How to Use might in a Sentence

might

1 of 2 auxiliary verb
  • The Vikings might be one of the most confounding teams in the league.
    Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Some stay for a few weeks and others might stay for the season.
    Serena Coady, CNN, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The family of the Sycamores might be your next door neighbors.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • This is the sort of matchup that might see both McCord and Brown get some action.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The best weapon against Oregon State’s red-zone offense might be to keep them out of the red zone.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The biggest question, though, might be: what does this book have to do with us?
    Scott Borchert, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2022
  • My home might be my castle, but the universe doesn’t care.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Some might think red-leaf lettuce, known as a healthy choice, would be best.
    WIRED, 18 Sep. 2022
  • That might have to be seen to be believed, given his last year of work alone.
    Kara Warner, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Some of your lofty goals might take a trip back to the drawing board until after the New Year.
    The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
  • That might not be worth it to everyone, but the options are there.
    Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Like the sort of thing some tribe might do as a way of ostracizing someone in the clan.
    Paul Theroux, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
  • Robinson might be the best freshman in the state since Jennah Isai four years ago.
    Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2023
  • And now, with P.J. Tucker gone, there might be even more need for a 3-point specialist in the first five.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Somebody who knew her might have done something to her.
    John Benson, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Some deals may last for weeks, while others might only be good for a few hours.
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 16 Dec. 2022
  • But putting the two younger guys on the field means that both might be ready to take that next step in their development.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022
  • With all the uncertainties around what the Covid winter might look like — when will the virus spike and just how high?
    Andrew Joseph, STAT, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Across the Spider-Verse might have at least 20 Spider-Man variants in it.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 7 Nov. 2022
  • That game might have been even uglier — the Dorados passed for just 32 yards.
    The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Stephen King has penned something that might keep you reading into the night.
    Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Some might be surprised to learn this sort of thing happens every week in the world of crypto.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2022
  • What to Consider: The style might not be to everyone’s tastes.
    Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Those signs might be cold comfort to people forced to live with the appliances.
    Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
  • And perhaps had the Celtics been whole, there might have been more of a sense of being needed, despite the back issue.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
  • These drones might have a camera or act as racing drones that are simply fun to fly.
    Jessica Hartshorn and Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Give yourself a chance to figure out what might be better.
    Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2023
  • That might not be the matchup USC pined for to finish its first season under Riley.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Levy thinks that rate might be even higher in Anchorage with the help of an app like PulsePoint.
    Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Money managers who just a few years ago might have bristled at the idea of letting customers vote seem to be welcoming the idea today.
    William Baldwin, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
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might

2 of 2 noun
  • But the amount of might that is used to keep things that way, can’t be used like that all the time.
    Karishma Mehrotra, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
  • If that doesn’t convince you to come for the weekend, the food might.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2023
  • All the while, the pig was screaming and using all of its might to stay put.
    Selina Wang, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The combined might of the propellers can push the Axe to a cruising speed of 100 mph.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Sep. 2022
  • The driver will be able to put that extra might to good use, too.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
  • Here’s why: Because those others have the might of right on their side.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
  • North Korea may put on a display of its might in the coming weeks.
    Jon Herskovitz, Fortune, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Milwaukee moved to 3-1 on the year and toppled the might Mets, holding New York to just three hits.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The war in Ukraine had also made countries eager to show off their might.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023
  • An apt place for any Targaryen named Rhaenys to display her might.
    Tracy Brownstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • The Portsmouth, Virginia, native just wanted the might to claw her way, and her mother’s way, out of a life of poverty.
    Brooklyn White, Essence, 20 June 2023
  • We were told to keep our left arms down and straight, and to flex our right arms, which would be holding bows, to show off our martial might.
    Joshua Barone Sinna Nasseri, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • There was more to it than its mechanical might, though.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The piece celebrates female might in the face of rejection.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • New coaches Dan + Shay are already using the full might of their double chair for this season of The Voice.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2024
  • And then the Kylo Ren crossguard stance, where the saber gets slow swings and big damage like a greatsword might in another game.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • Some officials claim the city is ready, while others have used their might to lobby against it.
    Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The full coverage set is ideal for the colder months, but won’t give you night sweats like flannel might.
    Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Strip away this vast alliance, and its diplomatic and economic might, and the US looks quite lonely on the world stage.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Which leads us to one more way in which Crane could flex his financial might: the extension market.
    Michael Shapiro, Chron, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The new season started out with a bang, and since then, forces have been conspiring against Leanne, which, in turn, has unleashed her full might.
    Andrew Webster, The Verge, 17 Mar. 2023
  • There are more to come, because not since Lionel Richie has a major pop star so enjoyed the pleasure in the might of her bridgecraft.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • This went well, though the temperature doesn't get super high, so cooking with the grill mode does take a bit longer than a stovetop might.
    Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
  • There’s a difference between trying to hurdle someone and leaping over the top of a pile the way a running back might at the goal line or on a fourth and short.
    Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
  • This team — a quarter of a billion dollars worth of pitch-crushing might, on paper — wound you up like a top at FanFest.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • If his West Coast major league debut didn’t prove it, his new real estate might.
    Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Tracy from Singing Hands was there, sitting at a table, just like a normal civilian might.
    Rob Delaney, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2022
  • But the Afghan resistance movement is no match for the Taliban’s military might.
    Najim Rahim, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Some of the new talent on the Democratic side might, not long ago, have simply been Republicans.
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • But the changes at the top won't solve some of Ukraine's biggest problems: a shortage of manpower that has helped sap morale and may require a mass mobilization, and the inadequate supply of Western weapons to take on Russia's might.
    Samya Kullab and Alex Babenko The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 10 Feb. 2024

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