| 单词 | possibly |
| 例句 | Where a nova could possibly be regarded as a miracle, a comet was too commonplace an occurrence to be handled in this way, so if comets were supralunary phenomena, Aristotle was wrong. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He means his words to be reassuring, but I don’t think any words could possibly sound heartening right now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z He wonders if the poem of the circus could possibly be bottled. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The only problem that comes up is when you're too infamous to risk placing a public bet and possibly getting picked up by the police. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z How could he possibly know that I collected earrings? I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He recognized the guard and, possibly as a prank, held a ballpoint pen to his neck. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll have to lie again to explain how I could possibly get this tan at the bookstore or at the mall. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Nico looked into his sea-green eyes and thought, How can he possibly fail? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z He couldn’t possibly have considered the kind of move he was about to undertake. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Even more pertinent to my condition, the Twin Cities region “is posting one of the lowest vacancy rates in the nation— possibly the lowest.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Bodega did something to the neighborhood, something with staying power, like a song that no one could possibly like but you, because you heard it at a time when your heart was breaking. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Not only had they broken her fall, but they had prevented her from rolling directly into the creek and possibly drowning. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Lancelot said: “How can I possibly answer a thing like that?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaylene now had to have a direct, possibly tough talk about it with Terryl, who, remarkably enough, had just had her own harrowing driving accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Like all grates in the Quarter, it leads down into the Serra’s catacombs: home to skeletons, ghosts, rats, thieves...and possibly the Scholars’ Resistance. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Mary Rommely looked at Sissy and said she couldn’t possibly be having a baby. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I was hoping to get into Level 1 or possibly into Level 1X. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z No one comprehended that really he was ill, that grief had made him so, that grief had drawn a circle around him he could not escape from and others could not enter—except possibly Sue. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard a very sharp whistle blast, like the referee was calling a foul on Atlas, or possibly me. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Now she would have to listen to Kelly talk about it, and possibly nothing else, for the next three weeks. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “Come on. Don’t talk like that. How could things possibly get worse than what we’ve seen? We’ll stay here for a while, then go look for the settlements in the south mountains.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z If Judith was a soldier, now is when I would lower my eyes and talk softly about how she was right and I couldn't possibly understand any of it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z V was curious to know what could possibly make a man so excited that he revealed his true self, a self he clearly wanted to keep hidden. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Little Charlie, who couldn’t possibly reach as high as that, put his arms around Grandpa Joe’s legs and hung on tight. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “Well, Mommy had some important business to take care of this morning, muffin. I’m sure she’ll take you shopping as soon as she possibly can. Where’s Delilah?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “You may not want to hear this, but I don’t think she can possibly be your mother, much as you may wish she were. How could she have come here?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z What could they say that would possibly change my life? Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He volunteered to be one of six people in the country to go under the knife for experimental brain surgery that would possibly provide him with a few more years of functionality. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Which means my husband couldn’t possibly have been the arsonist,” Mom said, “unless you’d care to demonstrate how a person with all ten fingers sealed in hard plaster would go about striking a match.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I am to get his report to-morrow if he can possibly make it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Two years ago, when you first brought Adiah to me at the age of ten for evaluation, I told you that I believed she could possibly be a gifted daraja if given proper training.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Henry’s father traveled a good deal; besides, if there was a connection, what could it possibly be? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Still, I can’t possibly tell you everything, since it’s all so different compared to ordinary times and ordinary people. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In the meantime, Harry filled Ron in about the package that seemed to have been moved from Gringotts to Hogwarts, and they spent a lot of time wondering what could possibly need such heavy protection. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z What could he possibly think I have to do with this? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Aisha resumed twisting, a sly smile on her face, and then asked, as if Ifemelu could not possibly understand how things were done here, “How long you in America?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He nodded and got excited in that embarrassing way parents get when they try to Be Involved in Their Kids’ Lives and also possibly try to Distract Them from Their MIA Mother. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Saying what? What can they possibly say? There’s a homely kid in your class? Come on.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z There are times I feel completely alone, like no one in the world can possibly understand me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Trevor was walking up to the teacher—who, now that I was closer, I realized couldn’t possibly be Professor Thomas. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The floe, which Worsley estimated at possibly a million tons, pressed so hard against Endurance that her beams began to buckle and her foremast jerked and shook like a cornstalk in the wind. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Very slowly, with the hesitating gesture of one who reaches forward to stroke a shy and possibly rather dangerous bird, he put out his hand. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything couldn't possibly be as exciting as last night. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I suddenly realize why people believe in déjà vu, why people believe they’ve lived past lives, because there is no way the years I’ve spent on this earth could possibly encapsulate what I’m feeling. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I can’t possibly do more justice to some of these posts than to let them speak for themselves. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Ifemelu felt sorry for him, hungry-looking in his worn dashiki, and wondered how much he could possibly make from his sales. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was in English a week later when possibly the strangest thing of all happened. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They often approached visitors as if they might be deities, possibly calculating, in the spirit of Pascal's wager, that the downside of an erroneous attribution of celestial power was minimal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It couldn’t possibly be true, yet Adah has always had the power to know things I don’t. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Howard asked him how he could possibly have known so much. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus Bruno imagined an infinite universe, with numberless stars and planets, all possibly inhabited by extraterrestrial life forms. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t possibly get here that fast. Besides, I got chores.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembers the sound of people half-dead around him, moaning and tapping on the walls of the train, whispering hoarsely for help, words that only those who were also trapped and injured could possibly hear. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The significance of the fashion for Ancient Greek and Roman culture is an awkward one for music, leading to possibly the least successful and most confusing of all its labels. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z One may object—possibly—that this puts the matter somewhat too simply, but the song is true, and it has been true for as long as white men have ruled the world. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z When they say “urban” it means black and poor and possibly dangerous and potentially exciting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Sir Kay managed to get them on the way to the lists at least an hour before the jousts could possibly begin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And our inferior bodies could not possibly be accorded the same respect as those that built the West. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “We have powers you can’t possibly know about. It would take days to describe them all.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I had one of those fat Seagate drives that damaged easily, and I didn’t want to cut the power and possibly damage the drive. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He can pinpoint moments throughout his life when he thought to himself, See, this means I can’t possibly be into guys. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Technology’s course over the last 1,000 years in China, Europe, and possibly the Indian subcontinent exemplifies those net effects of high, moderate, and low connectedness, respectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Truly I thought I couldn’t possibly have anything left of my soul to sell to him, but we have managed to strike another bargain. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He pulled air again and again, pushing his chest out until he could not possibly get any more capacity, then took one more deep lungful, wheeled and dove again. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z We can’t possibly hope to examine all the wild plant species of even a circumscribed area like California, and to assess how many of them would have been domesticable. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know that we’re actually friends, but possibly the word allies would be accurate. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But what kind of trap could it possibly be? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She was moving slowly, possibly frightened of slipping on the snowy ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The giraffe is timid and beautiful and quite possibly the strangest creature I’ve ever seen. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Yeah, I was going to list every girl I could possibly remember, hundreds of them, all so incredibly hot in their own ways. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Someone, possibly an American officer spying for the British, told Marks enough details about the operation for Marks to be able to seize Brewster, Austin Roe, and two other Patriots working with Roe. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what he was doing in this obnoxious place, by himself, drinking bad beer when at home he had a cabinet full of the best liquor he could possibly want. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “We can't possibly pay you what this is worth to us,” Dad began. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z What could possibly be worse than day one? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “How could he possibly know what Chrissie would have felt? What she would have wanted? It wasn’t him on that table, trying to cling onto life. How would he know?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Think of something. An object. A significant object that I cannot possibly know about.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Cady stood on her toes at the counter and pried the suitcase open carefully, wondering what about a piece of old luggage could possibly have made the Owner so furious. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z How can she possibly expect me to go out? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It seemed to me then that remaining jamona could not possibly hurt this much. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z How could the teacher possibly tell I had put it in the wrong place? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z It was risky to travel with a big or fancy bag, as armed men would think that you were carrying something valuable and would possibly shoot you. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But, with luck, the addition of magnesium or possibly calcium ions to the sugar-phosphate backbone would quickly generate an elegant structure, the correctness of which would not be debatable. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Only if I tamed him could I possibly trick him into dying first, if we had to come to that sorry business. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “You cannot possibly have read that book fewer than seven times.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Many will wonder how a nation that just elected its first black president could possibly have a racial caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As for clutter—the boy had nothing, so he couldn’t possibly leave it lying around. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z How could she possibly be gone for good? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Others claimed Los Alamos was home for pregnant military personnel—or possibly a nudist colony. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z My memories of the Corcorans’ post-funeral get-together are very foggy, due possibly to the handful of mixed painkillers I swallowed on the way there. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to think about it. They can’t possibly. They wouldn’t.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The mutts’ noses will be abnormally keen, but possibly the time we spent slogging through water in drainpipes will help throw them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z In 1785, he became possibly the only person in history to win a natural history museum in a raffle. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z As my sisters begin packing, I spend as much time at the library on Bushwick Avenue as I possibly can. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “The two of us? What do you know about it, Spaceman? What could you possibly know? What have you ever had to give up for anyone else?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z She walked in silence, head lowered, possibly sulking, he could not see. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z To begin with, you cannot possibly pick your friends, or else I never would have ended up with Tiny Cooper. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z But the stiffness in my joints suggests more than a day has passed, even two possibly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z My name’s written in scrawl, and I wonder what it could possibly be. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And what could I possibly do then, but say I was enjoying myself,—when I wasn’t! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z We are due to arrive between two and three in the morning; but already, at Bucharest, we are three hours late, so we cannot possibly get in till well after sun-up. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z What words could possibly express the tumult of emotions we were feeling? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Survivor believes he heard an explosion, hinting at a major engine problem, possibly the explosion of a boiler, but this is speculation. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And how could her body possibly rot so quickly? The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “I made it as soft and silky as I possibly could. I spun it with gossamer. That’s a much better quality thread than the one I use for my own web.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t remember, I’m afraid. But I don’t see that any of us could possibly have known. Anyway, what’s a doe more or less?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z My impulse was to turn and retrace my steps, but I told myself that I could not possibly be far from the river now, so I kept on, dodging piles of muck. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z He knew who was coming, but he couldn’t be certain what he, Charlie, could possibly say, other than “I’m sorry” and “Go home.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Is that your dinner? Honestly, Uncle Jack, can you possibly get any weirder?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Since they knew nothing about the magical nature of the preserve, there was no way they could possibly relate to what she had experienced. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “And my grandfather found out. In the most melodramatic way you can possibly imagine.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His nose ran—maybe from the cold, possibly from the realization that the challenge was actually over, and they’d lost. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z From this high view, they looked over the unmoving city under a fixed bright sun and wondered what they could possibly do next. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Billy was mildly curious as to what could possibly have been kept hidden in such a place. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d knock him so far that it didn’t look like he could possibly get back there before she charged again, but he always did. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z "I have made more mistakes than you can possibly imagine," Ned said, "but that was not one of them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Hagrid’s face was entirely hidden by a woolly, snow-covered balaclava, but it couldn’t possibly be anyone else, as he filled most of the corridor in his moleskin overcoat. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A sense of ill-fated timing crept over me, and if Momma hadn’t reached for my hand I would have drifted back to Bailey and Uncle Willie, and possibly beyond. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z No one in the Asher family could possibly understand what it was like to still be searching, to constantly worry that you might be Fair. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The gifts mounted up aroiind her in great piles, more gifts than she cpuld possibly imagine, more gifts than she could want or use. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She didn’t think it was necessary to mention that her teacher had just read Tom Sawyer to the class—and just possibly Set had had a little help from Mark Twain. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought Little Women was quite possibly the worst book ever written. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z As a result, Hoover said, Kenny “is of greater value to us in furnishing leads than she would be possibly as a witness.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Sometimes they herded the hairy creatures en masse into gullies or entangling bogs, driving the animals to their doom with shouts, dogs, torches, and, possibly, shamanic incantations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Truly, without her I wouldn’t be the same person. I couldn’t possibly be. She defines me.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, there would be the whole day, until very late in the evening, before anyone could possibly find out. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “How could you possibly have missed any? Did you circle the wrong letters by accident?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z There are great mesas here, twice as high as the Tibetan plateau, an immense rift valley, possibly giant volcanoes and a mountain as high as Everest. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If this evil was as threatening as Elena made it seem, then how could she possibly defeat it? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Which was, the Controller reflected, quite possibly true. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “How much could a truck like that possibly cost? Assuming your aunt didn’t buy it for him in the first place.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They suggested that the worst thing that could possibly happen to an American was to topple from his perch on the class ladder, as happens to poor Hurstwood in Dreiser’s Sister Carrie. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Since she’s the only girl, this gets a big laugh from the team, so I yuk-yuk right alongside them and possibly even slap my knee. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z At this point Terry seems to be talking to herself, or possibly to Jack, and there’s little Molly can do but bite her lip and nod to show she gets it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Even if they could lift her and fit her inside, they couldn’t possibly fit all three of them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z There was no way they could possibly have escaped. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A longer prison sentence or possibly the death sentence. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I bet you get a two, possibly a three. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Also possibly because he has helped my crew down several bottles of wine. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Of course not. What you did over these past few weeks tells me more about who you are than anything you could possibly say.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z And that girl on the bench couldn’t possibly have been me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z What could I possibly have to say in this man’s defense? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Could she possibly find greater purpose in the gleaning of human life? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But possibly this is how I am expected to react. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though he’d clearly mentioned his ex-girlfriend—possibly to make sure I knew he wasn’t into me—I am more confused by him than ever. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And triangulation might possibly have located it in the Palace Flophouse and Grill. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Katie, it’s the last thing I want to do, but how can I possibly leave Mr. Benedict? Without him we’d never have been reunited!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Local papers had painted Walter as a dangerous drug dealer who had possibly murdered several innocent teenagers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z That lady seemed at a loss to make a selection, but finally settled upon a stick of nougat wondering if it were not too rich; whether it could possibly hurt her. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Did he seriously think she could possibly have heard any of his mysterious mouthings? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, he felt the painful sting of possibly billions of little mouths in his palm. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Eventually Massasoit concluded that he possibly should ally with them—compared to the Narragansett, they were the lesser of two evils. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Sticky and Kate had come to the same conclusion, but Constance wondered aloud what in the world those people could possibly be doing down there. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “God dog could he run!” was the only way Ken Hankins, an independent oil producer who had been born in Odessa in 1933 and was a die-hard Odessa High booster, could possibly describe it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside was a brass sextant, possibly a hundred years old. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Mason and Maskelyne formed a solid friendship and spent several happy, and possibly even mildly useful, weeks charting tidal flows. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He can make out only several twinkling lights and shapes that could possibly be furniture. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The thoughts merged into the Beiderman and their brownstone and her basement, and Isa felt so lonely and lost that she didn’t know how their mission to win him over could possibly succeed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Of course I feared his perceptiveness, what he might have seen of me, or even possibly thought in his young mind. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to quickly wrap up my work and prepare for the seven weeks away from home—and possibly much more, if I decided to stick with the job and work in a prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Kira felt that possibly she had gained a small bit of respect, a small advantage, with her cleanliness. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In terms of evidence gained from animal experiments we shall see that five or possibly six of the pesticides must definitely be rated as carcinogens. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “How can you possibly think about anything else?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z How could they possibly look for fingerprints when they were so rushed? From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the same time, Dorothy Vaughans relative, Matilda West, possibly the black computer accused of disloyalty, was fired from her job at the laboratory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It was also a natural laboratory for rapid virus evolution, and possibly it led to the creation of hiv. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I won’t hand them a weapon to destroy us. Not if I can possibly help it.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Lancelot was in one of his rare passions, possibly on account of the sufferings of his horse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Because she’d had a lot of time to think about who could have possibly murdered her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She buys me treats at the tourist shop—chocolate bars with hazelnuts, German swimming trunks, and more underwear than I could possibly use. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In that moment, I felt wrong in just about every way I could possibly feel wrong. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I can’t possibly get more curious than I already am. Not knowing anything is the hardest.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z How could she possibly still be alive in the midst of such madness? The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Instantly a cry rang out—possibly human, but Curly wasn’t sure. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t possibly be innocent if he’d been in prison my whole life. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z You might even say they are the source of it, or at least, they are tied so tighdy to it that they couldn’t possibly fade, not unless all of Western civilization were obliterated. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z If I was going to fall, I would hang on to my small comforts, at least, as long as I possibly could. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z If I couldn’t manage to speak English, which I’m fluent in, on a stage, how would I possibly make out Arabic words in my pathetic accent? Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He’d wake up in about ten minutes with a bad headache and possibly a minor concussion. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As I think about my impetuous brother, I can imagine him being that young man who made a run for the forest, doing everything he possibly could to try to survive. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Joaquin,” Linda said, and her voice was as soft as it was whenever he had a nightmare, like it could be a protective barrier between him and any bad thing that would possibly happen. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Or possibly the non-emigrant imagined that the tent of dust would deplete itself finally. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’ve seen that word—wickedHe searched his mind for what the phrase could possibly mean. “On the little creatures that live here. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z She knew he couldn’t possibly comprehend the enormity of what was about to happen to him. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I would get through my self-imposed sentence here in purgatory, and then hopefully some school in the Southwest, or possibly Hawaii, would offer me a scholarship. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z There couldn’t possibly be a worse time to play a joke—Newt or Alby could be in there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But if Winner Lane could hardly be expected to fail, could Loser Lane possibly succeed? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z We’re in the open, under a warm sun, so it’s probably the sandpit in the Infants’ play area, just possibly it’s the sand at the end of the long jump in the North Playing Field. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He lived until the end of the second century AD, or possibly just into the beginning of the third century. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She sobbed and hugged Aunt Gloria, saying it couldn’t possibly be Salim, while Dad started throwing outdoor clothes on over his pyjamas and Kat stood there, gripping me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z What could a girl like Julia Bishop possibly need me to do at midnight outside her window? 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z And despite how guilty and sick it made him feel, Mark also knew he couldn’t possibly go in there to try and help. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It’s the thing brothers and sisters never say to each other until they find themselves in a moment where nothing else can possibly be said. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I had reacted as apologetically as I possibly could, but this was way too much. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If cheating to lose is sport’s premier sin, and if sumo wrestling is the premier sport of a great nation, cheating to lose couldn’t possibly exist in sumo. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z How could I possibly stay here and leave behind everything I’d known? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z So, I just watched her pack, and I tried to notice as many details as I possibly could. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “He’s looking at possibly a year at the maximum,” the agent said. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z As I ate, I cheered up a little and thought possibly, just possibly, I had been too pessimistic about the padlocks. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I guess I came on a little strong in my last letter, but it was only because your paranoid fantasy disturbed me, rooted as it possibly was in your unhealthy attitude toward sex. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z After all that preparation, how could they possibly have taken off without enough fuel? A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I wondered often during the coming months what meaning he could possibly give to that. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They were going to find Adiah, help her get rid of the splendor poisoning her body, and possibly stop the killing that had plagued Lkossa for almost a century. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As a talented, possibly gifted mathematician with a similarly independent mind, Dorothy Hoover was a perfect fit for the section, and in 1946 R. T. Jones invited her to work directly for him. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z His voice sounded thin and quavering in the cold dark tower: the voice of a forlorn and weary hobbit that no listening orc could possibly mistake for the clear song of an Elven-lord. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z This girl had possibly saved me, saved me for a single drag of a cigarette. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Okay, I am also very impressed that you Googled your way to Elliott Smith, who was quite possibly the greatest songwriter since Lennon and McCartney. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “The message said: The Greek has arrived. Or possibly: The goose has cried. I’m thinking the first interpretation is correct. You seek to join the legion?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Abolitionists were becoming hopeful that more profound death penalty reform or possibly a moratorium might be achievable. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z SCORPIUS: It’s got the worst it can possibly get. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I said the only thing I could possibly say: “Ummm, okay.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I mainly took this as a mandate to overperform, to do everything I possibly could to keep up with or even plow past the more privileged people around me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Or he might possibly pretend to be mortally wounded himself, might drag himself groaning to her door. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He was thoughtful and intelligent and quite possibly the voice of an entire generation. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I’d saunter downstairs and make myself so useful Shady couldn’t possibly see fit to allow me to walk out the door, let alone to do someone else’s bidding. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z There was a high-pitched wail, a sound that couldn’t have possibly come from a human. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Now,” she said, “what is being worn this season, for the worst that can possibly happen?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z I skipped to the window, stunned to see that there was hardly a cloud in the sky, and those there were just fleecy little white puffs that couldn’t possibly be carrying any rain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The women looked at him; their puzzled expressions implied that he could not possibly be serious. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Look,’ people will say—are already saying—‘he can’t handle his own son. How can he possibly handle a church?’ Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z At most, some of them merely adopted Austronesian languages, possibly in order to communicate with the long-distance traders who linked societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It was hard to define it at first because I thought no one could possibly believe any of that, not anymore. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “And, Mrs. Watson,” Dad said, “you can’t possibly deny this is your child. You can tell this boy has got a ton of Sands blood in him, look at those ears!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if he wanted to take us with him, how could he possibly persuade the Nazi administrators, especially Amon Goeth, who had absolute final say over us, to go along with such a crazy scheme? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But she couldn’t possibly jump off the table. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “But today I realized it always happens after he eats. Could he possibly be allergic to the new food?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “How is anything better than anything else here? How is one tent comparable to another? How can any of this possibly be judged?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I knew every shortcut you could possibly imagine. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z "What happened? What could he possibly have wanted?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I stood in the sudden breeze wondering what could possibly have done that kind of damage, and began to get the feeling that something terrible had happened here. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “This kind of conversation depresses me more than you could possibly imagine,” the young man told him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Did Paul really believe that he could possibly be entitled to money that didn’t exist, from a math contest he’d only just found out about? Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Laboratory tests showed that the bones could be fifteen thousand years old—possibly the oldest human remains in the Western Hemisphere. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They looked at Uncle as if he might possibly be losing his mind. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “What could you possibly offer me that is worth the price of remembering?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “If he’s not, he’s certainly done everything he possibly can to convince Charles that he is.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “I mean, possibly. I don’t know exactly what footage Beetee plans to use.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z As for the poor, it is likely that they went naked, except possibly for sandals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He told her about the reports his father had received about creatures, possibly fay, entering the Kingdom in the north. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Some of the students looked uncomfortable, like they might be embarrassed for Emily; others were writing in their notebooks, possibly copying Mr. Quisling’s board work. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Shipping the animals to the moon couldn’t possibly have been more complicated. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But I couldn’t possibly get word to him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z They have gone through this cycle at least twice, possibly more—rising to awesome heights, eroding away to nothingness, rising again, each time recycling their component materials in a dazzlingly confused and complex geology. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They were “having problems,” which Genie knew was just parent-talk for maybe/possibly/probably divorcing. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She didn't look to me like a witch at all, but she couldn't possibly not be one, otherwise what on earth was she doing up there on the platform? The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Partridge was born in Norwich in 1785 and was a demon walker—possibly the first person on the whole planet who walked long distances for the simple pleasure of it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Could there possibly be anything cooler in the whole world than that? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z And what was frightening was that the action was quite possibly unconscious. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Could you—do you think you could possibly get me—a cigarette?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “But . . . how could you possibly blame her for the walls not closing?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Also, he was Jewish, and although Lawrence was not an anti-Semite, he could be oversensitive to ethnic distinctions, possibly because of his upbringing in an ethnically homogenous rural community. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z During a single, early week of senate business in Springfield, Barack had introduced seventeen new bills—possibly a record, and at the very least a measure of his eagerness to get something done. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Don’t you dare speak to Draco like—” said Narcissa furiously, but Bellatrix screamed, “Be quiet! The situation is graver than you can possibly imagine, Cissy! We have a very serious problem!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The power of Lowell’s idea may, just possibly, make it a kind of premonition. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She checked to see if that was possibly one way to pronounce “Helsinki” before showing me the answer. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Even an eternity serving him — especially him — seemed like no worse, and possibly much better, than a mere human lifetime serving Lady Isobel. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Or possibly, thought Mrs. Frisby, on whether or not he knows the answer. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Mike ran out of the room when it happened, wanting to be by himself, to get as far away as he possibly could, and his older brother, Joe Bill, made no attempt to stop him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will answer them as truthfully as you possibly can. Do you understand?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z No words could possibly express what I felt. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I realize I can’t possibly say it aloud but don’t have to because he does. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z How could what she did possibly be so important to her? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “How could you not know?” she asked, for in her mind he always seemed to know everything, even the things he could not possibly know. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the first recorded zero in the Americas occurred in a Maya carving from 357 a.d., possibly before the Sanskrit. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “What in the world could possibly happen to me?” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to shoo the dogs away, to tell them that what they were debating of eating was horrible filth and would make them sick, or, possibly, die. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “But a little recreation never hurt anybody. Now, how about Monday night, you can’t possibly want to practice in this weather...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Andeg looked curiously at Fishtail, wondering whether he possibly had something to feed him. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z They were so far up, and at such an angle, that nobody below could possibly see them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He wonders what the most mind-numbingly wholesome public figure on earth could possibly have to hide. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If we should receive a radio message from an extraterrestrial civilization, how could it possibly be understood? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The truth is that Williams and his firemen did everything they could possibly do to contain the fire and had followed established fire-fighting procedures as well. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I believe many of those atoms found their way into my corpse-loving rat terrier—possibly into me as well. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I accepted all the gifts—the tables, the earthenware jugs—though I could not possibly carry them with me, and culled for travel only a small copper cooking bowl. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing I say can possibly be right in this moment, so instead, I say nothing at all. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I frown at the picture, zooming in to see where she could possibly be. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He was one of the first to see–possibly the very first–that the power inherent in the atom could, if harnessed, make bombs powerful enough to "make this old world vanish in smoke." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She stared at me for a second, possibly trying to gauge whether I was messing with her. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Fives is possibly the fastest ball-game on earth, far faster than squash, and the little ball ricochets around the court at such a speed that sometimes you can hardly see it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z And 1 was holding someone who was destined to be my best friend, or possibly my worst enemy. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I couldn't possibly be a virgin any more. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z All the men were working as fast as they possibly could, but the machine kept right up with them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Caught in a lush, green trap, Indian villages could not possibly have grown as large as he reported—indeed, Meggers once proposed an upper limit of a thousand on their population. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z What could have possibly brought him all the way from his palace to the isolated Academy? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But when she arrives at University Hospital, the doctors can’t seem to find anything wrong with her, except for possibly some signs of malaria. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Where he was, he said, it was so quiet, so calm, so otherworldly and strange, that he couldn’t possibly be in danger. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I try to calm down, reminding myself that this could not possibly happen. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z This magnificent animal bursting over the ridge at full gallop couldn’t possibly be the same lisdess, bedraggled tiger who was my companion in misfortune? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In fact, though, possibly the earliest archaeological evidence for food production in Africa comes instead from the Sahara. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She could possibly be matched up with someone whose sense of humor she’d also instantly get, whom she found just as easy to be around. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Cry as much as you need to, darling,” said that soft voice, and Lyra determined to stop as soon as she possibly could. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z More snow, possibly heavy, is expected by evening. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She felt like she might possibly fit in because she could jump and twist and stretch as well as the other kids. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The Post was facing certain legal action by Nixon, and possibly fines that could cripple the company. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The businessman heard it, but his brain told him that he could not have possibly heard correctly. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This is the most awkward situation ever—my friend’s dad possibly wants to kill me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Thus we shall have two more hypnotic messages from Mrs. Harker; either or both may possibly throw more light on what is happening. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z From this close, it was clear that the anguished voice—or voices—came from around the corner, beyond the newest, and possibly oddest, business in Fry. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z What business could they possibly have with him? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Between her district accent and her garbled speech—possibly she’s had a stroke—I can’t make out more than one in four words. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z As this method was clumsy, , Euergetes—very possibly at the advice of his new librarian— proposed a simpler four-year cycle with three years consisting of 365 days each, plus a leap year of 366 days. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “How could you possibly have a boyfriend we don’t know about?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He then went on to disclaim that “any person who knew either of us could possibly believe that either meddled in that dirty work.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Aru braced herself, waiting to hear the usual lines that they couldn’t possibly be heroes, or that they were too weak, too young, or too...girly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Flare path remained lit so I assumed and had to trust that I was still expected—possibly my passenger had come down safely and informed the reception committee about the damage to the aircraft. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I wrapped my arms around Grampa’s neck and hugged him while we cried together, mourning the loss of a wife and grandmother and friend, wondering how we could possibly survive without her. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Sergeant Holmes had sent us together, possibly as some sort of joke. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z How can we possibly move forward into this bouquet of blinking lights without detection? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "You heard me telling the Headmistress that it couldn't possibly have been you." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z He was not certain of the date, but he could not have been less than ten years old, possibly twelve, when it had happened. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z So it was quite an achievement when in 1946 he was able to announce with some confidence that the Earth was at least three billion years old and possibly rather more. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Despite that, I want to go out into it and experience everything I possibly can. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Malcolm realized that he’d wanted to cry about the dead man since the moment he’d heard about him, but of course he couldn’t possibly tell his mother about any of this. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Once, she even thought she saw its pale church tower in a dark fold of the hills, and her heart beat faster though she knew that it couldn't possibly be Capricorn’s church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z At last, she heard a door opening upstairs, possibly the one she had heard slammed when she had knocked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “You’ve been trying to get out of joining the Communist Party. And possibly I don’t blame you.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A total of 241 signs or letters was neatly divided by etched vertical lines into groups of several signs, possibly constituting words. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Mummy’ll get you a squirrel just as soon as she possibly can.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “I was trying to get your opinion on Nirvana, possibly the most overrated band of all time?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Copernicus’s disciple Rheticus, in the first published account of the Copernican theory, held back any reference to heliocentrism for as long as he possibly could, for fear of alienating his readers. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Excuse me. Are these yours? Could you possibly move them?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z That couldn’t possibly be the case, I thought. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z If she were an old woman, it might be easier to say what a man wants, but she is so very young, at the most twenty-five, it can’t be done, I cannot possibly tell her. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes please, Mr. Foremole. Do you think that you and your team could possibly move this pile of rock and rubble? There’s something we need to get at underneath it all.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Life was going about as well as could possibly be expected, right up until the day of the concert. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He noticed it in between thinking of who could possibly replace him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Corporal Grub took a breath, possibly to utter a sentence containing the word Mommy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z And, she wondered darkly, how could their power possibly still work when magic itself was gone? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z What could they possibly have done to him in such a short time? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I’m saying that...that I’m going to leave in four years, and I don’t know how this could possibly end well for either of us. I’m saying I don’t want to think about the options.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z None of it can possibly be real, but it is real. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She gives a little wave, although the door is partly closed and he can’t possibly see her: the wave is for me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It made no difference to him that she was almost a woman, or possibly it was just that difference which made her so appealing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, they did. With the ivy. Longest one they could possibly make. Let’s just say that little experiment didn’t go so well.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A single mother, well spoken, artistic, raising a daughter who was polite and fairly pretty and possibly brilliant. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Many nights I thought about it, wondering how I could possibly kill one of these great beasts. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Her “sweetie” felt condescending, not romantic, like a boy enduring his first biblical rainstorm couldn’t possibly understand her problems—whatever they were. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “I told him I couldn’t possibly give him an answer, just like that. He said if I needed a while to think it over, I could let him know next day.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Then he saw his mother, waving and shouting something he could not possibly hear. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z But the Negro’s experience of the white world cannot possibly create in him any respect for the standards by which the white world claims to live. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Consider a possibly typical group of Earth beings at the tea party from Alice in Wonderland. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z All around me is laughter, coming from the Dauntless tables, but I am not laughing, I cannot possibly laugh at this. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Frank asks, like that couldn’t possibly be the word he heard. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You mean until you take off? You and your paper map and possibly a Holo if you can get your hands on it?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z It’s like all the other schoolrooms at Queen Mary, but it seems darker, possibly because there’s less decoration. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know why this was, exactly—possibly because I’m tall and unafraid of bold patterns—but so it seemed to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The court system, however, was perhaps the only place in South Africa where an African could possibly receive a fair hearing and where the rule of law might still apply. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Christ, in His mercy, couldn’t possibly condemn Julie to death just because her older brother was stubborn and stupid. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z How then could I possibly find a way inside? Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z "As fast as you possibly can. Our job is to run to win. If that means you have to run until your legs detach from your body, then that's what you do." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The only way to subdue this suit is to wear more, possibly all my clothing at once. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There are always other people waiting, some possibly even waiting for their grandfathers too, but for different reasons. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “You have a good place to live and you found your dad. There’s so much to learn here. What could going back into the woods possibly do?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z "Quite possibly they presumed me dead. There was nothing anyone could do to help me." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But Shawn had more power over me than I could possibly have imagined. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Alex watches them from afar, wondering what they could possibly be talking about that has June nearly falling off her barstool laughing, until the crowd overtakes him again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z For some reason she was determined to believe that Flame had become his mistress again, possibly because this seemed to be the best way of hurting her lover. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The police say that the woman, still not formally identified, has been dead for some time, possibly several weeks. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Ishmael argued at length about this, asserting that Cod could not possibly view their love as something wrong or evil. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I told him about the shark falling from the winch and possibly being whisked away to Guam in the rough seas. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It was an uphill run, and it seemed to her that it went on for a longer distance than anything could possibly go. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z They could see die explosion from here, above the smoke, but not much else, too much smoke; possibly that’s why the Reb shells were going overhead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “And possibly dinner for the next few days.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Failure to follow these instructions may lead to serious personal injury and possibly property damage.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The conference could not possibly have gone better. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Surely, Keith, the genius, the man who never ran afoul of anything, couldn’t possibly have been the passenger in a fatal wreck. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The unusual time of morning to perform the exhumation was selected to thwart possible newsmen and curiosity-seekers from ogling the corpse and possibly taking photographs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z So one day his mother said to him, “Let us go for a walk, and I will show you more water than you can possibly imagine.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I don’t know where a simple bow and arrow could possibly find a place in all this high-tech equipment, but then we come upon a wall of deadly archery weapons. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She wondered, If this bowl had cracked a little differently and then been repaired, could it possibly be as beautiful? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He was a loner and invariably separated himself from the other children, possibly because of acute shyness or fear of competition. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This was just about the grossest thing you could possibly imagine—to think of your sister as a finigonzon. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “But how could it possibly have dried so quickly?” he asked. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z In which case, it can’t possibly matter whether demented diabetics eat cupcakes or not, because from a purely soteriological standpoint, they’re already dead. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A topic of world-shaking importance, yet dealt with facetiously; an android trait, possibly, he thought. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I hadn’t expected to need any kind of outerwear beyond possibly my trusty waterproofs, which of course I didn’t have either. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z ‘So you have heard the name, have you? All my people used to call me that in Isengard, I believe. A sign of affection, possibly. But evidently you did not expect to see me here.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z What she could possibly do with her knowledge of the intake valve, the Phillips screwdriver, the temperature cutoff, the ground wire, she did not know. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z How was it possibly so important to lock those fingers in mine, to slide my hands up to those breasts? Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And having watched you grow, I know that nothing could possibly be more precious to her. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “That in itself is a contradiction in terms. No one could possibly be nice in a den like this.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have loved more deeply than a killer like you can possibly imagine.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He sat on the ground in front of them, as sad and worried as any person could possibly appear. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z ‘So how can we possibly get to Camp Half-Blood in time to save it? It took us months to reach Greece.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z My face is still swollen, and I insist that I can’t possibly go to school. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Albert gulps it all down and asks, “May I possibly have some more? We switched to water at home. I really miss milk.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Finally the temperatures rose, and some of them went south, creating a second wave and then, possibly, a third. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When that didn’t work, he became methodical, working in such a way that the wheel could not possibly escape him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Better get your coat on,” he said when I hung up the phone, even though my mom couldn’t possibly get to Annemarie’s apartment that fast. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Ulbrickson had instructed him to keep the stroke rate as low as he could for as long as he possibly could. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Why would he possibly want to see me again? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Surely they could not possibly think this was just Bandit’s scheme to escape the tyranny of piano lessons for the joys of Jackie Robinson! In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Bob came back with the report that no horse or pony was to be got for love or money in the neighbourhood — except one: Bill Ferny had one that he might possibly sell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z It was beyond comprehension—it couldn’t possibly be real! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was the first in a sequence of impossibly rich and voluminous banquets whose menus raised the question of whether any of the city’s leading men could possibly have a functional artery. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She delivered my son gently into manhood from his boyhood, something a mother cannot possibly do. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Could I possibly come over on Passover? he had wanted to know. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It couldn’t make things any worse, and it might possibly dull the feeling that I was watching myself through eyes that didn’t understand what I was doing. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Hoping to turn me against the rebels and possibly destroy them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “How can you possibly say that? You haven’t set foot there for half your life!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And though she might have to have these sheets burned in the morning, and possibly have to bathe in lye herself, it was nice to have a friend. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z After the commotion I had already made in the class, I decided to be as meek as I possibly could the rest of the morning. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The house was possibly even more depressing in daylight—dingy and bare—but at least Eleanor had the place, and her mom, to herself. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “I think about him as little as I possibly can.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We are all still looking at this building, this long-abandoned building that cannot possibly hold anything but corpses. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Well, Fabio, judges, I spent my day digging for grubs in the most disgusting mud you can possibly imagine. Then I helped build a desalination still. Oh, and my shoes are by Cheri of Paris.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Obviously, the stones could not possibly be anything to do with El-ahrairah. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He wondered if there was some new rule for a minister’s son that he hadn’t come up against yet—if there could possibly be yet another rule that he hadn’t come up against already. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z But possibly either of these statements, without elaboration, can lead to an overly clear-cut line of conjecture. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z The mailboxes were on the first floor, and for weeks Alex had avoided theirs, figuring the only mail they could possibly get was bills he didn’t know how to pay. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z What could I possibly have in common with these kids? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose I must have assumed those old problems had been left behind with our early teen years, and that only the big issues that now loomed so large could possibly preoccupy any of us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Modern pigs are derived from independent sequences of domestication in China, western Eurasia, and possibly other areas as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Four other Sherpas had hauled him out alive, but he was seriously injured, possibly with a broken femur. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Georges, a list. Of everything that can possibly be opened with a key.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z How could he possibly do such a thing? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Finally the door opens, and Kalinda stands on her porch above me like she wants to know who in the world could possibly be shouting like the devil. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She says it as though it can’t possibly be true, but maybe, just maybe, it is. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I miss you too. I miss you more than you can possibly imagine. Or measure. Te amo.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Never, never!” she cried with a most open eagerness—“Never, for the twentieth part of a moment, did such an idea occur to me. And how could it possibly come into your head?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Here is the advertisement. From the description, no one could possibly mistake you.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at the drawn faces, wondering what that thing could possibly be. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z This abnormality could be checked, although possibly not cured, by taking certain drugs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If I were to face that fact, possibly I could move on with my life, maybe learn a trade and take pride in my ability to shingle roofs or knock the dents out of cars. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I had not seen him since we disappeared in the lift the day before, for wisely he had avoided dinner in the restaurant, possibly for the same reason that he lunched early now. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “It was an unfortunate mistake,” Berendht continued, “and the officer responsible will have to submit to our rigorous internal review, as well as possibly face criminal charges.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "Yes I do. What could possibly take this long?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z So Hazel lingered by the front door as long as she possibly could, then, after some nudging from her mother, trudged out to the bus stop. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And even if it wasn’t totally stupid and risky, how could I possibly dig my way through? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I had no idea what I could possibly say in a situation like this. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I didn't stop until I was as high as I could possibly go, and there I stayed, quivering with fear. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z She pushes the stroller back down Massachusetts Avenue, weeping freely, knowing that she can’t possibly afford to go back and buy it all again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘How is I possibly going to get near enough to the Queen of England’s bedroom to blow in my dream? You is talking dumbsilly.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t imagine how the night could possibly get any longer. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Are you? It couldn’t possibly have been ‘good grief’! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z What could Daniel Ellsberg possibly have done to provoke such wrath—to be seen as such a threat? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “What could I possibly have done to have brought this upon myself now?” says Henry’s voice, low and sleepy. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z For a moment I see my double again, holding the gun but visibly shuddering, the weapon as far out from her body as she can possibly hold it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z And besides, you can’t possibly be in charge of people who will not give you the time of day, even in your own family. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For myself, I am glad I married “beneath me,” for a finer man no one could have had; but possibly she was not so lucky. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Then you might, maybe, possibly, probably, see me there, too. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There is, for example, the red planet Mars, with soaring volcanoes, great riff valleys, enormous planet-wide sandstorms, and, just possibly, some simple forms of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing that could possibly have made Mr. Nossik look more like Hitler at that moment would have been a toothbrush swath of black hair on his upper lip. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The number of these relative tiddlers in Earth-crossing orbits is almost certainly in the hundreds of thousands and possibly in the millions, and they are nearly impossible to track. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The combination of where I came from and what I’d made of myself gave me a certain, possibly meaningful perspective. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When Melissa is getting ready to leave work at six, I tell her I’m quitting, possibly the next day. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I try to suck in as much air as I possibly can, coughing desperately as I flip open a keypad, my hands shaking too much to type in the numbers. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z But the prayer was mesmerizing; she had felt sure nobody’s spirit could possibly be broken now. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “He had problems, possibly certain childhood traumas that had affected him. He was misunderstood. Underneath I think he was a caring and sensitive person.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I stay up as long as I possibly can, so I can be alone. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Don’t think I can possibly make it sound like an accident report, but I’ve got to write something—I’ll have to remember—there may be a trial. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z "But if my math is right, he's doomed to starve to death before we can possibly help him. I'm not looking forward to the conversation." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z What more could possibly exist beyond the dispatches, beyond the suburbs? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z What could I possibly offer such an incredible lady? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Any moment now, Styx would launch into some outlandish tale that could not possibly be true, unless he was some kind of celebrity. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z "Keep together if we possibly can. If not, meet at the Tombs of the Ancient Kings, and whoever gets there first must wait for the others." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z In the past twelve hours, I've felt everything I could possibly feel. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z All those unseen billions and trillions of charged particles, and possibly, she thought, of Dust, conjured a radiating glow out of the upper atmosphere. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I’d just turned fifteen and I met this guy on the beach, much older than I was- thirties, probably, possibly even early forties—and he invited me to go sailing the next day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “So advanced that I couldn’t possibly explain it to a layperson.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “And even if we sold it, you couldn’t possibly pay the price. What kind of animal do you have at home?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Not for anything short of Richard’s life, and not, possibly, even for that, would she have wept before them, or asked of them a kindness. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z For a moment, I look down and pity him because I realize that I’m quite possibly looking at the most hapless man on earth. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z This girl gave me an apartment and a parking pass and possibly a new band. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Interesting . . . and brilliant . . . and mysterious . . . and perfect . . . and beautiful . . . and possibly able to lift full-sized vans with one hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z By this time the noise in room 145 had reached a level that would have stunned, or possibly paralyzed, any other teacher at Denton Elementary School. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z What difference can it possibly make, you say to yourself. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t possibly see her expression at that distance, but I felt when 1 was looking at her that she wras alone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And possibly, if I can pick up a can of pre-war vegetables, about dinner, too. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “The whole affair took possibly thirty seconds or one minute,” Gold said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Drowned possibly, as the cat would surely have been except for a little girl.... The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Personally,” he said, “my great ambition is to count all this”—he waved vaguely at the treasure around him—“and possibly sort it into piles. ‘Know thyself,’ that’s my dictum. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He was explaining why one of his kisses merited a rabbit, or possibly two, since everyone knows redheaded men are the most virile. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Whatever the case, it’s probably the only thing he could have possibly said that would have made our parents momentarily...happy might be overstating it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “If we cannot bear them, how can they possibly bear themselves?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I close the door behind me and wonder how I can possibly think I'll get away with this. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z You probably expected a thousand words on gravity or the four laws of thermodynamics, not a journal recounting the last 144 days of my life—possibly of all life—interspersed with crazy doomsday scenarios. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Merchandisers, for example, might look at two golfers, one lower middle class, the other wealthy, and know that they read the same golf magazine, see the same advertisements, and possibly buy the same quality driver. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He couldn’t possibly take down all six weapons before the attack began, even if he found the strength to shadow-travel that many times. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “How could they possibly turn them on again?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Kofun tombs are up to 1,500 feet long and over 100 feet high, making them possibly the largest earth mound tombs in the ancient world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Hazel had always felt invisible when she walked into school alone, and she thought that that was the worst way you could possibly feel. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Our all-weather coats hung on their six pegs; possibly they were meant for all weather but this. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z This perplexed me for a moment until I realized that no one could possibly want any of my possessions, so I just pulled it shut and went off to find Katz and go to dinner. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “What—what sort of engagement could you possibly have on Christmas Day?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z By the time Bertha brought out dessert, everybody was rubbing their stomachs and saying how they couldn’t possibly eat another bite, except, well, maybe just a little of that peach cobbler. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Who cared if the crack game was a tournament that only a few of them could possibly win? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z He said he did not think the man could possibly sleep more than a few hours a night. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z While they looked nothing alike, Shadow found himself suspecting that, on some level, possibly cellular, the two men were identical. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I run faster than I can possibly run, like I’m breathing adrenaline instead of air. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z For a second, I feel bad, and then I realize she couldn’t possibly do that. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z A night watchman opened the door and, possibly because he spotted the other boys, slammed it shut. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Each time they came to a road, the BFG was over it and away, and no motorist could possibly have seen anything except a quick black shadow flashing overhead. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They couldn’t possibly make fists like other people’s. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Men and boys went hunting, possibly as a group of fathers and sons, probably for days at a time. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z What could they possibly be waiting around for? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Their first shadow-travel experience together two days ago had been a total fiasco, possibly the most humiliating episode in Reyna’s long career. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z If there was anything more shameful to Permian fans, it was hard to know what it could possibly be. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But Herod Sayle couldn’t possibly want to damage his own creation. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Could it possibly be worth the pain it was causing? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I knew at some level that I had mishandled the situation, but Wickersham’s approach made admitting a mistake the last thing I could possibly do. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mr. Weasley had borrowed a Ministry of Magic car last year; possibly he would do the same today? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She’d assumed that the island where she had died hadn’t been completely destroyed, or possibly had risen again when Alcyoneus woke. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z In Stamps the custom was to can everything that could possibly be preserved. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how you found out about the Stone, but rest assured, no one can possibly steal it, it’s too well protected.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But if speculators got hold of that inside information, they could use it to enrich themselves—and, in the process, they might send France, and possibly the world, into financial free fall. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Plus, he wasn't just holding down a job; he was possibly getting better at it. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z It may be some Ages hence, a voyage to the Southern unknown Tracts, yea possibly the Moon, will not be more strange then one to America. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Soon, as soon as I possibly can. I will make you safe first.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z There were rumored to be vicious feral raptorpacks lurking amidst the stink piles, and possibly even a wild tyrannosaurus or two. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z They couldn’t possibly fire her for doing a bad job. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Twenty dollars couldn't possibly get him back into school—but maybe it could buy food for his family? I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Quite possibly she made it up. Those who use these instruments have studied for many years, and even then they can only understand them with the help of many books of reference.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “To the Field? What are you talking about, Matt? She couldn’t possibly walk to the Field from her cott! It’s too far! She’s too old! And she wouldn’t want to anyway.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His greatest legacy to music, though, is the inspiration he provided for his young colleague, and possibly pupil, Perotin. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The small Wyrdmarks made up larger ones, and the larger ones made up even larger ones, until it seemed the entire room meant something she couldn’t possibly understand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z One of the husbands, possibly incited by the vicar, continually laid small charges against Norwood in court, causing him much exasperation and necessitating repeated trips across Bermuda to defend himself. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The three other girls in my cluster were now staring blankly at me, looking possibly more confused by my existence than I’d expected. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It occurs to me now that the man might just possibly have meant this in a humorous sort of way; that is to say, he intended it as a bantering remark. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Now I would either goad him into shooting me or shame him into letting us go—or possibly, I would go home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “How, dear boy,” Glerk said heavily, “could you possibly know that?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z We know that the development of Sumerian writing took at least hundreds, possibly thousands, of years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He could not possibly make the journey through Forest if he first weakened himself on Ramon’s behalf. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Some alleged calendrical devices may just possibly be due to chance—an accidental alignment of window and niche on June 21, say. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s been in the hospital since the children disappeared. Out of her head. Irrational. She couldn’t possibly know anything about Georgie and Diana.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z It makes no sense—what “favor” can a bunch of Colorado kids possibly do that could have any value to the survivors of such an atrocity? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Its “Sinification” involved the drastic homogenization of a huge region in an ancient melting pot, the repopulation of tropical Southeast Asia, and the exertion of a massive influence on Japan, Korea, and possibly even India. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Josquin was asked to compose something in this friend’s memory, to be performed by the Ferrara Chapel Choir and quite possibly the duke himself in the role of tenor. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He walked slowly and asked himself ruefully what new misfortune could possibly befall him a moment before the mad hermit in the woods leaped out at him without warning from behind a mulberry bush. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He must have guessed something about the inner me, since he couldn’t possibly love the outer Anne he’s known so far! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z It had been taken from a distance, possibly with a hidden camera. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Certainly, the Department of Justice wanted him deported back to the United States to stand trial for his violations, possibly in concert with the Department of the Treasury, for income tax evasion. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z After dinner, we’d wash our dishes and gather to watch the least offensive movie the teachers could possibly find. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z My questions lead to more questions, most urgently how becoming the leader of an Empire I loathe can possibly result in my attaining “true freedom—of body and of soul.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It did not seem as if the camp could possibly hold any more, but still they kept coming: long lines of people, some emaciated, some hurt or sick, all exhausted. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat down in the desk chair and told Radar about my evening in Margo’s vacation house, trying hard not to leave out any possibly helpful details. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Of those, possibly none would pass the written and oral exams. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The high narrow kitchen faced on the yard which was a flagstone walk surrounding a square of cementlike sour earth out of which nothing could possibly grow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who is making the best headway any producer could possibly make with a writer who is—” started Mr. Gregory. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Or, possibly, the virus had nothing to do with the cotton factory, and Mr. Yu. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, Max I could understand: he was scared of Hunter and his friends, and possibly of the basketball boys, too. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She followed the worn tread in the throw rugs, and Turner went after her into a house as hot as it could possibly be without the whole place flaring up. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z George knew she couldn’t have possibly expected to hear Ms. Udell call her name. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z But what could it possibly have mattered to them that, after the broken treaty and Neto’s desperate plea for help, the Cubans were the only ones to answer it? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was just a girl, after all, so how could I possibly survive? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z A certain monarchic attitude seized him: How could they possibly refuse him, the Prince of Chess? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The legs were too short, and couldn’t possibly lift the creature’s bulk. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There are two or possibly three other men up in the cockpit, negotiating with the control tower over the radio. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Thanatos gave her a strange look—possibly pity, though that didn’t seem like an emotion Death would understand. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “My execution? But she . . . she hasn’t developed the right simulation yet; she couldn’t possibly...” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Still, seeing him only adds to my sense of unease over why the Careers would possibly leave him as a guard, why they have allowed him to live at all. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In one possibly apocryphal story, doctors once trained a homeless man to do routine lab tests because there was no one else available. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z What other reason, he asked, would possibly make him do this? The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He recalls what the tag said about opening things, wondering what could possibly be inside of all of these jars. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was possibly the first time he had ever abandoned Master Artemis in a time of crisis. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Finally, after some time had passed, I allowed the obvious, more important question to break through my cloud of anger: What could Rachel Caldwell possibly have to do with all this? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z ‘But as soon as the first shot is fired, no man of military age can possibly get out of Boston. They’ll see to it. It’s now or never.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they’re caused by the interaction of many genes, possibly in combination with environmental factors. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Then Mike is back and he has found a color that is the color of Finch’s eyes, which he can’t possibly know or remember. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Are you famous?” she asked, possibly sensing Bobby’s fame, or maybe because she’d seen his photo in Morgunbladid or some other periodical. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I will do my very best to update whenever I possibly can, and pray this letter finds you safely. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The only thing she didn't like to think about, about Park, was what he could possibly see in her. park The pickup kept dying. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Nobody could possibly have his ears in his legs.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The Seven only knew how long mother and son might have together before Cersei’s trial... and possibly her execution. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Richard,” he said again, as if there were no one on earth he could possibly be so delighted to see. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He was yelling, clawing at the ground, but the winged shoes kept dragging him toward the pit, and it didn’t look like we could possibly get to him in time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She always wears this cardigan, and a succession of dark skirts, which can’t possibly be the same one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It didn't look as if Hwin could possibly keep it up much longer. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z What could possibly be wrong with that kid? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z From nine to eleven he planned to dig a hole, or trench, and possibly find something good to eat buried in the dirt. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z After my mom leaves, I head straight to the gym with Will, wanting to strengthen my weak lungs as much as I possibly can. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Since the police chief was getting pressure to stop the incidents, Officer Delinko knew that catching the vandals would be a feather in his cap—and possibly the first step toward a promotion. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Here’s another thing I realized: You’d think that receiving an injury to your balls is probably the worst thing that can possibly happen to any guy, but it’s not. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Staying here is possibly a silly thing to do, too retrospective. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t be ridiculous, Weasley, how could he possibly have gotten through the portrait hole?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They lived in the same one-roomed hut with their families, few chickens, litter of pigs, or with a cow possibly called Crumbocke—most dreadful and insanitary! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, however, possibly when my Muse was being capricious, I set aside my paints and drew cartoons. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “Anna, how could it possibly be your fault?” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z He used to tell me things about Panamá that I couldn’t possibly have remembered—like about the scorpions in our backyard and the cement utility sink where my mom used to give us baths. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He was a moody, complicated man, possibly suffering from some degree of clinical depression, who found himself in possession of musical talents even he couldn’t quite come to terms with. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The one thing you can be sure of is that things can’t possibly get any worse and the only direction is up. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “What happ—” At first Will didn’t understand what could possibly make his sister freeze in the middle of a sentence like that. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z What else could he possibly have left to say? The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Yet, although the philosophers understood him perfectly well, some of them continued to insist that what he and other astronomers claimed to see couldn’t possibly be there. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I mused about what I might do, what skills I might possibly have. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z At least one source records that Demetrius was an intimate of the king, and had influence over policy, possibly including the seizure and copying of all incoming manuscripts for the “ships’ collection.” Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Someone—probably Madoc, possibly Balekin, maybe even one of the other minor kings or queens—could squat there like a spider, consolidating power. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I know,” he said, “but I have this feeling I must get down to-night. Can’t you possibly sleep in the back of the car?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Now he was blocked and it made him restless, possibly less canny. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “What could possibly be so important that a person could let the phone ring twenty-seven times?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “But it can’t possibly be clean after all that wearing. And at your age, honey, you need to pay attention to hygiene. It’s important.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “There are dangers in the wood. There are dangers here that will follow you into the wood. And there is one who is more dangerous than you could possibly imagine.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The answer is that we could not possibly tell. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Could this precocious Brooklyn boy not just become a Candidate but possibly win the tournament? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You have told us all we want to know,” he said, “and if we could possibly have a copy of the memoranda in your file it might be very useful.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I was so busy cooking the best meal that I could possibly get together that I didn’t say much either. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Elsie, we couldn’t possibly afford to buy a house in Myrtle Beach or anywhere else.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Know that we gave both of you the fairest consideration we possibly could.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But along with that came the feeling that they’d got it terribly wrong, if they saw her like that; they didn’t understand at all; she couldn’t possibly fulfill this desperate hope of theirs. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And if I don’t leave, I’ll die in that apartment, possibly in front of Penny, and that’s not how I want to be remembered—Rufus’s approach is really smart and thoughtful. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The kid was only trying to take care of some owls— how could that possibly be a crime? Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, when I was sure things couldn’t possibly get any worse, they did. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Ridiculous. What can they possibly mean by letting all that light in at once. Don’t they know that this is a dungeon?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He couldn’t possibly summon lightning at the bottom of the sea, could he? Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Here comes eager beaver Phil Resch back with his handy dandy portable little test. Isn’t he clever? He’s going to destroy his own life and mine and possibly yours.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z On that bench is, quite possibly, where he met his fate.* 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z This is especially the case at work—employment settings where family members interact with people they believe could not possibly understand what they are going through. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If you are doing well you turn yours in on a new model just as you do with an automobile if you can possibly afford to. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of the problem is that he is incorrigibly dishonest, insisting he has seen and done things he cannot possibly have. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z It was the best thing that could possibly happen. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t be a very useful book, but you could hold it and know that everything you could possibly say was in your hands. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And finally, and perhaps more obviously, he attacked Pythagoras’s scheme with the most self-evident of arguments: it could not possibly account for female anatomy. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When Burr first demanded an apology, Hamilton refused to comply, complaining that he could not possibly be expected to recall all his remarks about Burr over a fifteen-year period of interaction. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A people pushed to the extremities that existed in the South could not possibly hold on, the papers claimed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z "What," he asked, in what he was certain were lofty and scornful tones, "would possibly make you imagine that my lady-love would have sent me on some foolish errand?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “Marcus, what she is offering is too good to be true—we get everything we want without all the violence! How can you possibly say no?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z That made her sure that his dismissal and the children’s disappearance were not, could not possibly be, unconnected. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked Lorena once, but she said, “No, how could I possibly hate my own mother?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There was only one meaning that the episode could possibly have. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “What good could I possibly do, stuck in that situation? People need to be told what’s going on around here. They need the truth!” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She threatened to put him in jail and I was on restriction twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week—possibly forever. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Every telephone where I could possibly be reached was ringing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Belgium won’t possibly accept the outcome of an election,” Father said. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z With her right hand raised overhead, she was frantically signalling to someone—her child, perhaps, or her husband, or possibly the viewer—to drop everything and hurry over. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z But the relevant point about Holly is that she is visibly unwell—possibly whiter, on a daily basis, than anyone else in the state. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I swear to God, that kid should wear a protective rubber bumper and possibly water wings. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Jones won’t hear of it, reminding them that his servants are home and could possibly give them away. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “How does she keep from collapsing under the weight of those diamonds? They can’t possibly be real.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “He was possibly the best student I ever taught.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Through more holes than he could possibly stop, his secret was leaking—pouring—out. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Poor Mr. and Miss Woodhouse, if you please; but I cannot possibly say ‘poor Miss Taylor.’ Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He could not possibly have made a more appalling fool of himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The rabbit’s nose crinkled, and his ears slewed around now and then, investigating small sounds that might possibly be charged with danger to a brush rabbit. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “With Mr. Curtain there? What could we possibly do?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It occurred to me, too, that quite possibly the man would never make any money. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Harry thought there was a rather knowing look in her eye as she told him that, but she could not possibly know that his insides were suddenly dancing the conga. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z In contrast, four species of big mammals—the goat, sheep, pig, and cow—were domesticated very early in the Fertile Crescent, possibly earlier than any other animal except the dog anywhere else in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Axis orientations affected the rate of spread of crops and livestock, and possibly also of writing, wheels, and other inventions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I’m awfully flattered you mistook me for Prince Gwydion. There’s hardly any resemblance, except possibly a certain air of...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I had allowed myself to believe that the people who had prosecuted Walter were just misguided, possibly incompetent. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z How could I possibly explain to Warren that I'm in the car with Darius? Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z They were expecting a review, possibly Meade himself. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But on this side of the highway green fields led directly up to the road’s eastern shoulder—an unnatural setup; obviously the result of a strange, possibly a bad, law. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Witnesses are speaking to the cops and I don’t know what they could possibly be saying. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He refused to be serious, he was infuriatingly unserious, but he was as committed to the things that mattered to him as anyone could possibly be. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Pounding the stone with his feet, he fled as fast as he possibly could. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “How could you possibly know that, Jupiter? You just sat here asking me what I want and when I tell you, you say I’m wrong? How is that your call to make?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z More individuals are born than can possibly survive.... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z How could they possibly do anything about it? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Wondering how he could possibly do the same thing tomorrow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Another swears it was a mirage, some sort of hallucination, possibly caused by evil emanations surrounding 803 Oriole Street. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The question Myrtle poses to herself is: When should I accept Mr. X and forgo the suitors who would come after him, some of whom may possibly be “better” than he? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z This beast is believed to be wizard-bred, possibly intended to guard wizard dwellings or treasure, as is often the case with magically created monsters. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Butler lay unconscious, possibly paralyzed by the same gaseous anomaly. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “No,” he said robustly, as if dismissing a preposterous and possibly slanderous allegation. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “How can you possibly apologize for killing her dog?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I almost throw it out, but instead I grab it, ready to see just what she could possibly think I’d want. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z In it she confessed to crimes she could not possibly have committed and admitted faults far beyond her capacity. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He looked at me as if I were possibly brain damaged. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know,” I finally say, and my stomach starts to ache, possibly from the random assortment of things I’ve eaten in the last hour. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Ilya’s answer was possibly even worse than demanding they be turned in. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Mythology, the ancient sociologist would have thought, could not possibly enable millions of strangers to cooperate on a daily basis. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The injury to Booth’s leg had caused the tissue to swell up and create a seal that could not be broken without inflicting agony upon the patient and possibly worsening the injury. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She tried to figure out what could possibly have caused such agony, but her faculties didn’t stretch to memory just yet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I wanted a three-quarter-ton pick-up truck, capable of going anywhere under possibly rigorous conditions, and on this truck I wanted a little house built like the cabin of a small boat. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody knows why the notion stuck— possibly because it’s closer to Latin grammar, or perhaps because the word preposition means “position before,” which seems to suggest that a preposition can’t come last. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That way, he might discover a drug that would fight Ebola virus or possibly cure it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There couldn’t possibly be such a thing as the old Harvard try. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Odds were that it was a common three-letter word, possibly “the” or “and.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I’m looking for, possibly, a very odd haplogroup,” he told me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She spoke of the North, and how they could live there together, and possibly have children. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z "Rogers is wrong! Or possibly Rogers is lying!" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Well, of course, here and there, possibly one exception. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She could not possibly remember what Odenigbo drank because she had never visited in the evenings with her husband. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It would very possibly anger the only god who I had on my side. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It’s like all the other schoolrooms at Queen Mary, but it seems darker, possibly because there’s less decoration. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She clearly felt that it would be tactless for them to remain in the room while Harry and the Dursleys exchanged loving, possibly tearful farewells. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He had to read every column of it including the society section in which he couldn’t possibly be interested. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z What other things could possibly happen between them? 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He was, wow, he was possibly the most good-looking guy I’d ever seen. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I wondered how my media columns could possibly have found their way onto the website of the two kids who had just slaughtered so many of their classmates and themselves. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t possibly attempt a long trip with the boat in its current condition. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was no one left Alex could turn to who might possibly help. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Arnold’s photograph of the aftermath showed a Lilliputian man, possibly Burnham, standing before a great mound of shattered wood and tangled steel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They must have driven fifty kilometers, and Meggie was still trying to figure out what he could possibly have meant. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He did not see how he could possibly explain to Hermione that what she had done to offend Ron was kiss Viktor Krum, not when the offense had occurred so long ago. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It was the Muslim high court which examined all possibly nonauthentic converts to the Islamic religion seeking to enter Mecca. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Music can help to improve children’s self-esteem in that they can participate and possibly excel in the musical endeavor. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z For ten minutes, fifteen kids — and possibly the universe — held their breath. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a time for honesty and a time to focus on the important issues possibly threatening everyone in Alke. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z A few would decline, possibly because they weren’t feeling well enough or maybe for political reasons. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If the same principle applied to animals and inheritance, then what force could possibly conserve any distinguishing feature of any variant organism? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “And I rented a car. Everything else anyone could possibly need for a weekend away is in this bag.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “How can you possibly still be an Elder-in-Training?” his mother fumed night after night at supper. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She saw his mouth twist and wondered if he was nauseous or if maybe, possibly, he was trying not to laugh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The drought, possibly caused by a mega-Nino, pushed the society, already so close to the edge, over the cliff. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t possibly. It’s taken me three hours to tell Mary and Lois—and I haven’t got them off Bourbon yet. Little girls shouldn’t stay up that late.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I want to hold on to this feeling for as long as I possibly can.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “If she can’t even arrange her work schedule, how can she possibly expect to be stable enough to raise a child?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He’d also heard that television emitted possibly harmful electronic rays and he was skittish about spending too much time in front of the ubiquitous tube. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “How can you possibly lose the one and only patient you’ve got? What happened—did aliens beam him up to their spaceship while you were on your coffee break?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I slept for a long time, ten hours, possibly because of the slow recovery and possibly because sleep fights cancer and possibly because I was a teenager with no particular wake- up time. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z No words or punishment could have possibly made me doubt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It made me wonder, again, how he possibly could’ve failed at his quest. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He told his assistant and ammo bearer to each bring a spare machine gun for him, and as much ammo as they could possibly carry. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I wondered how any lawyer—or anyone—could possibly defend Bran if he wouldn’t say anything? Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who battled at the Cornucopia, with their superior strength and surplus of supplies, they couldn't possibly have been near enough to spot the flames then. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Since there was only one person who could possibly merit the mantle of America’s Samson and Solomon, Jefferson’s customary sense of discretion allowed him to make his point without mentioning the name. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If they were trying to build a case against her, any scrap of information that Bobby might give them could possibly be used against her. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This is one of the best hands I could possibly have. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z How could he possibly think of making such a journey? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He was wiry, with developed deltoids and lats: possibly a rock climber, definitely not a weight-room guy. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But now he had to get out of the claustrophobic bedroom before he possibly got ill all over the tablets that covered the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It revived some of the campaign-era speculation that I was generally uncouth and lacking the standard elegance of a First Lady, and worried me somewhat, too, thinking I’d possibly distracted from Barack’s efforts abroad. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Bloom, who seemed somehow more approachable and human than before, began by talking about the most stressful scenario a CO could ever possibly face: being held hostage. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t possibly bring off one of these affairs by myself, and there’s Aunty having the time of her life. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “But she murdered the farmer’s daughter! How could you possibly save a murderer?” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z It’s probably cracked, possibly ruined, but I can’t tear my gaze from the symbol on the wall. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “No, I can’t. I promised my aunt I would never tell her. Besides, what can I possibly say to her to make it any better? I’m not sure what the point would be.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z By mid-February, I began wondering what the club could possibly have against Celia that justified the things they did to her. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “It would be like trying to attack a thunderstorm. How could we possibly hurt it?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The writers then dispersed in search of the stories that would illuminate, sharpen, or possibly contradict, their working hypotheses. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z What could I possibly know that he didn’t? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He couldn’t possibly eat that much and not get sick. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Camels?” said I, wondering why he could possibly want to know. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t possibly know how bad dragons were. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes and nodded, grateful because I couldn’t possibly talk anymore. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I need to find Auntie Seema, the only person who really knows me, and the only person who could possibly help me reconnect with my mom. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “It is an odd case, possibly unique... We don’t know what his behavior might be like when he awakens...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z There were believed to be hundreds or possibly even thousands of workers and an unknown number of fire, police, and rescue personnel still trapped in the two buildings when they went down. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The relations of businesses to one another in Silicon Valley and on Route 128 are very different, possibly resulting in those different outcomes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Who knows if I could possibly figure out the science part of what he’s talking about. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z She had both hands on the lid when she felt something hard and sharp and possibly metallic jab into her ribs from behind. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “What on earth could you possibly want me to do, O’Malley?” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Digory knew that he couldn’t possibly break in on so solemn a meeting, but there was no need to do so. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Helm had seen them knock on the door of “the office,” seen Herb step outside and talk to them on the lawn, and, possibly ten minutes later, watched the strangers walk away, “looking sulky.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The jungle stranger was still staring at me, although he couldn’t possibly see me hidden in the darkness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z They couldn’t possibly understand the pull that Grace felt. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z No one living now, save possibly Billy Buck, was worthy to do the things that had been done. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Each tape has a dark blue number painted in the upper right-hand corner, possibly with nail polish. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Nixon’s cover-up was holding, but possibly not for long. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She slammed him back into the locker with more strength than he thought she could possibly have. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Okay. I remember you saying you wanted to get as far away from Detroit as you possibly could. Stanford? UCLA?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “You are sweet,” beamed Mrs. Weasley, possibly taking his watering eyes for emotion at the news. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z This was addressed to the man, who was rattling his cup against his saucer, and Eleanor took a first, shuddering sip of her own coffee and wondered how he could possibly want more. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z His face is beginning to fade, possibly because it wasn’t always the same: his face had different expressions, his clothes did not. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided to try as hard as I possibly could and locked into this unexplainable work rhythm. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I was doubted by those who shared more of my life than any others could possibly share of it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can’t possibly work on the boat until this is finished,” she explained to Mother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “How can we possibly take a chance on your being right?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “Yeah. How could I possibly know what a corrupt faction looks like? I’m just training to be Dauntless, for God’s sake,” I say. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He laughs, as though I cannot possibly be serious. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z To repair a man’s soul and deepest heart—to reverse an irreversible trade—might be far, far more than Matty could possibly undertake. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Thomas leaned forward as far as he possibly could, hoping to get a glance at the newcomer. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “There is nothing about an individual as important as his IQ, except possibly his morals,” Terman once said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They smile back like being called a turkey brain is hilarious and they couldn’t possibly be keeping secrets. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I’m going to get him, Mama,” I said, “and I’m going to get him today if I possibly can.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn't possibly keep a gigantic secret like that bottled up inside her. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “Enlighten me, Strange. In what version of the world could you possibly help?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z How it was rumored that the boy carver was enchanted or possibly possessed. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “How could I possibly not know the law?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z But do I really want to make a pact with her, only to possibly have to kill her later? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But if the Stormbreakers were based on the round processor there couldn’t possibly be any need for such extremes—and anyway, this was like nothing Alex had ever seen before. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But how long could the peace possibly last? The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Not only any actual misdemeanor, but any eccentricity, however small, any change of habits, any nervous mannerism that could possibly be the symptom of an inner struggle, is certain to be detected. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z What he meant was clear enough, but I was groping for what lay behind his words, for what his thoughts could possibly be. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “He is also handsome,” replied Elizabeth, “which a young man ought likewise to be, if he possibly can. His character is thereby complete.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand,” he says, “how you could possibly be stupid enough to come up here with no gun.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z A dream couldn’t possibly capture the intensity of this moment. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I feel too scared to ask her when that might possibly be. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I reasoned that if I somehow kept improving my English and ingratiated Mrs. Smith by the fact, then possibly she would give me more books like Treasure Island each time Granny took me along. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The horizon is a million adults zooming past me, is a line of yellow taxis, is more than you could possibly imagine. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “How,” he said, “can I possibly make the Dean of Studies understand that there is a divinity in our midst?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As if it were, in its opinion, the only thing in any world or place that could possibly be of any importance. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z It took no great leap of intelligence to realize that Hamilton Knapp had laced Gingers dog treats with tranquilizers and laxatives so that she would do one, possibly two, embarrassing things on stage. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z She insisted that the child sitting on each side of her slide his chair toward the head of the table, so that no legs could possibly reach her. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can’t possibly issue you one until November. There’s a lot of information you still have to provide us with.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Without me, she could maybe, possibly, look like just another kid walking the quad. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But how could I possibly express my gratitude? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Instead, I used the dark and chilly days to learn more theoretical chemistry or to leaf through journals, hoping that possibly there existed a forgotten clue to DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Some English teachers frown on starting a sentence with there, possibly because they prefer keeping the real subject before the verb. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a dismissal that would shake West Computing to its core, with possibly career-damaging implications for Dorothy Vaughan as well. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “His ‘couple of questions’ stretched into an interrogation from which I soon discovered that he knew more about me than I could possibly remember about myself.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “In Lit class I’m going to write you a sonnet about how nothing could possibly be gayer than writing your friend a haiku.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As soon as it came out, he was sure he couldn’t have possibly said anything dumber. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The idea of possibly encountering Papá terrified me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven’t, you cannot possibly imagine it. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z It did not seem that he could possibly be a Jew, but then he wasn’t a Jackboot either. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z What kind of exam could possibly consist of one question? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But the prisoner had convinced himself that the young men, possibly motivated by a desire for adventure, meant to help him escape. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “MoMo’s already racked up a pretty impressive list of atrocities. What could you possibly nail him for that would be so effective?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Just assuming that they are sharks,” the Centipede said, “there still can’t possibly be any danger if we stay up here.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z What can that possibly tell you about a person? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z That shouldn’t surprise us: people 6,000 years ago couldn’t possibly have had a word for guns, which were invented only within the past 1,000 years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There was only the girl walking with him now, her face bright as snow in the moonlight, and he knew she was working his questions around, seeking the best answers she could possibly give. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Red Flags, n.: possibly therapists’ favorite term in the world. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z What appointment could she possibly have in this building? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z How else could I possibly respond to that? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z As we leave, I keep my eyes on the boy in black, who is possibly both a liar and a thief. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Third, the fortunate ones of us who do recover develop antibodies that leave us immune against a recurrence of the disease for a long time, possibly for the rest of our life. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z What could possibly be wrong with this story? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He concluded with the declaration that “no one could possibly question the selection of the University of California and Ernest Lawrence as the institution and the scientist to whom the project should be entrusted.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In what way could it possibly be the interest of the inhabitants of that dwelling to serve me? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But how could I possibly knock down an eight-foot sign made of metal? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And who could possibly understand a word he said? Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z A pearly string of drool hung from his mouth, which meant he was either hot or hungry, or possibly both. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And can I possibly get out of this? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He tried to ignore the cheers across the way from the Carter fans, cheers that sounded to him “like a bunch of African natives,” and instead yelled as loud as he possibly could. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They counted as part of the graveyard, and he hoped that his Freedom of the Graveyard might just, possibly, just this time, cover other people too. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I allowed Adèle to sit up much later than usual; for she declared she could not possibly go to sleep while the doors kept opening and shutting below, and people bustling about. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Man, just when I thought Olive couldn’t possibly surprise me any more. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Then, hopefully, “Could you maybe, possibly, drop me off at the library, this afternoon?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z And then he remembers that his parents can’t possibly reach him: he has not given them the number, and the Radiffs are unlisted. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z People said we were on course for southern Siberia, or possibly even China or Mongolia. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z But on closer inspection, the game still looked as though it could possibly end in a draw. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z There were possibly other children who died in infancy. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z My senses told me that Tillie had coughed and spat into that pot, but my heart told me that no human being could possibly be so filthy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Xan was an old woman, and he was a young dragon, and he couldn’t have possibly known her when she was young, could he have? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He couldn’t see how the mammoth walls could possibly be mobile—felt so sure of it he relaxed, thinking Chuck was just playing a trick on him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Meet you at the corner!” he shrieked, and raced out of the room, possibly in hysterics. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Could he possibly not know Valerian attacked me? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’m ready. I’ve got less than one semester left. How much more could I possibly need to know to do this? Put me in, Coach.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Grace could see her mentally ripping out the carpet in their living room, adding a second wing, or quite possibly abandoning Grace’s father and her to live in this house instead. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t possibly go to the party anyway.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I’m wondering what more Max could possibly want from me. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A third ingenious punishment might possibly have been inflicted in the market-place below you. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And if she looked nothing like herself, she thought, then she couldn’t possibly be herself. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Cushing’s syndrome was the official diagnosis, possibly related to his MS and possibly not. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z What has Haymitch possibly said to them, what has he bargained with to make them put Peeta’s life above their own? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In fact, mobility, which once buoyed the working lives of Americans as it rose in the decades after World War II, has lately flattened out or possibly even declined, many researchers say. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z What could possibly be the purpose of such a thing? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Briefly—and possibly this is another hallucination—he smells the fresh jasmine of Bournabat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “May I ask who it is who has been kidnapped or possibly murdered?” the woman said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z And how, on Christmas Eve, could he possibly be better than Santa? Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The voices around me are a mess: some nasal, some off-key, and both are drowning out those of us who could possibly be on key, like me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I want to apologize for possibly getting her in trouble earlier. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Frederick drops his chin to his chest, possibly a nod. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Kit looked from one to the other, from her aunt’s barely restrained tears to her uncle’s waiting judgment There is nothing I can possibly tell them, she thought, except the truth. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z On the table were what appeared to be the remains of an autopsy performed upon a large bird, possibly a crow. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The colored people in Auburn felt that they could not possibly support an institution which took its inmates in free of charge, and so began to charge an admittance fee. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z People were both angry and scared, which was possibly the most dangerous combination of emotions, and it made Ocean’s association with me more outrageous than ever. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z If this were not so, it is doubtful that any conceivable volume of chemicals — or any other methods — could possibly keep down their populations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The only thing to do right now is gallop like a thoroughbred as fast as your bike will possibly go, and race for your life. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I wanted to say something grown-up, possibly something memorable, so when I returned to the living room, I said, “I would like to make a toast.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kit? You mean — can it possibly be Katherine Tyler? For a moment I thought — oh, my dear child, how wonderful!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The insects, possibly excited by the smell of blood, have increased their clicking until it’s a continuous roar in my ears. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And when at last they had all eaten as much as they possibly could the three Dwarfs drew lots for who would do the washing-up, and Rogin was the unlucky one. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “Most probably I won’t like it anyway, but since I don’t know where it came from, I can’t possibly send it back.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I’d meet someone along the road, possibly even Mother, who would take me home. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Worse, the war was being fought without a strategy that could possibly lead to victory. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “That can’t possibly be true. Doesn’t your father have family in London?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z But with me, when we were alone, my mother would speak in Chinese, saying things my father could not possibly imagine. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z If the Aspirants don’t know what will happen in the Trials, how can I possibly find out? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But I never liked any of the Tarzan movies—my own imagined picture of Tarzan was more wonderful than any actor could possibly be. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The second was that I was deeply, delightfully in love with a guy whose forceful intellect and ambition could possibly end up swallowing mine. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But their lives and deaths have had a greater impact on my thinking as a scientist, scholar, historian, physician, son, and father than I could possibly have envisioned. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z For all I know, I’m on live television at this very moment while commentators try to analyze what could possibly have motivated me to kill Coin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Gwen had been speared from behind—possibly after the game had ended. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “But you, he might just possibly listen to you. He’s got a daughter about your age, don’t he?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He was still too much a child, still insufficiently acquainted with violence, to believe that bodily harm could possibly come to him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z When asked what was in it, without answering he’d give a look that said in essence, “How can you possibly ask me that question? I’m deeply hurt and insulted.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The day after she left I asked Jack Kalantzakos what he knew about the places my wife would be, whether they were beautiful, striking, possibly dangerous. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Their next course of action had seemed like a no-brainer—find and capture Mr. Flux, possibly the stranger from the portal, too. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But of course four or five thousand people had seen the transformation and the affair could not possibly be hushed up. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z And while he wasn’t exactly beaming at Roy, there was unmistakable affection—and possibly even pride—in his gaze. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She told Claire everything she could possibly think of to say, and at the end, she felt wrung out and exhausted. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I wondered what could possibly be the bad influence in Anna’s house. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z One missed paycheck could leave you without electricity; one missed homework assignment could put you behind and possibly out of college. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Perhaps his sister wanted to spare them what was possibly only a small grief, for they were really suffering quite enough already. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Out of everything that he would be giving up for these next possibly two months, a flushable toilet was definitely in his top three, alongside internet and Hot Pockets. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Severe reactions may occasionally occur in sensitive individuals, and medical literature records one death possibly, though not definitely, attributable to fire ant venom. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Knowledge of the language of the white men was a powerful weapon that she could possibly use one day to her advantage. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z For a horse, it was said, the pension would be five pounds of corn a day and, in winter, fifteen pounds of hay, with a carrot or possibly an apple on public holidays. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z How I couldn’t possibly comprehend what he was feeling. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z As I’m thinking this, I think how ridiculous I am to imagine that Scott could possibly care about the state of my life at this moment. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She could not possibly know how painfully my heart lurched. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The fact that he was now an international grandmaster and was eligible to compete for the World Championship made him feel accomplished, but he wondered how he could possibly make a living playing chess. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z At first the men had speculated about how soon they could possibly expect a rescue ship. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He scrubbed and splashed and ducked under the water completely to get rid of as much grime as he possibly could. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The whole process seemed to stretch out over a long, indefinite time—weeks, possibly— and the intervals between the sessions might sometimes have been days, sometimes only an hour or two. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Well, you have three weeks. It’s not long, but you can begin training. If the Assignment Board deems you fit, possibly your case will be reviewed.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But people think we spread diseases, and I suppose possibly we do, though never intentionally, and surely we never spread as many diseases as people themselves do. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to read more—not just chess journals—acquire more money, continue his religious studies, and possibly meet someone with whom he could fall in love. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He knew he would find her and he knew she would be upset and hysterical and possibly even brain tumbled. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They believed they had found traces of ancient Indians in modern blood—a first step, possibly, toward rewriting the history of the Americas. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He does not seem to have known what he was in for, possibly because he viewed the Inka as a gang of rustic thugs. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Might possibly even be executed, slowly and painfully while the cameras broadcast it to every screen in the country. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I fell off the Woody pig and bit my tongue. What could possibly be worse than that?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He could charge in and help, but even together he and Percy couldn’t possibly fight off ten basilisks at once. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z How could they possibly synchronize a meeting with their friends? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z For as much as I dreaded possibly failing the tryout, it would’ve been nice to at least get the chance to see what I could do. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The sullen innkeeper told me that he couldn’t possibly dream of charging me, seeing as how the entire town was in my debt and all that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “What could you possibly have against Harold and the Purple Crayon?” she asks. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “It was an accident. He didn’t really mean to help. How could he possibly know that in this old car there beats a truly Marxist heart?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a worried expression, as though he were trying to remember some name which began with Chol but which was pronounced in quite a different way, possibly Menzies or was it Dalziel? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Hopewell culture introduced monumental earthworks and, possibly, agriculture to the rest of the cold North. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I think it’s possibly the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen. You love him, even if he’s a complete idiot.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It w is the quietest wood you could possibly imagine. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z When I closed the door to my room for possibly the last time and walked into the kitchen, I saw my mother telling Atal again that we couldn’t take the chicks. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was as though she could not possibly squeeze a word through her lips. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she sees a glimmer of independence—a raised eyebrow, a carefully worded, possibly ironic observation, like, “Well, we can’t make a decision on that till the boss gets home.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He couldn't possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z The chupacabras was demonic in appearance, not human, so he couldn’t possibly be it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A delightfully clear original manuscript of ‘Sumer is icumen in’, possibly in W’s own hand, survives at the British Library. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Very well; Thursday. My wife may possibly have some engagement for me Thursday. In case she has, I shall let you know. Otherwise, you may expect me.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d counter by saying we were only a couple of kids, that we couldn’t possibly make a difference. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd seen it hit his shoulder, so far from his chest that it couldn't possibly have killed him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The condemned pilots, with their lust for the life and love which is probably to be lost so soon, touch the hearts of young women, or possibly call up an answering bravado. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Cain had said things he couldn’t possibly know—he’d seen it in her eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In just 200 million years, possibly less, the Earth was essentially formed, though still molten and subject to constant bombardment from all the debris that remained floating about. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Since she had lost her savings, then she could not possibly lose her sister too; the custodians of fate were not that wicked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And I heard one witch at the end of the front row saying aloud, "All of them! We can't possibly wipe out all of them!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z How could she possibly make excuses for him? The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z How could that possibly be the coach’s responsibility? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Even if individuals are capable of it, the leaders of a faction can’t possibly be. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “This possibly marked the end of an era,” said Dr. Paul DeBach of the Citrus Experiment Station in Riverside. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He wrote to one official in 1226 asking if he could possibly obtain three pounds of the precious substance—at a cost of about 450 modern dollars. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z It was a thought that would have consequences far beyond anything he could possibly have imagined. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z On time and as clean-shaven as you could possibly get. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Who could possibly have left such an enormous package and such a strange one? The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she put the forms and the photocopy in a manila envelope addressed to the agency and mailed them off, fully expecting to hear nothing for weeks or months, or possibly ever. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I don’t know whether he had just started thinking about our relationship—that I might possibly be something more than his straight man. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z There was a danger, I instantly knew, that the feeling of power, even temporary, could possibly draw me in, could trap me the way that the temporary relief of drugs trapped people. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z It looked like satin, the handkerchief; it could not possibly be absorbent enough. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “We have to trust someone, don’t we? Or else we’re just walking around in a wasteland, possibly starving to death.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Practical advice should be ‘Spray as little as you possibly can’ rather than ‘Spray to the limit of your capacity.’ Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z After several long moments — or it might have been half an hour — or possibly several sunlit days — they broke apart. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And Flora Buckman, holding her possibly concussed squirrel, ran with him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z From Cyrus’s point of view this was possibly the greatest of her virtues. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She always wears this cardigan, and a succession of dark skirts, which can’t possibly be the same one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z We have one foot over the border into the promised land, or possibly the grave. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is a fine place of my son’s, sir,” cried the old man, while I nodded as hard as I possibly could. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The construction of his verse was often clumsy, possibly because strict deadlines meant he had to work so quickly. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Nothing could possibly scare her as much as those spiders. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z This is possibly, definitely the number one best thing that’s ever happened to me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z A tingle runs through me at the chance to crack this problem, possibly the biggest puzzle I’ve ever been given the chance to solve. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In other words, the very factors that drove millions of American women to have an abortion also seemed to predict that their children, had they been born, would have led unhappy and possibly criminal lives. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “How can he possibly come out just fine!” snapped Mrs. Gloop. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z She locks eyes with Zahra as their little party assembles in the hall, and Alex feels like they couldn’t possibly be in more capable hands. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Friends and safety: two things my dad couldn’t possibly object to. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z And I need as much money as I can possibly get for our assets. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She can’t possibly mean the old man I saw just a few moments ago. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Given wrong directions at the Academy, I parked at one end of the top wall, as far as I could possibly be from the corner of the prison where I was due to report. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z What could he possibly do that would not just get himself caught, too? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She couldn't possibly still be sleeping, she thought, her worry tying knots in her stomach. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They threw enough rocks to cover the entire left half of the area in front of them, covering the distance anyone—or anything—could possibly jump. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “We never realized that there could not possibly be enough farms standing empty for all those who had been expelled.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Vernon,” Aunt Petunia was saying in a quivering voice, “look at the address — how could they possibly know where he sleeps? You don’t think they’re watching the house?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z How could she possibly make it with that belligerent girl along? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She is reading again: Who could possibly calculate the minimum time required for us to get out? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But possibly her skin’s gone numb; possibly she feels nothing, like one formerly scalded. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z We step outside into the brash light of another world I can’t possibly understand. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Even more, I wanted to argue that no one could possibly know that everything would be fine, not 100 percent without a doubt for sure. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z With a rocket in his saddle and wings on his sides Grog couldn’t possibly have clocked such a time, but the reporters weren’t sure of that, given what Smith had done for Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z So the Americans put their weapons down, and they came out of the woods with their hands on top of their heads, because they wanted to go on living, if they possibly could. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look,” Obiora said, lowering his voice as if the group of about forty students jogging past could possibly hear him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z All I can do now is keep recording my mental state as objectively as possible, remembering that this psychological journal will be the first of its kind, and possibly the last. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z How can I possibly pay attention with all her yapping? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Odin will battle Fenrir bravely, but the wolf is more vast and more dangerous than anything could possibly be. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Jerking myself up, I saw I couldn’t possibly get off the trestle before the train moved onto it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The most gifted among them, who might possibly become nuclei of dis-content, are simply marked down by the Thought Police and eliminated. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He mulled this over—and considered how twenty-five of his classmates, some of whom he'd been attending school with for twelve years, could possibly have wanted to “know him better.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I did not master the schools, because I could not see where any of it could possibly lead. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Another apprentice sketches a map, possibly for transfer onto a plate. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Only by “cooperation and close collaboration of all concerned could the solution possibly have been reached,” he wrote. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I want his display of chain-saw art and his sign for the aliens overhead to all look as stupid and pathetic as they possibly can. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It can't possibly be in me anymore, but it feels like it is. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She stresses that this is not a drill, as Peeta Mellark, the District 12 victor, has possibly made a televised reference to an attack on 13 tonight. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Which possibly was their sort of blue sky. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z By any means necessary didn’t keep Brother Malcolm from dying, possibly at the hands of his own people. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “It may possibly be a new species of vetch,” said Granddaddy. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And though Taisin had only ever wanted to be a sage, now she wondered how she could possibly deny this feeling inside her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Heaven can’t possibly be better than this, thought Matt, swirling the sweet, cool liquid around his mouth. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She called us “you boys” and acted as if she had been expecting us for days, possibly years. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I wondered what he could possibly say to make my mother change her mind. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In General Groves, Lawrence encountered—possibly for the first time in his adult life—someone who was even more driven than himself. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “So? So everything I’ve ever worried about or said or done, how can it possibly matter?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “How can you possibly say ‘cowboy duties’ with a straight face?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z In the shadows stood vats and barrels and mounds of dark matter, possibly soil. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z What possibly could’ve possessed any person to want to spread it? The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “It’s been miserable, just miserable. “I’m going to work as hard as I can and do the best job that I possibly can,” he said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “What could she possibly have to say, anyway?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “Are you a jumper?” asks a pale man sitting in the next chair, drinking something blue and possibly radioactive. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z A couple were possibly worth playing, but the only people I had ever played for were my parents. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “My dad got cut and a couple patients, too. It’s possibly revenge for the bombing.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z If he had asked her to repeat what she wanted she could not possibly have remembered what it was. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He was feeling a new heresy coming over him, possibly as a result of the spirits, and it had something to do with the celibacy of the clergy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that no one could possibly see me up there. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z If Clara’s spirit was trapped at Daffodil Manor, it made sense that she had been killed there, possibly by someone who lived there. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z "I am trying to tell you as gently as I possibly can that Bruno really is in my handbag," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Then she surprised me, Mr. Stoll, and possibly even herself by grabbing me up in a bear hug. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She said possibly she might and he negotiated with her for some Parisian studies to reach him in time for the holiday trade in December. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z They had told her how she might possibly win fifty strips and have a grand day on the excursion. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Next to the Englishman was a big American in a loud suit—possibly a commercial traveller. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z From these she could tell that I was still alive, though far away, hungry, and possibly unwell. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You can’t possibly cut it down today, and what are you going to do when it gets dark?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The authors theorized that the theater students benefited by spending time “reading and learning lines as actors, and possibly reading to carry out research about characters and their settings.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Spassky’s respect for his nemesis bordered on adulation and possibly even fear. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Then, for possibly the first time since all of this had started, I stopped feeling sorry for myself and thought of other people’s situations. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “In what version of the world could you possibly help me?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She couldn’t possibly know them in one night of trespass. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Percy had what were possibly the least helpful words of comfort. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z No civilization can possibly survive to an interstellar space- faring phase unless it limits its numbers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The farmer’s wife who sells me milk asks how two girls could possibly drink so much, and I get almost the same question from the grocer who sells me the eggs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Other evidence suggests they may have come a few centuries earlier; Tupi-Guarani-speaking groups, possibly including the Siriono, attacked the Inka empire in the early sixteenth century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z What kind of reason could she possibly have to wait around? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He was the cold presence Hazel had felt earlier—like a vast deposit of obsidian, so heavy that Hazel couldn’t possibly move it, powerful and indestructible and completely devoid of emotion. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z How could he possibly know they were telling the truth? Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “But how,” said Charles, who was close to tears, “how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z And even though I know it’s wrong, I can’t see how it possibly could be. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He had never learned anything that could possibly fit him for this. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But later, possibly realizing why I had run away, he came to the conclusion that I was not evidence in support of his theory but against it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z What could he possibly know about what I had been through? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Despite my exhaustion, I lay awake a long time that night, wondering how I could possibly survive another week of lessons until such time as Hamlet came around again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Because, if it were really like Othello nobody could understand it, however new' it might be. And if it W'ere new, it couldn’t possibly be like Othello.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or possibly a kidnapping. But the kidnapping might turn into a murder.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She could not forget the way that Elowen had engulfed her, all power and might, and she had no idea how they could possibly kill her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z For a moment all I can think is, How could you possibly know? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I consider this fact for a moment, and to be perfectly honest, I wonder how long it can possibly last. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Anyone looking at that photograph would have had to conclude that the building could not possibly be finished in the four and a half months that remained until Dedication Day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z And besides, I see what it’s doing to Tobias, how it’s making him doubt himself, and I don’t understand how anything good can possibly come from it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z On the way, her mom chattered on about Adelaide and the Briggses, as if there were nothing else Hazel could possibly think about. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z "You know, Thief Lord," he snarled in Scipio's direction, "you can't possibly hatch any brilliant plans, because you're nothing more than a clone of your father." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z How could the Sleeper possibly have known her mom? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "I'll think about it," says Tiny, but I know he can't possibly restrain himself from having another brief and failed romance. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The solution was so beautiful that it could not possibly be wrong. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Why, these Philadelphia citizens probably decided, smudge the city’s reputation even further—and possibly drive away future business—with detailed written accounts of looting and violence? An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “When is my mom getting back from the hospital? Having a baby couldn’t possibly take this long. Do you think she went shopping?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Or perhaps I’m kidding myself and it was the idea of possibly being sent there that bothered me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Bobby was at first going to title his book My Life in Chess, but he changed his mind, possibly deciding to reserve that title for his future autobiography. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Your mother and I have said nothing because how can we possibly hold a bar mitzvah for you? If we’re caught celebrating it, we’ll be killed.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z And if he acts like the same guy, then he couldn’t possibly have done anything wrong. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z As a result, the three researchers suggested, adult Indians were—and possibly still are—more vulnerable to infectious diseases than adult Europeans. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The inmate, once “written up,” faced three or four days of constant confinement until his hearing, and then possibly weeks or months more if the Adjustment Committee agreed that he was guilty. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing could possibly suck worse than being a junior in high school, alone at the top of your class, and fourteen years old all at the same time. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I took a bite of the sandwich—it tasted better than anything I could possibly imagine—then touched my nose. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He had been badly wounded in the winter, and possibly as you got older you had less patience instead of more. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But John understood from her tone that the fuss was, possibly, a little greater than the danger—Roy was not, after all, going to die. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z As they fled, the ghouls paused only to turn and make rude gestures at the beast and possibly also at Bod. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Miss Smith!—message to Miss Smith!—What could she possibly mean!”—And he repeated her words with such assurance of accent, such boastful pretence of amazement, that she could not help replying with quickness, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “I’ll tell you...I wouldn’t dare act as though they weren’t my ancestors. I wouldn’t let anything happen to them, the boy or girl, if I could possibly prevent it.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘We don’t want to interrupt your crazy time. Maybe you can just finish this conversation with yourself and we’ll come back later, with, um, some bigger weapons and possibly some sedatives.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, it had very few military men with the right skills—“possibly three or at most four persons,” Elizebeth later wrote. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Our plan is to pack up our truck again and drive from here to Sanza Pombo, Angola, as soon as we possibly can. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "Too intense? What could possibly be too intense?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But some items must have survived the burning, they couldn’t possibly have got it all. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if the legendary Brotherhood existed, as just possibly it might, it was inconceivable that its members could ever assemble in larger numbers than twos and threes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “But this was the trip of a lifetime! You can’t possibly understand how important this is to my daughter!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Then again, Muriel could possibly use magic to catch up with her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Could any player possibly be that good, that awesome, that intimidating? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Osborne, the inmates’ friend, chains in one hand and book in the other, is the only hero corrections can possibly have. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He himself has no idea how many novels he has written—possibly seventy-five of the things. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I cannot stop thinking that she is dead, and I cannot stop thinking that she cannot possibly be dead. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “If you have no confidence in the Voigt-Kampff scale,” he pointed out, “possibly your organization should have researched an alternate test. It can be argued that the responsibility rests partly on you. Oh, thanks.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z She knew she could not possibly tell Obinze’s mother what had happened, even though she had promised to, and had believed then that she would. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, I know you are just a bird and you cannot possibly understand me, but I have never harmed a living creature before.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z There would be bears down there, too—bears that had possibly never seen a human. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Her tone of voice suggested that she was possibly begging someone for a heart or kidney, something urgent. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Or possibly not in it, but just outside it, in a small plastic tent he put up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He fluttered down to the armrest of the rocking chair and made himself as prim and still as he possibly could. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z But I wasn’t worried about my period, which couldn’t possibly be worse than the worms I’d found in my panties. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Thomas was happy with the conversation—it had gone about as well as he could’ve possibly hoped. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I then offered our new idea about challenging his sentence as unconstitutional, which might create another way for him to possibly go home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was perhaps the first time Constance had ever used that word, and though she’d quite possibly said it by accident, no one wished to spoil the moment. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand how they could possibly swim back to Long Island from California. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z We thus have many different phenomena converging on the same conclusion: that food production spread more readily out of Southwest Asia than in the Americas, and possibly also than in sub-Saharan Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Leo lunged to help them, but the two armored manikins that couldn’t possibly move did move. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Any alcohol and tobacco had to be checked, and any objects which could possibly be used to attempt to harm Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The frog didn’t know how it could possibly save a witch from so great a spell. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z However, European writings from Roman and medieval times clearly describe the arrival of bubonic plague and possibly smallpox from the east, so these germs could be of Chinese or East Asian origin. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That’s, like, the dirtiest word an accountant can possibly say to his kid. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s so full of himself! How can you possibly like him?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Like I could possibly forget it. After I got back from the revival center, everybody called me Rhonda Roadkill for months.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “How much worse shape could we possibly be in? I’m tired of being careful. And I’m tired of their dumb codes, and I’m tired of you all treating me like a stupid baby.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z God, what can I possibly write to make this better? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z "But how could they possibly make them eat their own children?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Numerous reasons would leap to mind why that could not possibly be the case. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z We were about as different as two American males could possibly be. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked back up, wondered who could possibly be inside the vessel and what their purpose might be.Trina squeezed his hand and he squeezed hers back.They were both sweating. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z After all, who in town could possibly forget the debacle of the 1986 season, Gaines’s first, when the team had gone only seven and two and didn’t even make the playoffs? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My stomach was in knots; no way could I possibly eat anything. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She was slim and straight, and raised both hands to push her thick golden hair away from her face, as though one hand could not possibly tame all that hair. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Promising to report the next morning at six o’clock, I walked home and pondered on what could possibly have been in the woman’s mind to have made her ask me point-blank if I stole. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t any use going any farther than Joe could possibly have walked. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z A lunch with an architect who’s interested, possibly, in hiring him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In reality, although we frequently draw such a contrast, hunter-gatherers in some productive areas, including North America’s Pacific Northwest coast and possibly southeastern Australia, became sedentary but never became food producers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “What could your father possibly see in that woman?” said Raymie’s mother, almost as if she knew what Raymie was thinking. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Those who follow the first method can remedy their standing, both with God and with men, as Agathocles did; the others cannot possibly maintain their positions. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z But Bobo wouldn’t permit it; she had said it would only lead to trouble, and possibly danger. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He repeated, “This house is out of shelling range, completely out of shelling range,” until Richard wondered how he could possibly know where the Nigerians would shell from. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Or possibly an epic fuckstorm of a disaster, depending on whether Martin can keep his mouth shut. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z As it was, she spent the night in one of the guest rooms, paying full price, although Mistress Cutler pretended for a moment that she couldn’t possibly take payment from an old and valued employee. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know: I asked Aunt Reed once, and she said possibly I might have some poor, low relations called Eyre, but she knew nothing about them.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Still others seemed content that finally they were out of the bus station, that it could not possibly get worse. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I was interested in possibly working for a foundation or a nonprofit. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Plutarch’s attempt to cheer me up — laced with the news of another four, possibly five, murders—somehow backfires. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And could they possibly know how to fire it? The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It is possibly the most wonderful national park I have ever been in, and, considering the impossible and conflicting demands put on it, it is extremely well run. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It grew louder and louder, a locomotive that couldn’t possibly exist out here in her family’s little part of rural Georgia. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I stare at the screen of my phone, wondering how I can possibly wriggle out of this. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He wondered what he could do with the thing, how he could possibly get rid of it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He searched his mind for what the phrase could possibly mean. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z But here’s the thing: I couldn’t possibly know what the police had taken—or what might have been taken by an intruder the night of the murders. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The amount of soot and floating ash from the impact and following fires would blot out the sun, certainly for months, possibly for years, disrupting growing cycles. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He stops writing and finally looks at me with his one good eye, and I think, how can this man possibly have perspective on me when he has no depth perception? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z I hear Oscar say, “You couldn’t possibly understand! How could you?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z After tossing and turning, worrying about Edel, I feel as though I've just now fallen asleep and it couldn't possibly be morning. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But Mama being Mama—and possibly psychic?—she pulled it right outta me. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But as he had told her a thousand times, he couldn’t possibly be impressed at every impressive thing that she ever did. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He’d just distracted Frank and possibly gotten him killed, but he couldn’t think about it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z All he had to do, he figured, was name such an outrageous sum that De Young could not possibly accept it, “and as I walked down the street I decided what it would be.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Even though he knew the circumstances couldn’t possibly be worse, he was glad to hear she still wanted to be close to him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “One more year and you’ll be in some amazing big city with more pizza places than you could ever possibly try,” her mom said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z How could I possibly protect him from heartbreak? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z I wanted to not know that fact for as long as I possibly could. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Proof of this possibly evil, or at least cantankerous connection, would come just a year later. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The horse was running as fast as it could possibly run, and still the panther screamed close behind. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Her neck was turned all around about as far as it could possibly go, and she was looking far away, at something a long way out from the picture. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He shrugs as if it couldn't possibly matter. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Percy and she couldn’t possibly reach them in time to help. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z How could I possibly ask for a photograph to be taken, as well as stamps, when we had not eaten bread in more than a month? I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I leaned down and grabbed at the ewe’s leg to help, thinking that possibly we could save the lamb, but Louise would have none of it. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I presume that the sanguine temperament itself and the disturbing influence end in a mentally-accomplished finish; a possibly dangerous man, probably dangerous if unselfish. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I straightened up and clutched my backside as hard as I possibly could with both hands. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They might know Tobias, but how could they possibly recognize me? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Who could possibly trick me?” the second voice said, all wide eyes and breathless wonder. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z How could it possibly be enough light to guide Tab’s soul to the other side? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He wonders if he should take a nap, but he is far too excited about the sudden appearance of the circus to possibly sleep. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z In everyday life they are way too tiny to see; they are too small to detect even with the most powerful equipment that we could possibly manufacture in the near future. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And what can a guy possibly do besides give in when he's all alone in a room with three powerful females? 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to play burdened by such a massive disadvantage; the forfeited game could possibly decide the match’s outcome. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “One Dover Sole, pound and a half of Halibut, pint of Prawns and a Lobster,” said Mary Poppins, talking so quickly that only somebody used to taking such orders could possibly have understood her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Could this possibly be one of the Spirit Bears Edwin had spoken of? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Can he possibly believe that they’re damaged, that there’s something wrong with them? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z But there were also days when her poking and prod-ding led to a small foothold inside him, a tiny ray of light inside an intricate cavern with more depth than anyone could possibly have realized. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z For Liberal, Kansas, hap-pened to be the town where my steer, possibly that very day, was being slaughtered. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “There’s only three of us but six of them. We can’t possibly save ’em all.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It boiled down to this: I wanted to buy the fanciest, most expensive casket in the place, complete with every extra handle and cushion a casket could possibly have. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z To become the Mockingjay . . . could any good 1 do possibly outweigh the damage? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “That hotel you stayed at. Was it possibly called the Lotus Hotel and Casino?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z She is supposed to be sure and confident about those things, but how can she possibly be sure and confident about those things? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Even if they were lucky enough to elude the patrol, they could not possibly hide from the bloodhounds. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z More likely, it was his mother who wanted me downstairs now, and possibly for no more substantial reason than that her son liked me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Still, what good could possibly come out of this? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But Woolf must have burned with the frustration of the nose loss in 1938, and the guilt for having possibly exacerbated the horse’s injury in 1939. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Duke?” said Cha-Cha, sounding as compassionate and caring as she could possibly pretend to be. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Will sprinted off - which was possibly the stupidest diversion Nico could imagine - and six of the guards chased after him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z For a moment, or for minutes, for hours, possibly, I am simply happy, here with Gat’s body beneath my hands. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z God bless you, Mrs. McGrath, and I know it’s asking a lot but could you possibly lend me a couple of cigarettes? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I want to say something, but what can I possibly say? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z He hits the ground hard and I'm hoping he possibly broke his neck when he gets back to his feet, swearing like a fiend. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Best of all, they were flying away from Camp Jupiter as fast as they possibly could. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We hide it all away from our family, friends, everyone we might possibly love. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what you could possibly mean.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Every street he could possibly take would go nowhere. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Thanks for letting me stay,” I say with as much appreciation as I can possibly find. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I nodded as little as I possibly could. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z By the next morning, Fina has decided that the figure we saw was not a vampire but was, in fact, a cult leader about to perform a satanic ritual, possibly involving human sacrifice. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z How could they possibly give us our lessons? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Traditionally the tributes from Districts 1, 2, and 4 join forces, possibly taking in a few other exceptional fighters, and hunt down the weaker competitors. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Possibly not forever, except, as they say, trailing clouds of glory, if that theory really is true after all and they do send some sort of chariot, possibly presently you will be on it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I realized that was quite possibly the most inane greeting in the history of American-Iranian relations. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I started to tell him to forget it—it couldn’t possibly work out—but then I thought of Dad. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Harker was not down when the maid came to announce dinner, so I said: “She is possibly tired; let dinner wait an hour,” and I went on with my work. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I was the same man who could not possibly have bought his way into this room a week ago. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I could never have possibly read over the illiteracies and misconceptions burbling from the dark minds of these students. It will be the same wherever I work.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We are so careful to maintain the facade that even though no one could possibly hear our conversations, we conduct them as though others were sitting at our table. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Throughout her life, however, Bentley was unstable, suffering from alcoholism and possibly psychological disorders. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Something, possibly the anger in my voice, makes them listen to me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Listeners wondered how they could possibly remain calm when lethal black smoke was drifting over the landscape and the enemy was moving toward New York City. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “You can’t possibly run too much”—which I do not think is true but probably is some sort of teacher strategy. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I have to find out what could possibly be important enough for the Abnegation to die for—and the Erudite to kill for. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Who in the world could possibly know the answers to a test like that?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone was wondering what Smith possibly could have been thinking. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “There couldn’t possibly be an idea left unclaimed,” he said. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Had no future, was a scamp, possibly even a scoundrel. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not see how he could possibly wait to find out what the Admiral meant. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z But “how the man could possibly do what was done passes my understanding,” Charles said. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z How can I possibly bottle that on a flat page? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z No skiff could possibly weather it for a minute. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Like they couldn’t possibly have anything to hide. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z How could they possibly have a chance if all they had when they went after Trina were their fists and their feet? The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z How could he possibly think of anything else? Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Might there not just possibly be a chance of getting him to see sense? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z But they had already waited so long, what difference could a few hours possibly make? The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z That night, squinting at the book in the candlelight, Ash saw that it contained what appeared to be recipes for medicines — or possibly spells. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Valleys, lakes, gaps, creeks, and other important, possibly vital, topographical features are routinely left unnamed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z She immediately wrote to Dr. Lovelace to tell him that he couldn't possibly do the testing without her. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z —How can you possibly say your grades are improving? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z How could he possibly think about algebra when there were so many other questions churning through his mind? Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z How did he prepare them to possibly meet their deaths? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z One was that the voice was suddenly joined by other voices; more voices than you could possibly count. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He smiles now, as only someone who’s proud of a car like that could possibly manage. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The value is as bad as you can possibly get. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Was she possibly the person he wanted to speak to? Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they stood between the teeming crowds of people and the increasingly sensational cakes on display, searching for some way they might possibly be needed. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Inexplicably, he sounded put out with the men who brought their adding machines to the Bible convention, and possibly with the Bible itself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the next day was out everybody in town knew that James Grew had been in trouble in Boston, and no one could possibly imagine that Cathy had planted the story. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z What could possibly be more important than that? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Thinking she was possibly brilliant, like his mother, he seemed to expect brilliance from her, and she delivered. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I doubt whether chance could possibly succeed in producing even a single verse! The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Fear of it? Who could possibly be afraid of the Thunderhead?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I knew that I could not possibly answer all the letters—there were over forty—and I had to select a dozen or so to write to. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She said we couldn’t possibly understand what their social milieu was, before the Portuguese came. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z NOTE: Historically, there has been some confusion as to whether or not well temperament and equal temperament are the same thing, possibly because well temperaments were sometimes referred to at the time as "equal temperament." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “Yes, Kay, that’s right. It would appear that the body was buried here in the woods, possibly for some time, and that it has been uncovered by the heavy rains that we’ve had recently.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. I would need possibly an hour to get things ready and to get the people I would need. Perhaps a little less.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Or maybe they have, but denied that they could possibly be so desperate. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He gripped his trident loosely in his right hand and stretched his left hand out like he was blessing Leo, or possibly attempting to levitate him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But at least no one tried to sabotage their planes, and in general they were treated with more gender equality than their American counterparts—possibly because the ATA included both men and women. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “How could our weight possibly make a difference on a ship this size?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But it did manage to grab something, possibly something Zero was communicating to Ren. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Now Aru was squeezing her eyes shut in embarrassment over Aiden possibly having seen her in horns when she banged her nose into something. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They agreed he should be taken home for treatment and, possibly, to die. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Native Americans, possibly ancestral to the modern Inuit, spread throughout the High Arctic around 2000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She looked older than she could possibly have been, and she was very thin, just skin and bones, with a wan, yellow complexion and neglected, nicotine- stained hands. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The driver was killed and Anatoli received severe head injuries, including grave and possibly permanent damage to one of his eyes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z And then another horse to pack gear on those same possibly dangerous mountain trails. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Mother had left home after her marriage, as introverted and conservative, and possibly even more shy and bookish, than any of the others. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z She can’t possibly be me, though she moves when I move. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Ma Costa trudged up the steps as if nothing in the world could possibly either stop her or make her go more quickly, and Tony and Kerim walked proudly on either side like princes. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Without any warning, I lean forward and vomit up the seafood feast, heaving until there can’t possibly be an oyster left in my body. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z If it happened one more time, he promised, I was in more trouble than I could possibly imagine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “To the Doors of Death, you mean. But you told us it’s guarded by Gaea’s most powerful forces. How could two demigods possibly—?” “I don’t know,” Nico admitted. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We copied them from the British, and even the British had forgotten their original purpose, which was possibly to support a heavy sword. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z How can I possibly stay without Mom and Dad? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Roger Penrose and I showed that Einstein’s general theory of relativity implied that the universe must have a beginning and, possibly, an end. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Had she had all her wits, Desdemona could not possibly have fathomed what I was saying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The storerooms held supplies of every kind—canned food, clothes, furniture, blankets, light bulbs, medicine, pots and pans, reams of paper, soap, more light bulbs—everything the people of Ember could possibly need. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I took the wooden shovel that I had carved from the board and dug around what I thought must have been the back door or possibly the woodhouse. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Could he possibly have answered that question wrong? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “True. But they were all searching for belonging. She was, too. Not that it’s an excuse to have possibly mind-blowing sex with a French dude...” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z There was no one who could possibly have told him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She figured that what Katie didn’t know couldn’t possibly bother her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z These forks in the road can happen so fast for young boys; within months or even weeks, their journeys can take a decisive and possibly irrevocable turn. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He was, in her eyes, no longer The Zed from secondary school, and the stories of his wealth made her assume he had changed more than he possibly could have. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z As is, she is shy and skittish, possibly because she never leaves the hive, but spends her days confined in darkness, a kind of eternal night, perpetually in labor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z What could possibly make him think this was a better life than the one he had before? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z ‘How is I possibly finding the one where the Queen is sleeping?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I began to worry about him, out there wandering across the headlands with his binoculars and little notebook, possibly in the company of a sheep-murdering madman. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Eifler flew to Washington, wondering what he could possibly do so far from the action. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t possibly. I mean, I’m sure you have places you want to be.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I’d never seen a newspaper back home say such things about people possibly involved in crimes who hadn’t been arrested, but Mexican papers were quick to report speculations. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z This is the post-graduation beach week they yearned for—on the Great Plains, about as far from an ocean as you can possibly get in America. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Olmsted recognized that Burnham’s forces could not possibly finish patching and painting by May 1 and that his own work would be far from complete, but he saw clear improvement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Can that possibly be the voice of the elusive Mr. Potter?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There were rumors about where the government was sending them next, rumors about the food supply, rumors about the war, and at one time even rumors about the government possibly killing them all. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If he left the country with me, he would be leaving his wife and sons in Rawalpindi, possibly at risk of attack. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Sure, the water crisis is bad, but not every one of these people could possibly believe it’s so bad that they’d need to leave for greener pastures. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I embraced them more tightly this time, aware that, possibly, I wouldn’t be seeing them in a long time, perhaps for many years. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On screen Henry shrugs, like he hasn’t just taken credit for something he couldn’t possibly have done. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Some of the students looked uncomfortable, like they might be embarrassed for Emily; others were writing in their notebooks, possibly copying Mr. Quisling’s board work. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Some outlying areas went on to domesticate a few local crops of their own, such as poppies in western Europe and watermelons possibly in Egypt. 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