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Wondering how to use Perhaps in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as possibly or perchance.

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Perhaps in a sentence

Perhaps meaning

  1. Possibly.
  2. By chance.

Synonyms of Perhaps

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Using Perhaps

  • The main meaning on this page is: Possibly. | By chance.
  • Useful related words include: possibly, perchance, maybe, mayhap.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: misschien, wellicht.
  • In the example corpus, perhaps often appears in combinations such as: and perhaps, perhaps the, or perhaps.

Context around Perhaps

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 14 start, 6 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Perhaps

  • In this selection, "perhaps" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, captain, down, space, put, add and symbolizing stand out and add context to how "perhaps" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include perhaps it s and and just perhaps if this. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "perhaps" sits close to words such as culture, approach and english, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with perhaps

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Perhaps the bones belong to the princes, perhaps they don’t. (11 words)

Perhaps you know who threw the items, or perhaps you caught the offender or offenders on mobile phone footage. (19 words)

Perhaps it’s their simplicity, perhaps it’s their classic styling, or perhaps it’s because we only remember the good ones. (22 words)

However, the owner did admit: 'I wasn't there that evening and my employees were perhaps too fussy in managing the situation that had arisen, perhaps cutting the usual price a little or even not charging anything for the cake. (40 words)

Perhaps, and just perhaps if this is accurate in "handing off" control of the war in Ukraine Putin is trying to position himself to dodge as much blame as he can while throwing his defense minister under the bus. (39 words)

Perhaps when their children are babies and they are exhausted from sleepless nights, perhaps during financial difficulty where they simply cannot incur any more expense, or maybe at the request of children who require more focused and quiet attention. (39 words)

Perhaps they were befuddled: who could have predicted that Guardiola would pick perhaps his strongest available side in a formation to bring the best out of them? (27 words)

Example sentences (20)

Perhaps if you put your foot down…perhaps if you give him more space…perhaps if you beg him…Unfortunately, “perhaps” is a sure way to get lost on a trip to nowhere.

Perhaps it’s to get a history lesson, perhaps it’s a new form of Googling yourself or perhaps it’s for creative reasons.

Enrich meaning we can add perhaps some flowers to it, we can perhaps put a mural in certain areas, we can perhaps add some bins where they might be missing.

Perhaps it’s their simplicity, perhaps it’s their classic styling, or perhaps it’s because we only remember the good ones.

There is needle there, perhaps over Pollard’s removal as Tridents captain, perhaps over his replacement of the Bajan as WI white ball captain, perhaps a little of both.

If perhaps he means that homeowners should not sue, well, perhaps or perhaps not, but in any event their right to sue is not subject to City override.

In addition, the trees are shown as bare, perhaps symbolizing the cycle of life; and they both have seven branches, perhaps symbolic of the seven days of the week.

Perhaps, and just perhaps if this is accurate in "handing off" control of the war in Ukraine Putin is trying to position himself to dodge as much blame as he can while throwing his defense minister under the bus.

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Perhaps history can be rewritten, to show that the accidents were not unpredictable and random, but were perhaps designed by someone operating in the shadows.

Perhaps the bones belong to the princes, perhaps they don’t.

Perhaps they were befuddled: who could have predicted that Guardiola would pick perhaps his strongest available side in a formation to bring the best out of them?

Perhaps this is better than the alternative of Microsoft gaining ChatGPT’s top talent, or perhaps this was the removal of the last of the safeguards that OpenAI set up against itself to ensure humanity’s benefit.

Perhaps when their children are babies and they are exhausted from sleepless nights, perhaps during financial difficulty where they simply cannot incur any more expense, or maybe at the request of children who require more focused and quiet attention.

Perhaps you know who threw the items, or perhaps you caught the offender or offenders on mobile phone footage.

So our volume growth is going to be much more focused on our more strategic part of our portfolio, so perhaps the average of the volume will not be impacted so much, as you could -- perhaps you can predict.

So we're -- again, I think we're in line with the Fed raising one more time, perhaps another, but perhaps being done with that.

Two years later, though, that perhaps the reptilian display was one — perhaps the only — design experiment at the market that was a trifle too exotic.

But those expecting a show to match the hype of the old E3 presentations were left perhaps slightly underwhelmed in terms of major Triple A reveals – although perhaps that is a good thing in the current climate of instability.

However, the owner did admit: 'I wasn't there that evening and my employees were perhaps too fussy in managing the situation that had arisen, perhaps cutting the usual price a little or even not charging anything for the cake.

If it is tease, it’s unclear what it could be teasing other than perhaps a story connection to this content or that the new game is perhaps specifically inspired by this DLC.

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Common combinations with perhaps

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "perhaps" in a sentence?
An example: "Perhaps if you put your foot down…perhaps if you give him more space…perhaps if you beg him…Unfortunately, “perhaps” is a sure way to get lost on a trip to nowhere." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "perhaps" from authentic English texts.
What does "perhaps" mean?
Perhaps means: Possibly.
What are synonyms of "perhaps"?
Common synonyms of "perhaps" include: possibly, perchance, maybe, mayhap, peradventure.
What is "perhaps" in Dutch?
"perhaps" translates to Dutch as: misschien, wellicht.
How many example sentences with "perhaps" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "perhaps", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.