Examples of maybe in a Sentence
Adverb maybe we can make it to the concert, if we hurry
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New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026 It’s presented as dramatic dialogue, or maybe as absurdist tragicomedy. —Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 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 See All Example Sentences for maybe
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Adverb
Or maybe a poem that uses the stars as a conceit and our complicated feelings about them as a screen for other difficult emotions. —New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026 It’s presented as dramatic dialogue, or maybe as absurdist tragicomedy. —Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 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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