How to Use possible in a Sentence

possible

adjective
  • What possible good can it do to argue?
  • Advances in medicine have made it possible for people to live longer.
  • It is possible that she decided not to join us.
  • We tried to spend as little money as possible.
  • He is in the worst possible situation.
  • It is not physically possible to do everything you have planned in one day.
  • It is possible that life exists on other planets.
  • The weather report warned of possible thunderstorms tonight.
  • Thunderstorms are possible but not probable tonight.
  • The highest possible score is 100.
  • Still, that doesn’t mean 4.46 billion years is the oldest possible age of the moon.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Kendall, on the other hand, retreats from the light at the worst possible moment.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 28 May 2023
  • All of this is part of taking care that your path is as clean as possible.
    Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Set up to frustrate the Gunners by all means possible, the Magpies returned to the North East with a 0-0 draw.
    Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • What that means is a mad dash to get in as many big races as possible in the first two weekends of its 19-day meeting.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Using the tweezers or tick removal tool, grasp the tick as close to the skin's surface as possible.
    Tiffany Acosta arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2023
  • And again, our goal is to do all this stuff as truthfully as possible.
    Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The point was to let light in while trying to keep the electricity bill as low as possible.
    Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 10 June 2023
  • The land is in the hands of five families who have come together to agree to preserve as much of it as possible.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Still, neither of those possible drawbacks should stand in his way—if the board is convinced that Gitlin is the right person.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Despite the year of much less contact, I still felt bonded to them and reached out to the pastor to help me with my illness and possible death.
    Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
  • All of these things wouldn’t have been possible without you guys, Bunnies.
    Meghan Mahar, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Place vegetable gardens as close to your kitchen as possible, in full-day sun and where water is close by.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Mingione asks the former coach to show his face as often as possible.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 10 June 2023
  • Transplant as soon as possible, having dug a hole twice as wide and the same depth as the rootball before it was detached from the earth.
    Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Multiple people were required to sit on the couch, as well as pets and kids if possible.
    Alida Nugent, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch are possible.
    Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024
  • First, two kinds of Trader Joe’s cookies were recalled for the possible presence of rocks.
    Christian Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • So that means that number isn’t even possible to even fathom.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
  • Eu eagerly tries to cover as much ground as possible, but less might have been more here.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2023

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