PERHAPS in a Sentence

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If so, they would perhaps have noted that the white hoof and horn with which it had previously been marked had now been removed.

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 Meanings and Examples of PERHAPS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
perhaps
 ad.  by chance; used to express uncertainty
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  A man is suspected of a crime months perhaps after it has been committed.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER I. MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES
2  You broke the thread of my thoughts; but perhaps it is as well.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
3  When there, a fresh altercation arose between them, in the course of which Drebber received a blow from the stick, in the pit of the stomach, perhaps, which killed him without leaving any mark.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VI. TOBIAS GREGSON SHOWS WHAT HE CAN DO
4  But for the first time it occurred to him that he was eleven years old and that perhaps his great muscles were not quite what they had once been.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
5  If so, they would perhaps have noted that the white hoof and horn with which it had previously been marked had now been removed.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter X
6  She always meant to set up a house of her own; perhaps in Kensington, perhaps at Kew, so that she could have the benefit of the gardens.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
7  Or perhaps not a person's life; a county's.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 1
8  A hundred miles away, Mrs. Swithin said; no, perhaps a hundred and fifty.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 2
9  That was only scraps and fragments to all of them, excluding perhaps William Dodge, whom she called "Bill" publicly--a sign perhaps that he knew more than they did.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
10  They looked at the view; they looked at what they knew, to see if what they knew might perhaps be different today.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 4
11  The furniture was mid-Victorian, bought at Maples, perhaps, in the forties.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 5
12  And when she mounted the soap box in the centre, representing perhaps a rock in the ocean, her size made her appear gigantic.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
13  Then they talked as if they had known each other all their lives; which was odd, she said, as they always did, considering she'd known him perhaps one hour.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
14  yet delayed a moment, seeing through the golden glory perhaps a crack in the boiler; perhaps a hole in the carpet; and hearing, perhaps, the daily drop of the daily bill.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 11
15  If he could but once set eyes on him, he thought the mystery would lighten and perhaps roll altogether away, as was the habit of mysterious things when well examined.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
Example Sentence: (63 in 5 pages)
16  Many, perhaps all, Internet stocks are hugely overvalued.
17  If traipsing around shops does not appeal to you, perhaps using a catalogue will.
18  There will be occasional showers in southeast England, some of them perhaps heavy.
19  I would love to go abroad this year, perhaps to the South of France.
20  Making someone happy is perhaps the humblest way of approaching happiness.
21  This is perhaps the most difficult hurdle that we face.
22  If you can't afford a new copy of the book, perhaps you can find a second-hand one.
23  He went to church, perhaps seeking divine inspiration.
24  His very last paintings are perhaps the most puzzling.
25  This is perhaps her finest novel yet.
26  Behind them was a confusion of noise, perhaps even a shot, but he couldn't swear to it.
27  The play's message is perhaps too subtle to be understood by young children.
28  I think perhaps we should go indoors.
29  Perhaps it will, perhaps it won't.
30  Perhaps anger had clouded his vision, perhaps his judgment had been faulty.