Possibility

Examples

• Influenced by his predominant idea, he even fell into a habit of discussing with himself the possibility of her being in some way associated with it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Scientists in both England and America had realized the possibility of the telegraph before Morse built his first working outfit in his rooms on Washington Square. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• They had no sense of the other possibility, the gulf of the republican extremists, that yawned at their feet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• How voud it be in possibility to flock such fine fellow as dat? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The repeating rifle now seemed an interesting possibility and large sums were spent in developing a weapon of this type. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The apprehension was for the possibility of evil he imagined. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• As I hoped in the end to besiege Vicksburg I must first destroy all possibility of aid. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He did not care if in breaking Germany Europe was broken; his mind did not go far enough beyond the Rhine to understand that possibility. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He had hinted, beyond the possibility of mistaking him, that he suspected her of being the thief. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• If I had but most distantly imagined such a possibility---- Mrs. Yorke would still have beaten you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I am your old lawyer and your old friend, and I may remind you, I am sure, without offence, of the possibility of your marrying Sir Percival Glyde. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I can't wait to-day, said Will, inwardly seared by the possibility that Mr. Casaubon would enter. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I stand in no kind of peril, and I can by possibility be hurt at no one's hand. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• On my way to the village I prepared myself for the possibility of meeting Sir Percival. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Experience, with young people, easily illustrates the possibility and value of diffusion. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Without it the engine would have been too clumsy and slow for practical use, but with it the greatest possibilities of use appeared. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• This, in turn, has opened up possibilities of much higher speed and greater efficiency in the machine. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• To be man was as nothing compared to the possibilities of the creative mystery. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• If he tells you that socialism is against human nature, we have a perfect right to ask where he proved the possibilities of human nature. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The latter represents the possibilities of the former; not its existing state. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• After the fall of Carthage the Roman imagination went wild with the hitherto unknown possibilities of finance. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• After much discussion they appointed a committee to call on Sir Humphrey Davy and ask him to investigate the possibilities for them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• With improvements in safety there seems no limit to the possibilities of flight. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Because the way you have just been supposing there for a minute is how the possibilities of that attack look to those who have ordered it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• There was still a residue of personal property as well as the land, but the whole was left to one person, and that person was--O possibilities! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• At the same time the British government awakened to the great possibilities of Fulton’s device. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• It threw open the gates to the whole landscape of possibilities. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• The community of will is limited in size by the limitations set upon the possibilities of a community of knowledge. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The more the educator knows of music the more he can perceive the possibilities of the inchoate musical impulses of a child. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Huge possibilities have remained undeveloped because of the opposition of owners, forestallers, and speculators to their economical exploitation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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