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.
  • Do all that's possible to care for her and keep her at Monique's home.
    — Marc Snegg, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Yet the goal was the same: Secure as many outs as possible.
    — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Lift one leg to the side, trying to keep your body as still as possible.
    — Hilary Achauer, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
  • Still, that doesn’t mean 4.46 billion years is the oldest possible age of the moon.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2023
  • On switch to turn your life upside down in the best way possible.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The job is to create the sickest movie in your head possible.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Temps will dip to around 32 degrees and about a half-inch of snow is possible.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The world was upside down in Maryland, in the best possible way.
    — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Find Bidunga and keep him off the glass as much as possible.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Mar. 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
  • If this is not possible, try to record in a place without echo.
    — Kristen Moon, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The Americans push their speedy wingers forward, make the field as wide as possible, and have the courage to play out of the back.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Thoroughbred farms aim for mares to give birth on the first day of the year or as close as possible.
    — The Courier-Journal, 13 Apr. 2023
  • During the day, open curtains and blinds to let in as much light as possible.
    — Cathy Habas, SELF, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Lie flat on your back with your feet facing the south and look up, taking in as much of the sky as possible.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Each letter is worth a certain amount of points, and the trick is to make the most valuable words possible.
    — Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 9 Nov. 2022
  • An amends includes an acknowledgement of the harm caused, an apology and an effort to right what was set wrong, if possible.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Long story short, orbital payloads had to be kept as small as possible if the rockets of the day could lift them.
    — New Atlas, 15 Feb. 2026
  • If Grand Junction hadn’t been a court of record, that would not have been possible.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2026

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