Possibly

Examples

• They began to fear that possibly they had fallen upon the wrong crosses, and that the true cross was not with this number at all. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My head ached with wondering how it happened, if men were neither fools nor rascals; and my heart ached to think they could possibly be either. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In the afternoon comes Thaka, possibly, to complain that old Mungo has stolen his new wife. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Eustacia might possibly decline to use her pen--it was rather her way to work silently--and surprise him by appearing at his door. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But I don't think you dislike me--and you can't possibly think I want to marry you. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Possibly they mingled to a certain extent. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Mousterian Age implements, and all above it, are those of Neanderthal men or, possibly in the case of the rostro-carinates, of sub-men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• However, this was as good a road as we had found in Palestine, and possibly even the best, and so there was not much grumbling. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I didn't have much faith that it would work, expecting that I might possibly hear a word or so that would give hope of a future for the idea. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• She might then possibly hear whether Nicholas had been able to make his application to Mr. Thornton. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• A more satisfactory arrangement to both sides could not possibly have been adopted. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Possibly; I have already arranged my plan of action. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Possibly the first drawings began as children's drawings begin, out of idle scratchings. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Possibly you would rather return to Sola and your quarters. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The cave that I faced was not one of those that I had seen from the ground, and which lay much higher, possibly a thousand feet. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• In the few hours that I can possibly allow to elapse before I publish the truth, how is he to be found by us, and only by us? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• It was a pleasant reflection, though, that I did not hit him, because his master might just possibly have been a policeman. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Absolute exhaustion--possibly mere hunger and fatigue, said I, with my finger on the thready pulse, where the stream of life trickled thin and small. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I felt unusually alarmed, and trusting to the lightness of my heels I began to run as fast as I possibly could. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Possibly, if we could prove a bicycle to have been in his possession. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• This illusion, which created so much sensation in London and first known here as Pepper’s Ghost, I will endeavor to explain, and make the working of it as clear as I possibly can to the reader. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Damp, but not wet linen, may possibly give colds; but no one catches cold by bathing, and no clothes can be wetter than water itself. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• I am beginning, as well as you could possibly wish, he said. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She had as firm a belief in the sweetness and propriety of his manners as she could possibly have had if he had been Lord Chamberlain. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I alone know that your trumped-up story cannot possibly be true. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He cannot possibly object to being furnished with the opportunity of writing to his comrade three thousand miles away, of drinking pure water, or taking a walk in the park. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• I made it a rule to take as much out of myself as I possibly could, in my way of doing everything to which I applied my energies. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And what more could I possibly do, if I did believe it! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Besides, it is a useless expense, for how could you possibly find this Hosmer Angel? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Possibly they pronounced their consonants very hard and had rather indeterminate vowels, as is said to be still the case with tribes of South Arabia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

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