Examples of maybe in a Sentence
Adverb
maybe we can make it to the concert, if we hurry
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Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
This is nice thing about animation; in live-action maybe that would have had to be a conversation, unless your budget was extremely high.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
Below is a breakdown of how that world might look, taking the academy sensibility at face value but mixing in some what-ifs and maybes to keep things interesting.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2025
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Adverb
Easier, maybe, to imagine Blume rejecting the general proposition of an author biography, which seeks to root a subject’s work in their specific experiences, dislodging them from a supposedly neutral or unmarked position.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2026
This is nice thing about animation; in live-action maybe that would have had to be a conversation, unless your budget was extremely high.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 18 Mar. 2026
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
Below is a breakdown of how that world might look, taking the academy sensibility at face value but mixing in some what-ifs and maybes to keep things interesting.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for maybe
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“Maybe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maybe. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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