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How to use maybe in a sentence

40 example sentences · adverb, adjective, noun

Maybe means perhaps, possibly. Example: “A small extra effort now can maybe save you much work later.”

Examples of maybe by meaning

adverbPerhaps, possibly.

  • A small extra effort now can maybe save you much work later.
  • Maybe I was imagining it, but I could swear that the dog understood what I was saying.

adverbPerhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).

  • See you later, maybe. — Maybe I’ll see you later.2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

adverbCertainly.

  • Maybe not the best idea.

nounAn answer that shows neither agreement nor disagreement.

  • The results of the poll were inconclusive. We got two yeses, three nos, and four maybes.

nounA future event that may or may not happen.

  • About your raise: it's a big maybe.

More sentences with maybe

  • There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles.From the entry wash
  • Maybe that's how it works in TV-land, but not in the real world.From the entry land
  • If you make enough of a fuss about the problem, maybe they'll fix it for you.From the entry fuss
  • Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try.From the entry till
  • Maybe we should take a break. I mean, our relationship just isn't making much sense anymore.From the entry make sense
  • If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong.From the entry backtrack
  • Maybe you should ask your quote unquote friend what happened to the money.From the entry quote unquote
  • If you know anything about this, maybe you can fill me in.From the entry fill in
  • You can't hit it directly, but maybe if you give it some english.From the entry english
  • It takes 30 minutes to drive there, but maybe 2 hours during the rush hour.From the entry rush hour
  • I'll explain it again, and maybe he'll come round to my way of thinking.From the entry come round
  • I've got some time off next week, so maybe we could meet up then?From the entry time off
  • If we can't agree on whether to have children, maybe it's time to say goodbye.From the entry say goodbye
  • Maybe girl grasshoppers find long legs attractive in boy grasshoppers, but what do I know?From the entry what do I know
  • Jim broke the window — or maybe it was John? At any rate, the window’s broken now.From the entry at any rate
  • I don't know the answer to that, but maybe someone else does – I'll ask around.From the entry ask around
  • Maybe I should repost the FAQ for the benefit of newbies.From the entry repost
  • I don't know the answer to that, but maybe someone else does; I'll ask round.From the entry ask round
  • Maybe we were a little too quick to throw dirt on this game.From the entry throw dirt on
  • He's going to be spending maybe ten years in stir.From the entry stir
  • Maybe you should lay off the sauce.From the entry sauce
  • Sorry, maybe next week. Uncle Tom is visiting.From the entry tom
  • Maybe you could, I don't know, directly talk to her about it instead of complaining to me for once?From the entry I don't know
  • A whale is, loosely, maybe very loosely, a fish.From the entry loosely
  • As soon as a caller drops off, we'll have an open line and maybe you can reach us then.From the entry drop off
  • Maybe it no longer matters who the emperor is.From the entry no longer
  • Hot take, maybe I'm a bit of a masochist but I enjoy some toothy head from time to time.From the entry toothy
  • If I raise, maybe the big blind will fold.From the entry big blind
  • In retrospect, maybe it'd've been better not to reply at all; maybe I'd've been better off just keeping my mouth shut.From the entry it'd've
  • Yeah, maybe if you were Freddie flipping Mercury!From the entry -flipping-
  • Maybe later. Tom is in town.From the entry tom
  • If you have a queen-size bed, you'll need some queen-size sheets to go on it, and maybe a queen-size comforter as well.From the entry queen-size
  • We need to take the clothes off the line. The news reported a front is coming in from the east, and we can expect heavy rain and maybe hail.From the entry line
  • We got all the roofing removed, but the chimney was damaged and we discovered that some rafters had to be replaced. One step forward, two steps back. Or maybe three.From the entry one step forward, two steps back

Meaning of maybe

  1. adverb Perhaps, possibly.
  2. adverb Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).
  3. adverb Certainly.

Full definition of maybe

Questions about maybe in a sentence

How do you use maybe in a sentence?
Maybe is used as an adverb, adjective and noun. For example: “A small extra effort now can maybe save you much work later.”
What is a short sentence with maybe?
“Maybe not the best idea.”
What does maybe mean?
Maybe means perhaps, possibly.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: maybe (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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