr. Hamlin in his new weakness and suffering restricts me to a mere outline of his extravagance of speech.

  15. It was a tempting bribe; possibly I listened more to the promptings of my heart than my interest.

  16. Possibly my regret will be deeper than yours that I cannot give you more.

  17. Was she doomed, not only to failure and an impoverished life, but also to the humiliation of receiving a lifelong, yet somewhat complacent pity from Graydon, and possibly the triumphant scorn of her rival?

  18. The surprise she had given him seemed a little thing--an act due possibly to vanity--compared with the sisterly accounts she might have written of her improvement.

  19. Possibly she would prefer a flirtation to fraternal regard; possibly--Oh, confound it!

  20. My God, how can a woman possibly feel unhappy, and she a queen?

  21. Or how, your majesty, can it possibly be with your permission that my lady the queen maintains a correspondence with Anne Askew?

  22. All she does might possibly be crammed into three hours a day; that is all she is paid for.

  23. Tony fails to understand how a gen'leman can possibly haggle over the hire of a boat.

  24. He has felt something more delicately, thought upon something more accurately, than he can possibly say.

  25. How on earth could you possibly have ever ever guessed it?

  26. Hard though it be, you must not care for it; remembering that more untruths were told of our Saviour and His Apostles than can possibly be told of you.

  27. God, and the most truly profitable in themselves, are all the while so handled by Satan as may be the most conducive to our ruin, if he can possibly contrive it?

  28. Did not Christ go through much more for you than you can possibly be called upon to undergo for Him?

  29. Who is there who can possibly so offend this bad world, as they whose very office is to remind the world of God and heaven?

  30. Why could he not have learned from her pure, delicate face that she might possibly be won by patient and manly devotion, but would be forever repelled from the man who wooed her like a Turk?

  31. He had been privileged to meet Laura Romeyn as her equal, at least in social estimation, and he might have made himself worthy of her esteem, and possibly of her affection.

  32. It might have been caused after his long fast by the anticipation of a lunch at the depot and a petit souper in the city, and the thought of washing both down with a glass of wine, or possibly with several.

  33. He was in the world's estimation, possibly in his own, a complete circle in himself, rounded out and perfect on every side.

  34. Then came the thought that possibly Mrs. Arnot had not told her who he was, and that she looked upon him as a mere clerk of low degree.

  35. Possibly they had but unconsciously obeyed the strong will of Mr. Beaumont, who wished their departure.

  36. One, or possibly two alpha particles are expelled with great velocity.

  37. In order to be certain that the helium, coming possibly from some other source, had not diffused through the thin walls of the tube A, the emanation was pumped out and helium substituted.

  38. Fearing he would break his little puppy teeth, or possibly die from frantic and persistent efforts to be free, I concluded to release him from the cabin.

  39. When my father speaks softly, my soul cannot possibly say, No.

  40. But the bashful child played about himself with his hands and feet so lustily, that nothing could possibly be caught and copied except the naked face without the pedestal, the thorax.

  41. The use of the plural domos and domibus may possibly denote that there were two hospitals, as at Canterbury and elsewhere—one for men and one for women.

  42. Three of these contain, as one of their ingredients, the Cerussa, or carbonate of lead; and the prefix CRSO may possibly stand as a contraction for Cerussa, implying the presence of this medicine in the collyrium.

  43. Possibly one focus or centre for the future spread and dissemination of syphilis was left in this French port by Pinzen’s crew, if they brought the infection with them; but I have nowhere found any allusion to this question.

  44. In other words, if we consider the disease prescribed for, we may possibly arrive at a knowledge of the drug prescribed.

  45. No male creature can possibly know what tortures I have to undergo.

  46. My child, how could I possibly live on YOU there?

  47. And then, can you--can you possibly make her happy in the long-run?

  48. He had everything before him; could he possibly go on wanting one who had nothing before her?

  49. I could not possibly falsify that speech of his.

  50. If the preceptor happens to be unendued with wisdom, the disciple cannot possibly behave towards him in a respectful or proper way.

  51. Were all the facts before me, they would do no more than reveal him, possibly in a quixotic, but at least in a nobly chivalrous light.

  52. Another name by which he was known was “The Sphinx,” possibly because of his silence, his aloofness, and the mystery with which he was supposed to surround himself.

  53. I am prepared to admit that this certainly was true 200 years ago, and possibly it was true even at the beginning of the last century.

  54. Watts-Dunton’s letter writing was possibly the outcome of his habit of procrastination.

  55. Possibly he thought of the author of Rab and His Friends, and decided that I was too young.

  56. The story may not be new and may not be true, but Whymper found huge enjoyment in the telling of it, possibly because he had himself the reputation of sharing Tennyson’s dislike to the intrusive stranger.

  57. A post-mortem examination would possibly have revealed some disease or degeneration of certain brain-cells which may account for much that is painful in his career and character.

  58. Possibly of Queen Victoria’s favourite gillie, who was generally pictured in kilts, whereas I wore knickerbockers.

  59. Truly the mind of man dreamt idly when it sought to discover what lay beyond; possibly because it sought to recognise itself in conditions in which Self should have been merged in something beyond Self.

  60. It was only one of the usual tricks of a trade which on a small scale cannot possibly be run straight.

  61. Dynamite could not possibly have been more disconcerting.

  62. He had told himself so hundreds of times since that evening, until there had grown up in him the conviction that this sort of thing could not possibly last for ever.

  63. Possibly because I have an idea that your opinion may be right," she replied coolly.

  64. He could not possibly take this for his answer, he must wait till the shock of Gwen's death had faded, until Aura became accustomed to the idea of her own love for him--for that she did love him he had little doubt.

  65. You knew what I was thinking about the very first time we met, and you could not possibly have been in love with me then.

  66. The Wesleyans were possibly schismatics; all other dissenters were heretics, and the Calvinistic Methodists the most distinctly dangerous heretics with whom he had to deal.

  67. An hour and a half at least ere they could possibly crest those further hills and drop down into the valley.

  68. Possibly the inhabitants of the desirable residences, many of which were still to let, had contemplated being carriage people and had failed of their intention.

  69. All-highest order to proceed to Pillnitz, the royal summer residence, without delay--a command I cannot possibly evade.

  70. As to Ferdinand, he acted the coward, left my letters unanswered and didn't make the slightest attempt to continue relations that might possibly turn out to his disadvantage.

  71. No doubt, his military superiors got orders to make his life as unhappy as they possibly can, and he retaliates.

  72. When the people of Feversham understood that it was the King they had in their custody, they changed their rough usage into all the respect they could possibly pay him.

  73. While I was thinking how I should possibly manage without them, one actually tumbled out of my head, and, rolling down the steep side of the steeple, lodged in the rain gutter which ran along the eaves of the main building.

  74. To show that certain movements might possibly be effected in a certain way, is very far from showing that they are actually so effected.

  75. In falling it took the same direction (possibly a concerted plot) as its fellow.

  76. Miss Preston came to Annapolis, possibly to learn something about midshipman life.

  77. My denial of the charge of having my shoes unlaced is the only answer that I can possibly make, sir.

  78. I don't take any disciplinary chances that can possibly shut me off from the career that Belle and I have planned.

  79. And when you lose the game to-day," continued Dan Dalzell, "it may be a comfort to you to know that you might possibly have won it if you had had Prescott and Holmes in your battle front.

  80. Every time that the pair of submarine boys thought they had the motor possibly ready to run Hal tried to start the motor.

  81. He began to think much of every trick of play that could possibly help to retire Dick Prescott to the background---all for the fame of the Navy and not for the hurt of his friend.


  82. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "possibly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    chance; perchance; perhaps; probably; seemingly; well


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    possibly because; possibly could