On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Could. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Could in a sentence
Related words
Could meaning
- simple past of can
- conditional of can
- Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
Using Could
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past of can | conditional of can | Used as a past subjunctive (contrary to fact).
- In the example corpus, could often appears in combinations such as: could be, he could, it could.
Context around Could
- Average sentence length in these examples: 32 words
- Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Could
- In this selection, "could" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, people, farmers, scarcity, find, reopen and run stand out and add context to how "could" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include society it could be a and 10 donation could provide one. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "could" sits close to words such as like, during and only, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with could
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Seeing who could jump farther, see who could jump higher, see who could run faster. (15 words)
So, it could be an acting challenge, it could be a musical challenge, it could be reacting to something. (19 words)
If you could find the money and you could find the script and the actors, you could make a movie. (20 words)
Describing the moment she heard the news from Kevin's dad, Paul, in a late night phone call, she said: "I could not take it in. I just could not take it in. My partner, William, had only died five weeks before that, so I could not take it in. (50 words)
That was articulated best by National Party leader Simon Bridges, who questioned why 100 people could go to a movie theatre and more than 10 could run around a sports field, but only 10 could go to a funeral – even if distancing could be put in place. (47 words)
He insisted that it was safe, that people could go back to work, that schools could reopen, that he could hold packed indoor campaign rallies, that he could even hold a full-fledged, boisterous, bunting-filled nominating convention as if all were well. (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
A lot of that scarcity could be remedied if we could reallocate things – if janitorial supplies could be sold to the general public, if farmers could sell directly to stores or consumers, and if farmers could donate unpurchased items to food banks.
He could cover, he could play the run, he could tackle, he could make plays on the ball and he could hit.
It could be a friendly society, it could be a religious organisation, it could be a co-op society, it could be a limited liability company…the Constitution says ‘bodies’, it didn’t say trade union,” Nandlall added.
The dog could have ran across the street on Newtown Pike, it could have caused an accident, she could have got killed, it could have caused people to get killed.
He insisted that it was safe, that people could go back to work, that schools could reopen, that he could hold packed indoor campaign rallies, that he could even hold a full-fledged, boisterous, bunting-filled nominating convention as if all were well.
Imagine how Armenia’s relations with Azerbaijan could normalize, its border with Turkey could reopen, trade could flourish and the Armenian economy could grow under those circumstances.
That was articulated best by National Party leader Simon Bridges, who questioned why 100 people could go to a movie theatre and more than 10 could run around a sports field, but only 10 could go to a funeral – even if distancing could be put in place.
It doesn’t matter what position it is; it could be a receiver running a route and not getting his work done fast enough, it could be the quarterback, it could be the O-line, it could be the play call.
So Ile-Ife, being a land of the living and not the dead, there could be noise, there could be disagreement, there could be rivalry, there could be envy but alas there must be peace.
And just in the last 24, 48 hours, George, they published online a of places where people could go to avoid combat, and where they could go where they could find safety from combat.
A pilot could go off course, a government’s internal bureaucratic process might break down, satellites or aircraft could collide, sensors or other equipment could malfunction – to name just a few possibilities.
At the same time, officials won’t want to fully rule out a future move at a time when market rates could fall, risks could fade and growth could remain quick.
Describing the moment she heard the news from Kevin's dad, Paul, in a late night phone call, she said: "I could not take it in. I just could not take it in. My partner, William, had only died five weeks before that, so I could not take it in.
He had heard that any man could make an “independent fortune” who could invent a machine that could do what he saw his wife doing as she sewed.
If you could find the money and you could find the script and the actors, you could make a movie.
It says a £10 donation could provide one child a book parcel while £50 could give five children a book gift and £100 could send ten book gifts to children.
Over the years, the word “utopian” has peppered descriptions of the artist’s practice: If we could simply come together over a meal, we could reconcile our differences — we could recognize one another’s humanity.
Seeing who could jump farther, see who could jump higher, see who could run faster.
Social Security recipients could experience delays in receiving their benefits, borrowing costs could push even higher, and unemployment could surge.
So, it could be an acting challenge, it could be a musical challenge, it could be reacting to something.
Common combinations with could
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- could be 95×
- he could 55×
- it could 43×
- could not 34×
- that could 32×
- could have 29×
- they could 26×
- we could 25×
- you could 17×
- and could 15×