Used in a Sentence

perhaps

How to use perhaps in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for perhaps.

Editorial note

Or perhaps it's just a really bad headache? Don't wait.

Examples11
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of perhaps gathered in one view.

adverb

by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for perhaps.

adverb

by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"

Example sentences

1

Or perhaps it's just a really bad headache? Don't wait.

2

And like your author he made some choices that he felt were reasonable, only to learn through experience that perhaps they weren't a well thought out as he had hoped. I am a huge fan of people just saying "How hard can it be?"

3

You can win a battle here, perhaps rally around your congressman and get it killed, or petition the president to veto it, but it doesn't matter. They'll just be back again next year, and the next year, and the next.

4

They're unhappy with its actions, perhaps even livid, but it's always a tone of "Golly! This is really unfortunate and I'm sure nobody at Google really meant to do this, but...

5

To be fair, the uses of MongoDB have shifted a great deal since then, so perhaps the defaults could change. The philosophy is to give the driver and the user fine grained control over acknowledgement of write completions.

6

Though now I'm curious to know whether these wage-theft pacts extend beyond SV, perhaps to Austin... Many of the same players have a significant presence here.

7

Now that being said, perhaps I'm skeptical, pessimistic, or just being negative, but this story seems too perfect. Clever employee gets huge promotion, and negotiates for all of his coworkers to be better off as well.

8

Can we perhaps edit "singularity is near" out of the title? This sounds impressive, but having a bunch of racks able to classify the outline of a face is vastly disconnected from machine and humanity merging.

9

Edit meta-response to the replies indicating that perhaps his close contact with the government is what motivated him to develop bitcoin, I think that's plausible. What we don't know is if he developed this philosophy before or after working with the government.

10

This posed a bit of a problem for HTP: if it became public knowledge that they had obtained access to Linode, then perhaps they wouldn't have time to go after the impersonators using their newfound access to SwiftIRC. So, HTP tried to strong-arm Linode into staying quiet until May 1st. HTP had obtained the customer information and credit cards of all the Linode customers.

11

Therefore, if no-one notices a problem like this until after the planning submission, or perhaps fails to get someone higher up to take it seriously enough to change the concept design, then they will have to remedy it by using special anti glare coatings or just plain hoping it wont be too bad. This is for a couple of reasons: because the developer will be exerting large pressure to speed up construction as they will be paying a large amount of interest on the loan for the cost of the land, because consultancy fees to redo the design would be in the order of millions at this point and because getting planning permission for a scheme like this is very politically controversial so you don't risk doing it twice if you can avoid it.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use perhaps in a sentence?

Or perhaps it's just a really bad headache? Don't wait.

What does perhaps mean?

by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"

What part of speech is perhaps?

perhaps is commonly used as adverb.