Use possible in a sentence
Sentences ending with possible
- A party of young Puan bucks had decreed it to be their pleasure to encamp in Mr. Brady's yard, to peer through the shutters into Mr. Brady's house, to enjoy themselves by annoying Mr. Brady's family and others as much as possible. [9]
- And as I write these words, after the Italian retreat, a second revolution seems possible. [9]
- But it lies with you to prevent it from ever breaking out; for I should always endeavor to fulfill a kindly expressed wish, if it were possible. [10]
- I suppose he will prove a superfluity, but I have got him on my hands, and I mean that he shall be as little in the way as possible. [6]
- Among the objects which deserve special mention are the shrieking parrots and other birds and the yelping dogs in the grounds of the Society of Acclimatization,--out of the range of which the visitor will be glad to get as soon as possible. [6]
- There are dinners where the object seems to be to pocket all the balls as speedily as possible. [4]
- I heard you were ill and I tried to get up and go to you; but it was not possible. [11]
- Still, we will watch the signs and do so if possible. [7]
- The latter course was the only one possible. [11]
- No farther progress was possible. [10]
Short sentences using possible
- But how was this possible? [10]
- It did not seem possible. [11]
- Could it be possible? [9]
- Tom, is that possible? [5]
- Can it be possible? [2]
- How was it possible? [10]
- But was this possible? [10]
- It was perfectly possible. [9]
- But it isn't possible. [8]
- It's more than possible. [5]
Sentences containing possible two or more times
- T.] "Possible that you not it saw not," said Smiley, "possible that you--you comprehend frogs; possible that you not you there comprehend nothing; possible that you had of the experience, and possible that you not be but an amateur. [5]
- That no other woman is possible, or ever can be possible, for me should be a consideration with you, Honora. [9]
- Do your best to get out the largest vote possible, and of course as much of it as possible on the right side. [7]
- To think that thing might be possible to many; but to be brave enough to say it is possible to you only, I certainly believe. [5]
- It is possible that the roaring of the lion may be of some service to him by striking terror into his adversary; for when enraged he likewise erects his mane and thus instinctively tries to make himself appear as terrible as possible. [1]
- The best possible security for Pennsylvania is putting the strongest force possible in rear of the enemy. [7]
- But it is possible --unquestionably such a thing is possible. [5]
- It is only possible to capture prisoners if they agree to be captured, just as it is only possible to catch a swallow if it settles on one's hand. [2]
- Fulkerson was as little likely as possible to fall under a superstitious subjection to another man; but March could not help seeing that in this possible measure Dryfoos was Fulkerson's fetish. [8]
- Oh, Monsieur, it is not possible, it never could be possible! [11]
More example sentences with the word possible in them
- We must conceal your wish, to save Nitetis and Atossa from a possible disappointment. [10]
- Wishing to make your visit here as pleasant as we can, we wish you to notify us as soon as possible whether you come this way, how many, and when you will arrive. [7]
- Favour us with your decision as speedily as possible, ma'am. [12]
- But I tell you what: if you want to see something fine, you must go down as soon as possible to Sunburst. [11]
- I merely wished you to know, as soon as possible, that I did not intend to put my money into it. [9]
- Even Croesus, who you know is one of Amasis' well-wishers, and advises peace whenever it is possible, had not a word to say against it. [10]
- Is it possible you don't understand that yet? [7]
- Is it possible you can answer up, right off, and tell what anybody on the other side of the earth is doing, and yet can't tell what a person is doing who isn't three yards from you? [5]
- Arrived in New York he took lodgings near old Washington Square, where there were a few studios near the Bohemian restaurants and a life as nearly continental as was possible in a new country. [11]
- Would it not yet be possible to obtain her forgiveness and persuade her to pose as the model of his Arachne? [10]
- All the possible years of her life were gathered into the force of one dreadful moment--dreadful and wonderful. [11]
- This increase, however, would not have been possible had not these rude people spread into the adjoining districts, and worked for hire. [1]
- Such an event would no longer have been possible so near the city. [10]
- All the adults would marry or pair, and all the offspring, as far as that was possible, would be reared; so that the struggle for existence would be periodically excessively severe. [1]
- Though the Duke would have defied them, it behoved him to end the matter, if possible, before these envoys' arrival. [11]
- If possible, I would be very glad of another movement early enough to give us some benefit from the fact of the enemy's communication being broken; but neither for this reason nor any other do I wish anything done in desperation or rashness. [7]
- It must have worn a different aspect to Ruth, for she entered into its pleasures at first with curiosity, and then with interest and finally with a kind of staid abandon that no one would have deemed possible for her. [5]
- To study nature without fear is possible, but without reproach, impossible. [6]
- It was possible with this man to fully test one's respect for age, which is in all civilized nations a duty. [4]
- Friend," he added, with the winning insistence that few found it possible to resist, "if all be well, and we go thither, wilt thou become the governor-general yonder? [11]
- He contented himself with sneering at the thought that it was possible for the Supreme Court ever to make such a decision. [7]
- It is curious, with his tendency to optimism and general expansion of futures, that he says nothing of the possible sales of the new book, or of his expectations in that line. [5]
- Fire is fought with fire, and you would be using all possible means to do what you esteem a great good. [11]
- Caesar had come with a force by no means equal to theirs, and it might be possible to draw the mighty general into a snare. [10]
- I hope he will put all possible energy and speed into the effort. [7]
- And now it will never, never be possible to put it right. [2]
- Perhaps the new-comer will make love to her,--I should think it possible she might fancy him. [6]
- But Judge Douglas will have it that all hands must take this extraordinary decision, made under these extraordinary circumstances, and give their vote in Congress in accordance with it, yield to it, and obey it in every possible sense. [7]
- Most of them will be wives, and every American-born husband is a possible President of these United States. [6]
- Young people, especially, who have a bone-factory at work in them, and have to feed the living looms of innumerable growing tissues, should be provided for, if possible, by those who love them like their own flesh and blood. [6]
- The blue and white beauty of the sky proclaimed all things possible for the strong; and the air was vibrant with the sweet music of bells, calling her to happiness. [9]
- But something occurred, while she was in this mood, that did not shock her maidenly self-consciousness, nor throw her into antagonism, but which did bring her face to face with a possible reality. [4]
- Of all that which a President might constitutionally and justifiably do in such a case, everything was forborne without which it was believed possible to keep the government on foot. [7]
- Meanwhile she inquired whether it might be possible to get four horses at the next change, and she offered five gold pieces to a man who would ride on ahead of them and secure the team. [11]
- He knew that when it was possible she would never fail to come to the mark where he was concerned, and she had equal faith in him. [11]
- It chanced that, when an impasse seemed possible to be broken only by force, a telegram came to John Grier at Montreal telling him of the difficulty. [11]
- But we found what we sought, the most suitable house possible, whose landlady proved to have been trained as a cook in a Frankfort hotel. [10]
- She knew not what name to give it, yet it was only too possible that, in spite of her recent experiences, it might overpower her again on the morrow. [10]
- I called up what looks of candour were possible to me, and told him bluntly that I wished Voban to bear a letter for me to the Seigneur Duvarney's. [11]
- The members of what had once been an army--Napoleon himself and all his soldiers fled--without knowing whither, each concerned only to make his escape as quickly as possible from this position, of the hopelessness of which they were all more or less vaguely conscious. [2]
- Now, entering into Weyrother's plan, Prince Andrew considered possible contingencies and formed new projects such as might call for his rapidity of perception and decision. [2]
- But Joshua's warriors were too much exhausted for it to be possible to lead them onward at once. [10]
- And if this were possible, if these two could be happy in love and honor, should she Klea come between the couple to divide them? [10]
- I wish it were possible to grow a variety of grape like the explosive bullets, that should explode in the stomach: the vine would make such a nice border for the garden,--a masked battery of grape. [4]
- Ah, if it were only possible to conciliate this man. [10]
- Even if that were not possible, there was plenty of gold on the ship, and every piece of it was good money. [11]
- All possible arrangements were made to render her journey comfortable. [6]
- If the Seigneur were killed in the encounter--he must defend himself now-- what a miserable notoriety and possible legal penalty and public punishment! [11]
- If so, they were generous designs; and perhaps it was inevitable that Miss Lucretia should recognize in every young woman of spirit and brains a possible recruit for the cause. [9]
- It may be well to look at the prospects before us, if a peace is established on the basis of Southern independence, the only peace possible, unless we choose to add ourselves to the four millions who already call the Southern whites their masters. [6]
- We were pretty well fagged out, now, but as we did not wish to miss the Alpine sunrise, we got through our dinner as quickly as possible and hurried off to bed. [5]
- Let him, say we, have general law in advance (guarded in every possible way against fraud), so that, when he acquires a legal right, he will have no occasion to wait for additional legislation; and if he has practiced fraud let the courts so decide. [7]
- How often do we spoil our best chances by following an urgent instinct to arrive at certainty as early as possible, and by not being strong enough to postpone opening our business till a favorable moment offers. [10]
- In the text we have reconstructed it as far as possible from the accounts of classical writers. [10]
- In the troubled waters of conflicting and intersecting intrigues that eddied about the Emperor's headquarters, it was possible to succeed in many ways unthinkable at other times. [2]
- Philippus, as he watched her, had to control himself sternly, and as soon as possible he took his leave. [10]
- Priest as he was, it is possible that De Casson shared the young man's feeling, though chastening years had overcome impulses of youth. [11]
- His natural impulse was to hurry to the States and save his sister if possible, for he loved her with a deep and abiding affection. [5]
- If possible, he was to bring them alive before the imperial judgment seat, and recover for the Eysvogels the merchandise of which they had been robbed. [10]
- As Pyramus Kogel was staying in Landshut, she wrote a note entreating him, if possible, to come to Ratisbon to tell her about her father, or, if this could not be, to inform her by letter how he fared. [10]
- And so it was possible to have delightful music, and see the honest Germans drink beer, and gossip in friendly fellowship and with occasional hilarity. [4]
- And while Wetherell was pondering over the possible meaning of these words the Honorable Alva Hopkins entered, wreathed in smiles, and closed the door behind him. [9]
- Life to him was one long possible Donnybrook Fair. [11]
- The transformation, indeed, was more remarkable than he could have believed possible, for respectability itself would seem to have been regained by a costume, and the abundance of her remarkable hair was now repressed. [9]
- But the American was in a fever of impatience, desirous, if possible, to get on that night. [4]
- But all England was in a conspiracy to do everything possible to make my visit agreeable. [6]
- Mr. King himself was going south in the morning, if travel were possible. [4]
- And then there was Frau Lieutenant Beyer, our neighbour in the house, whose husband was on the general staff, asking: "How is it possible? [10]
- The huge building was filled in all parts by the followers of the embassy, nearly three hundred in number, and by the high guests themselves, to whom every possible attention was paid. [10]
- I said there was divorce, and she replied I'd done it with my eyes open, and had signed our names in the book of the hotel as Mr. and Mrs. Carnac Grier and divorce would not be possible. [11]
- My brother's wife was astonished; and represented to her the hardships and fatigues of such a trip, and said my mother might possibly not even survive them; and said there could be no possible interest for her in such a meeting and such a crowd. [5]
- Everything, he said, was arranged and formed wisely and in the best possible manner, but in one respect nature fared badly in the presence of adepts. [10]
- Besides, if there was any catastrophe, any trouble, coming, or possible, that might hasten it, or, at least, give it point. [11]
- Above all, there was a sculptor's revolving stand, supporting a bust which Beaton was modelling, with an eye fixed as simultaneously as possible on the clay and on the head of the old man who sat on the platform beside it. [8]
- But if the war was to come, I must settle what was to be done at Gordon's Pride with all possible speed. [9]
- After the final war of 1815 Alexander possesses all possible power. [2]
- Celebrities in every walk of life, persons of social and official rank, writers for the press, assembled there on terms hardly possible in any other home in Vienna. [5]
- Forestalling a possible vote on the morrow to recall and reconsider, there remained some sixty members whose loyalty was unquestioned, but whose reputation for discretion was not of the best. [9]
- Let the new volunteer forces be brought forward as fast as possible, and especially into the camps on the two sides of the river here. [7]
- Langeron, trying as virulently as possible to sting Weyrother's vanity as author of the military plan, argued that Bonaparte might easily attack instead of being attacked, and so render the whole of this plan perfectly worthless. [2]
- This seemed all very well and possible, so long as the time was set for some date in the future still unfixed. [5]
- I thought it very possible she might be with us still for weeks; and a few hours afterwards, she was in eternity. [14]
- She found it very hard to speak of her troubles, even to Miss Lucretia, and she would have kept this secret even from Jethro, had it been possible. [9]
- This is a very curious and interesting circumstance, and is a withering rebuke to those philosophers who would make us believe that it is not possible for any portion of the earth to fly off into space. [5]
- As for Dudley Venner, no beauty in all the world could have so soothed and magnetized him as the very repose and subdued gentleness which the Widow had thought would make the best possible background for her own more salient and effective attractions. [6]
- Fluctuations in the value of currency are always injurious, and to reduce these fluctuations to the lowest possible point will always be a leading purpose in wise legislation. [7]
- You will be vaccinated against every possible commission of them. [5]
- But now tell us why you are obliged to leave Egypt, that we may consider whether it may not be possible to get the king's decree reversed, and so keep you with us. [10]
- The relation between us and our teachers was so natural and affectionate that it seemed as if no other was possible. [10]
- The guide showed us a coffee-colored piece of sculpture which he said was considered to have come from the hand of Phidias, since it was not possible that any other artist, of any epoch, could have copied nature with such faultless accuracy. [5]
- The bad effect upon the November election, and especially the giving the State government to those who will oppose the war in every possible way, are too much to risk if it can be avoided. [7]
- Starvation in the uplands was not an unheard-of thing; he did not, however, worry at all on that score, and feared only his possible inability to supply the needs of a woman in a weakened and extremely delicate condition. [13]
- You must be up to the time you promised, if possible. [7]
- We stirred them up and redisposed them in such a way as to make our bed as level as possible. [5]
- Mr. Gregory smiled; undertook, as delicately as possible, to convey to Mr. Greenhalge the ways of the world, and of the political world in particular, wherein, it seemed, everyone was a good fellow. [9]
- It was dark: Uarda ceased weeping and said to the surgeon: "Can it be possible that he has gone into the city to borrow the great sum of money that thou--or thy temple--demanded for thy medicine? [10]
- There we have two specimens of these Neapolitans--two of the silliest possible frauds, which half the population religiously and faithfully believed, and the other half either believed also or else said nothing about, and thus lent themselves to the support of the imposture. [5]
- The sight of two gold pieces made the thing possible in the landlord's eyes, and Madame Marie urged no more, but found some refreshment, of which she gently insisted that Madelinette should partake. [11]
- Though by the twentieth of August nearly all the Rostovs' acquaintances had left Moscow, and though everybody tried to persuade the countess to get away as quickly as possible, she would not hear of leaving before her treasure, her adored Petya, returned. [2]
- Having found the Truth; perceiving that beyond question man has but one moving impulse--the contenting of his own spirit--and is merely a machine and entitled to no personal merit for anything he does, it is not humanly possible for me to seek further. [5]
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