How to Use would in a Sentence

would

verb
  • But that would’ve been the easy way out, and that just didn’t feel right to me.
    Esme Mazzeo, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2021
  • Nice catch from the rookie, but would still like to see more YAC.
    Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Dec. 2022
  • There are all sorts of reasons that would be a bad idea.
    Will Oremus, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2022
  • How would the little fella get to the other side of the busy street?
    Emma Balter, Chron, 17 May 2022
  • Climbing the chapel would've been quite the feat, as parts of the building reach up to 163 feet in height.
    Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2021
  • By the end of the month, 10 people – six of them Black men like Howard – would die in shootings.
    oregonlive, 6 Jan. 2022
  • On weekends, the family would go to the park, the movies or the skating rink.
    James Marson, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2022
  • How would use of this app make a different in a renter's life?
    Rachel King, Fortune, 17 July 2022
  • Marks didn't want to predict when the former No. 1 pick would be ready to play.
    Brian Mahoney, ajc, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The execution would be the first of three in the coming months in Missouri.
    Camille C. Knox, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The other looming question was what would go on the front page.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 28 May 2022
  • So my advice would be to get in touch with your own emotions first.
    Calie Schepp, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2022
  • To remove Snyder, 75 percent of them would have to vote for it.
    Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 29 July 2022
  • Last year, the idea of a rock concert that size would have been unthinkable.
    Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The top suspects would likely be the very places where home prices are already falling the fastest.
    Lance Lambert, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The fourth would be the execution of the actual event: the game itself and all that comes with it.
    José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2022
  • If Jackson works out as a running back, would a move back to QB make sense?
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Taylor looked unsure at times, unable to trust where the holes would open.
    The Indianapolis Star, 14 Nov. 2022
  • And that is what would be so tragic about the demise of freedom in America.
    Win McCormack, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The challenge, its owners knew, would be to maintain the special essence of the flagship shop.
    Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2021
  • Adding Bates would give them a potential starter at guard.
    Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 19 Mar. 2022
  • After five years as e-tron, Audi would like you to call them the Q8 e-tron and the Q8 e-tron Sportback from now on.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Dec. 2022
  • The business said on Facebook that it would be closed for the rest of Saturday and on Sunday.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 July 2022
  • For Terra Fritch, whose husband, Alex Fritch, was killed in the shooting, that would be 12 more years.
    Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Nov. 2021
  • And, the yarn is all high-end and sustainably sourced to create sweaters anyone would be proud to wear.
    Olivia O'Bryon, Forbes, 14 Nov. 2021
  • In a series of texts, Haydt told King that her life would be better if the ex-boyfriend were out of the picture.
    al, 12 Apr. 2022
  • That started the Great Klondike Gold Rush, and huge fortunes would be made over the next several years.
    Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Davis has demonstrated he’s the kind of person who would make a good neighbor.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The Bruins and Capitals had four power plays each, and the calls weren’t as consistent as Marchand would have liked.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The bill would set aside $10 million to transport migrants to sanctuary areas.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2023

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