POSSIBLE in a Sentence

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The young pigs were piebald, and as Napoleon was the only boar on the farm, it was possible to guess at their parentage.

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 Meanings and Examples of POSSIBLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
possible
 a.  able to be done
 a.  may be true or may be the case
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  On thinking the matter over, it must have occurred to him that it was possible that he had lost the ring in the road after leaving the house.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
2  The animals were happy as they had never conceived it possible to be.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
3  These two disagreed at every point where disagreement was possible.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
4  It was possible to foresee that the coming winter would be a hard one.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
5  The animals watched his coming and going with a kind of dread, and avoided him as much as possible.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
6  The young pigs were piebald, and as Napoleon was the only boar on the farm, it was possible to guess at their parentage.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IX
7  No escape was possible; meeting was inevitable.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 3
8  It is possible that the postoffice may fail me, and this letter not come into your hands until to-morrow morning.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
9  Jekyll was no worse; he woke again to his good qualities seemingly unimpaired; he would even make haste, where it was possible, to undo the evil done by Hyde.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
10  It was even harder than he could have believed possible, to separate in his own conscience his abandonment by all his fellows from a baseless sense of shame and disgrace.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV
11  She had made the slightest action possible, as if she would have risen in a hurry and gone away.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
12  With all possible respect both for Mr. Gradgrind and for Mr. Bounderby, I think I perceive that he has not been fortunate in his training.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
13  The Pilgrim mounted with more deliberation, reaching, as he departed, his hand to Gurth, who kissed it with the utmost possible veneration.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
14  De Bracy, and other knights attached to Prince John, in obedience to a hint from him, had joined the party of the challengers, John being desirous to secure, if possible, the victory to that side.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
15  There was, however, as much of bold frankness in the knight's countenance as was possible to be expressed by features.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  It takes a long time to work around to mentioning a possible increase in pay.
17  He referred the matter to the Attorney General for possible action against several newspapers.
18  I am anxious to avoid any possible misunderstanding.
19  Try to avoid losing your temper if at all possible.
20  They become obsessed with trying to equip their vehicles with gadgets to deal with every possible contingency.
21  Entering the realm of Nirvana is only possible for those who have become pure.
22  Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens.
23  If possible, select pairs of fish that already have a track record for breeding.
24  Try to exercise as often as possible.
25  I'll try to be as inconspicuous as possible.
26  You'd better give us as much factual evidence as possible.
27  The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
28  The report outlined possible uses for the new weapon.
29  It's just not physically possible to finish all this by the end of the week.
30  It's still possible for the losers to be pipped by West Germany for a semi-final place.