14 sentences with 'could'

Example sentences and phrases with the word could and other words derived from it.

• « Since prostate cancer progresses at a slow pace, I could be left incontinent, impotent and in eternal doubt as to whether the surgery was really necessary. »
• « The increased prostate volume, he replied, could slow the patient's recovery. »
• « Dr. Walsh added that I could leave the hospital as soon as the pain subsided. »
• « This development could not have come at a better time. »
• « We could challenge the business project in the Swiss courts not as a danger, but as a fraud. »
• « Such a plan, moreover, could bring in money for the inhabitants of the surrounding area. »
• « From then on, Kipling could not bear to see Josephine's portraits or hear her name mentioned. »
• « If only John could follow in the footsteps of the great men he had known; if only he could live by those values; if only...! »
• « But whatever happened, his father could not betray the values he had instilled in him. So he gave his consent. »
• « They did so as quickly as they could, for it was clear that the patient's life was slipping away before their eyes. »
• « My God, we could still lose him, Boone thought. »
• « When Dr. Boone pronounced him in perfect health, Mike asked him if he could jump over a freight train again. »
• « I wondered: how could I have been so self-centered about my work that I risked being captured, without thinking of the consequences for my loved ones? »
• « Although that company had always operated in the red, the manager knew it could become profitable. So he devised a solid marketing plan. And within a year, thanks to him, a major division of the company was operating in the black. »
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