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Example sentences for "would never"

  • I would never think of running a hundred miles to see an old lady who will, perhaps, be dead before you reach her: besides, you say she cast you off.

  • If I were mademoiselle, I would never consent to go with you.

  • He answered emphatically but calmly-- "A female curate, who is not my wife, would never suit me.

  • But I won't allow that, seeing that it would never suit my case, as I have made an indifferent, not to say a bad, use of both advantages.

  • No, he would never by any cowardliness of his give occasion to the enemy to blaspheme the gospel.

  • More than that, there's no saying when we may come home again; and it would never do to take him away for an indefinite time.

  • He replied to her fervid entreaties, that he would never be able to get up the narrow stairs without Bob; where was Bob, would nobody fetch Bob?

  • She had an extraordinary repugnance to dining in company; would never do so, if it were possible to escape.

  • It died away at last in the great distance, with a low continuous rumbling as if it would never cease.

  • Or she might find things such that her uncle must see the necessity of turning him away; as the place belonged to her, he would never go dead against her!

  • He wished to learn how to handle tools and machinery which it would never pay a "one-horse farmer" to own.

  • It would never do for Hiram to show fear.

  • And now it would never be like that again--it had opened dazzling bright.

  • Dancing had not begun yet, but the band had stopped tuning, and the noise was so great it seemed that when it did begin to play it would never be heard.

  • Linda knew that he would never change, but she said, "Is it too late, even now?

  • I knew it would never prosper," groaned her father; "such marriages never do.

  • I would never pardon an air of deceit; those I love must be straightforward, honest, and sincere always.

  • If you prayed for long years, I would never return to you nor speak to you again.

  • Ronald smiled at his mother's words, and told her he would never fail in her service.

  • Now, you see," said Anna to her father, "I told you it would never happen if the Missus can help it.

  • If they were to refer the Bill to a Select Committee, it would never be passed this year.

  • Alexander dictated the terms of the oath, and his brother agreed and gave his word that he would never in his life take a wife in marriage.

  • Among the messengers who came was John, that trusty man, for he would never be a witness or messenger of any news which was not true, and which he did not know for a certainty.

  • My lady, who is sitting there, at once recalled to me my word, and said that I had promised her that I would never go forth from here until there should come some knight who should conquer me by trial of arms.

  • She thrilled again and believed she would never think of that starry night's adventure without a thrill.

  • Obviously the situation was unfair to him; and if by some strange accident he escaped unscathed by Dorothy's beautiful eyes he would never be able to withstand Helen's subtle and fascinating and imperious personality.

  • There was silent darkness for so long that when the window casements showed gray she believed it was only fancy and that dawn would never come.

  • That if he were threatened by all the swords in England, he would never yield.

  • As it would never do to be without coals, and as the King's troops could make no head against the Covenanters so full of gloomy zeal, a truce was made, and a treaty with Scotland was taken into consideration.

  • Besides, since his return, he would never write in her presence, did he fear that she would notice some difference?

  • He long deceived himself with the idea that the English, who had sold Parga to him, would never allow a Turkish fleet to enter the Ionian Sea.

  • New York, situated as she is, would never be unwise enough to oppose a feeble and unsupported flank to the weight of that confederacy.

  • But it will not follow, that because it might be rarely exercised, it would never be exercised.

  • And on his counsel being declined, Lord Elcho took leave of him with a bitter execration, swearing he would never look on his face again, and kept his word.

  • He held it open for her, but, as she passed, caught her in his arms and kissed her lips as if he would never stop.

  • Why should she be sorry for herself, she who had everything in life she wanted--except love--the love she had thought she would never want?

  • If one could spend one's life galloping, sailing over fences; if it would never stop!

  • Summerhay, who loved Gyp, was not tired of her either physically or mentally, and even felt sure he would never tire, had yet dallied for months with this risk which yesterday had come to a head.

  • He would never have to eat coconut again.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "would never" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    call you; would answer; would cost; would deliver; would drive; would endeavor; would expect; would form; would get; would just; would lead; would necessarily; would rather; would read; would receive; would save; would say; would scarcely; would see; would shoot; would take too long; would teach; would that; would want; would write; would yield