Examples of maybe in a Sentence
Adverb
maybe we can make it to the concert, if we hurry
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Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
On Saturday, Arctic air sets in ahead of the storm, with highs in the teens and feels-like temperatures in the single digits, maybe even sub-zero.
—Bill Kelly, CBS News, 22 Jan. 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
By the closing epilogue of the MM romance novel, the author must figure out how to create honest stakes for a gay couple in an overwhelmingly heteronormative context that threatens the heroes with societal subjugation and maybe even physical punishment.
—Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
On Saturday, Arctic air sets in ahead of the storm, with highs in the teens and feels-like temperatures in the single digits, maybe even sub-zero.
—Bill Kelly, CBS News, 22 Jan. 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
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“Maybe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maybe. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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