How to Use perhaps in a Sentence

perhaps

adverb
  • The biggest — and perhaps the only — question is: Can the Pac-12 stand?
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2023
  • But the music—the singing—has arguably been the anchor of her career, and perhaps her greatest gift to the world.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The Diamondbacks have been the surprise team in the West and perhaps all of baseball.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • But perhaps one of the most meaningful accolades came in the form of a simple email.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The final panel of the week was perhaps the most newsworthy.
    Spin Contributor, SPIN, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Adding some A-list musical artists to the table, perhaps?
    Anna Chan, Billboard, 22 Jan. 2024
  • With that much money in the bank, perhaps Scheffler will level up and rock the new solid-gold Deepsea next.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2024
  • There is perhaps no gift more coveted than a good night’s sleep.
    Samantha Sharf, wsj.com, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The space business and public markets are not, perhaps, a match made in heaven.
    Steve Mollman, Fortune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • But one of the most popular ways to wear big hair back then — crimped — was perhaps the one way Parton didn't wear her hair.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 29 June 2023
  • Sounds like a healthy snack or perhaps a meal replacement.
    Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • There are few brands in the automotive world that are as famous, and perhaps none as revered, as the Prancing Horse.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2023
  • And there’s perhaps no better place to see those glowing night lights in the sky than at Eleven Deplar Farm in Iceland.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2024
  • But perhaps the view is that the strong economy making the Fed's job tougher is also a reason to buy stocks.
    WSJ, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The Freep’s Evan Petzold took a deep dive into the numbers and found Greene is, perhaps, a little too grounded.
    Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2023
  • The boys will hold aloft Bible verses on peace and, perhaps, photographs of Gazan children.
    Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Others are after valuable parts of your car, or perhaps even the whole car itself!
    Stefanie Waldek, House Beautiful, 16 June 2023
  • On the outside, the Miami Lakes church looks like any other house of God, perhaps plainer than most.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The latest episode in the royal saga has been eye-opening to many and may perhaps offer a moment of reflection for both the public and the palace.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Stop talking on the phone in the bathroom And perhaps using the phone altogether in the airport bathrooms.
    Jenn Rice, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • It’s expected to be months before a decision is reached and perhaps as long as a year.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The process took perhaps a little longer than expected.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 17 May 2023
  • Reps for the network didn’t comment at the time on the ban other than that the video would no longer air, so the motives for removing the video perhaps remain unclear.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The editing job done by producers was perhaps the show's best ever.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 May 2023
  • The turquoise mosaic tiles that clad concrete pads in the yard, for instance, perhaps came as surplus from Sheets’ workshop.
    Jessica Ritz, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • In Budden, he still might be reminded of his former self—who is perhaps the most stubborn foe of them all.
    Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023
  • For all of his accomplishments, though, perhaps the most lasting is one that made barely a ripple at the time.
    Kevin Scarbinsky | , al, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Beavers closer Ryan Brown has been perhaps the best stopper in the conference this season.
    Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2023
  • In those cases, moviegoers might decide to take a break between blockbusters for a bite to eat — or perhaps a nap.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 22 July 2023
  • Not by a lot, perhaps, but enough to make a difference when layoff season arrives.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 14 Apr. 2023

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