How to use "possible" in a sentence
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I can think of three possible plans
I have to make this last as long as possible
"That's not possible!"
But if the destruction of the Union by one or by a part only of the States be lawfully possible, the Union is LESS perfect than before the Constitution, having lost the vital element of perpetuity.
So far as possible, the people everywhere shall have that sense of perfect security which is most favorable to calm thought and reflection
No foresight can anticipate, nor any document of reasonable length contain, express provisions for all possible questions
And while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous in any given case, still the evil effect following it, being limited to that particular case, with the chance that it may be overruled and never become a precedent for other cases, can better be borne than could the evils of a different practice.
Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
We are, I know, ready and willing to submit our lives and our property to such discipline, because it makes possible a leadership which aims at the larger good
Our Constitution is so simple, so practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form
Annie worked when possible, selling flowers or making clothes
But he had only arrived in England the year before, so how could he know the area as well as the Ripper? And is it possible that Jack the Ripper changed from savagely killing prostitutes to poisoning barmaids?
He had a morbid interest in the Ripper murders all his life, and it is possible that he sent 'Ripper' letters to the police
But it is very possible that they interviewed Jack the Ripper.
Now she spent as much time in the garden as possible, even when it was dark or raining
Everything is possible in a pod."
If that rose fruit came from outside, who knows what may be possible."
Sala spent every possible minute with Cham
We've been checking him as far as possible, too."
Anything is possible."
She finished her meal as quickly as possible
'Is it possible to repair the cupid, Madam?' said Mrs Danvers
'We'll keep it as short as possible, but I'm afraid the reporters will be there.'
'It's possible,' said Dr Baker slowly.
'I feel that we must get back to Manderley as soon as possible
That was possible, wasn't it? She had seen similar stories in the movies
Belatedly, as she pressed her fingertips to the words on the chalkboard, the possible meaning of them struck her
It was the only possible suspect
But how was that possible? How in the name of God could there be ice here, in a well-heated house and on a night when the outside temperature was at least twenty degrees above the freezing point?
What possible excuse could he have? What twisted logic could justify this sort of sick behavior? It was crazy, hateful.
"Don't you believe that's possible?"
Anything's possible."
"Tomorrow morning if possible."
"We're investigating a possible gas leak in the neighborhood."
Gas might be leaking under the concrete slab and building up down there, in which case it's possible you wouldn't detect it right away, but you'd still be sitting on top of a bomb."
Elliot and Tina sat as far from everyone as possible, in the last booth in the short wing of the restaurant.
"It's possible."
He didn't lock the doors, because it was possible that he and Tina would need to get into the car in a hurry when they returned.
Crouching low, trying to make as small a target of himself as possible, Elliot ran to where he had seen the snow move
"That isn't possible."
Tall lampposts were arrayed across this featureless plain, casting dim, reddish light that was severely directed downward to attract as little attention as possible from aircraft that strayed out of the usual flight patterns and from anyone backpacking elsewhere in these remote mountains
"It seems possible to me," Dombey said
Helene was so calm during the investigation that the doctors finally decided she was mad (something I had for a long time thought the only possible solution), so there was no trial
The great mystery was why my brother had so helpfully put his head under the hammer - the only possible explanation for his part in that night's events.
But there was no possible doubt because the fingerprints of his left hand were the same as those found all over his laboratory and up at the house.
What, then, could have made him put his head under that hammer? There were only two possible explanations
'And I remember your friend, Professor Augier, saying that the only possible explanation was that the stones had been disintegrated outside the house, had then come through the walls, and been reintegrated before hitting the floor or opposite walls
But I still don't understand how it is possible.'
'It's possible because the atoms that make up objects are not close together like the bricks of a wall
'And explains them in the worst possible way.'
And where's the weapon? I'd better call the police.' He picked up the telephone and gave the facts as simply as possible.
'Once I had made the decision to tell you, I wanted to do it as soon as possible
She counted her fingers, 'One, two, three, four, five, six - yes, and a possible seven
'And yet, is that possible? Mrs Protheroe would only have just left the study
'So that was it! Perfectly possible all the time.' She turned to me
'Do everything possible.'
Lawrence Redding deserves the heaviest punishment possible.' So he began to arrange the trap with Melchett
No one gave a thought to possible threats from other planets.
An ordinary engineer is much better educated than a common soldier, and they discussed, with some intelligence, the odd conditions of the possible fight.
Each of the Martians, standing in the great curve I have described, had used the tube he carried to fire a large cylinder over whatever hill, wood or other possible hiding-place for guns might be in front of him
It is possible that many people stayed in their houses through Monday morning
After several more hours on the road, they suddenly saw the sea and the most amazing crowd of ships of all types that it is possible to imagine.
As soon as I saw that escape was possible, my dream of action returned
When we saw that, we moved as slowly as possible out of the grey light of the kitchen and into the darkness of the hall.
They were the strangest creatures it is possible to imagine
There were two ideas in my mind - to get more food and to move, as quickly as possible, away from the pit.
It should be possible to find the position of the gun from which the shots came, to watch this part of the planet carefully and be ready.
I took every possible precaution so that there would not be gossip about a little black girl
'Jesus, is it possible that there is anything more important than that?'
Each narrator will describe what he saw with his own eyes, so that the narrative will be as truthful as possible, and the evidence will be presented as in a court of law.