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How to use mayhap in a sentence

10 example sentences · adverb

Mayhap means maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance. Example: “"Mayhap 'tis a fetch."”

Examples of mayhap by meaning

adverbMaybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance.

  • "Mayhap 'tis a fetch."1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 80
  • There is one of each on your street, the younger mayhap heading for the tribulations already unmurmuringly borne by the older.1983, Peter De Vries, chapter 4, in Slouching Towards Kalamazoo, Boston: Little, Brown & Co., page 50

More sentences with mayhap

  • Mayhap she thought that was so, but the minister was frozen like Lot's wife.2015, Jo Ann Ferguson, A Model Marriage. From the entry swear like a cutter
  • Not so big, mayhap, but fierce beyond measure, cunning, and gripsome o'life.2015, Poul Anderson, Three Hearts and Three Lions. From the entry gripsome
  • Mayhap we have been in the same bousing ken or stalling ken at some time.1992, Cynthia Morgan, Court of Shadows. From the entry Romeville
  • Mayhap we have couched a hogshead at the same house in Southwark.1992, Cynthia Morgan, Court of Shadows. From the entry Romeville
  • “Or mayhap he didnae want the trouble it could bring him whene'er he went home or visited his kinsmen.”2009, Hannah Howell, Highland Champion, →ISBN, page 96. From the entry whene'er
  • "Mayhap 'tis a fetch." Victor was very taken aback.1971, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle and the Magic Zodiac, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 80. From the entry fetch
  • Or mayhap she had bespelled him.2014, Maggie MacKeever, Vampire, Bespelled. From the entry bespell
  • Mayhap, thou dost know a damsel in Pawtucket whom thou dost deem passing fair, and whom thou fain wouldst hitch to thineself.1923 January, Henry J. Pulver, “Views and Reviews”, in The Silent Worker: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine For, By and About the Deaf of…. From the entry thineself

Meaning of mayhap

  1. adverb Maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance.

Full definition of mayhap

Questions about mayhap in a sentence

How do you use mayhap in a sentence?
Mayhap is used as an adverb. For example: “"Mayhap 'tis a fetch."”
What is a short sentence with mayhap?
“"Mayhap 'tis a fetch."”
What does mayhap mean?
Mayhap means maybe; perhaps; possibly; perchance.

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