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
• Before the shooting, school officials had been alerted the 6-year-old might have a gun.
  — Donna St. George, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 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 over the course of a decade, whether through sheer economic might, or creative use (or exploitation) of labor, Google managed to do just that.
  — WIRED, 2 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024