How to Use would in a Sentence

would

verb
  • But that would’ve been the easy way out, and that just didn’t feel right to me.
    Esme Mazzeo, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Colonists would spend the day praying in church and then share a big meal.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Nov. 2020
  • How would use of this app make a different in a renter's life?
    Rachel King, Fortune, 17 July 2022
  • What is one thing people would be surprised to find out about you?
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2023
  • So my advice would be to get in touch with your own emotions first.
    Calie Schepp, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The question is what would those teams be willing to give up to get a deal done?
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2021
  • How would the little fella get to the other side of the busy street?
    Emma Balter, Chron, 17 May 2022
  • The other looming question was what would go on the front page.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 28 May 2022
  • Getting some payback sure would be a sweet start to the season.
    Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Get Out the Vax campaign knew their goal wouldn't be easy to reach.
    Briah Lumpkins, The Enquirer, 6 July 2021
  • The Yankees would like to make this weekend their last trip here of the year.
    courant.com, 25 Sep. 2021
  • The people at the front of the line for the new vaccine would be health care workers.
    From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 5 Dec. 2020
  • The next step would have been to schedule a public hearing to judge the case against him.
    Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 13 July 2020
  • That would be fun to compare pictures over the space of 100 years.
    Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2020
  • Nice catch from the rookie, but would still like to see more YAC.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Losing Posey for any amount of time would be a big blow for the Giants.
    David Brandt, ajc, 5 July 2021
  • On weekends, the family would go to the park, the movies or the skating rink.
    James Marson, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The top suspects would likely be the very places where home prices are already falling the fastest.
    Lance Lambert, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • So would the risk of a $20 million ace pulling his hamstring while running the bases.
    Tim Bielik, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Heavy drinking would be at least eight drinks for women and at least 15 drinks for men over the course of a week.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 30 May 2021
  • To remove Snyder, 75 percent of them would have to vote for it.
    Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 29 July 2022
  • Climbing the chapel would've been quite the feat, as parts of the building reach up to 163 feet in height.
    Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2021
  • In nearly every aspect, Texas Tech would like to throw this game in the garbage.
    Ryan Mainville, Dallas News, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Williams felt Harsin would be the right guy to establish the culture Auburn stands for.
    Giana Han, al, 12 Apr. 2021
  • If Jackson works out as a running back, would a move back to QB make sense?
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The execution would be the first of three in the coming months in Missouri.
    Jim Salter, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2022
  • That would mean the first Sunday the new law could take effect is July 30.
    Jim Morrill, charlotteobserver, 5 July 2017
  • By the end of the month, 10 people – six of them Black men like Howard – would die in shootings.
    oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Last year, the network announced that the 15th season, of which the first half has already aired, would be the last.
    Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 20 Aug. 2020

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