Examples of maybe in a Sentence
Adverb
maybe we can make it to the concert, if we hurry
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Looking further ahead, meteorologists are watching for a possible pattern shift closer to Christmas that could finally bring cooler air, and maybe a chance for a white Christmas.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
But that's a lot of maybes in what, at the heart of it, is a pretty straightforward test.
—Chris Haslam, Wired News, 30 Sep. 2025
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Adverb
Pinnick in a series of plays can fluster his coaches for extending a play when maybe throwing the ball away might be wiser.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Looking further ahead, meteorologists are watching for a possible pattern shift closer to Christmas that could finally bring cooler air, and maybe a chance for a white Christmas.
—Hayleigh Evans, AZCentral.com, 12 Dec. 2025
Noun
But a sleight of hand is at work; the maybes of one chapter become the assumptions of the next, and at times contrary evidence is entirely ignored.
—Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
But that's a lot of maybes in what, at the heart of it, is a pretty straightforward test.
—Chris Haslam, Wired News, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Maybe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maybe. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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