162335 examples of may in sentences

Miss Saville will appear in her "unrivalled specialty" at Hanks's New Centreville Opera House, to-morrow night, as may be gathered, in a general way, from an advertisement in another column.

You may think it hard in me if you really mean what you say, but even if everything else were right, I would not marry youbecause of your rank.

By the National Currency Act of 1865, section 55, you will see that for this offence against you I may be incarcerated from five to ten yearsnot more than ten.

My mother may have had the highest regard for Mr. Sloane, but she never mentioned his name in my hearing.

Why not admit that practically, mechanicallyas I may saymaritally, I may be a good fellow?

He may have been unclean; morally, he's not very tidy now; but he never can have been what the French call a viveur.

He may have given sly knocks in his life, but he can't hurt any one now.

I have done more talking, by the way, in the last fortnight, than in any previous twelve monthsmuch of it, too, none of the wisest, nor, I may add, of the most superstitiously veracious.

I assured him on my honor that he may henceforth call upon me for any service. 8th.

Oh, the grimness of his visage as he listened to this, and, I suppose I may add, the grimness of mine!

I may confess now that I feel relieved of a horrid burden.

"Perhaps I may get you something to do," he suggested.

Many can do nothing but pray, and prayer is perhaps the only thing in which Christians of all denominations can cordially, and unreservedly unite; but in this we may all be one, and in this the strictest unanimity ought to prevail.

You may as well tell us, madame, we should certainly find out.

"I have seen him here, I should recognize him" "That is not so certain; he may have changed his appearance.

And if I do not meet with the maid at the hotel, I may have to look further, in which case MonsieurBlock?

On that occasion he had neither accepted nor rejected the young lady; and in such a matter as this silence certainly may be supposed to give consent.

Her father may reject me; but he will be very unreasonable if he is angry with me.' She could not tell him about the dove and the kite, or the lamb and the wolf.

'And a good deal of chance?' 'If a man will work steadily, and has backbone enough to stand up against reverses without consoling himself with drink; and if, when the gold comes, he can refrain from throwing it about as though it were endless, I think a man may be tolerably sure to earn something.'

What my father may say I cannot even surmise.' 'Will you tell him?' 'If you wish it.' 'Tell him also that I will wait upon him at once if he desires it.

But there is an unhappiness harder to be borne, more to be dreaded, enduring so much longer than that which we may suffer here.' 'Will you not come and pray that I may be delivered also from that?

I say that he shall be asked to come here, that men may know that in her own father's house she is regarded as his true and honest wife.' 'Men!'

'The prison has not disagreed with me,' he said, with an attempt at a smile, 'though it was not an agreeable residence.' 'If you used your leisure there to meditate on your soul's welfare, it may have been of service to you.'

(In The New York herald tribune, May 13, 1934) © 13May34; B225590.

(In The Saturday evening post, May 26, 1934)

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