How to Use might in a Sentence

might

1 of 2 auxiliary verb
  • Some might think red-leaf lettuce, known as a healthy choice, would be best.
    — WIRED, 2022-09-18
  • Some stay for a few weeks and others might stay for the season.
    — Serena Coady, CNN, 2023-02-06
  • My home might be my castle, but the universe doesn’t care.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 2022-10-17
  • That might have to be seen to be believed, given his last year of work alone.
    — Kara Warner, Peoplemag, 2022-11-08
  • Some deals may last for weeks, while others might only be good for a few hours.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 2022-12-16
  • The biggest question, though, might be: what does this book have to do with us?
    — Scott Borchert, The New Republic, 2022-11-22
  • Give yourself a chance to figure out what might be better.
    — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 2023-01-26
  • The Vikings might be one of the most confounding teams in the league.
    — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 2022-10-17
  • That might not be worth it to everyone, but the options are there.
    — Alexander George, Popular Mechanics, 2022-12-16
  • These drones might have a camera or act as racing drones that are simply fun to fly.
    — Jessica Hartshorn and Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 2022-11-09
  • The family of the Sycamores might be your next door neighbors.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2023-01-25
  • Like the sort of thing some tribe might do as a way of ostracizing someone in the clan.
    — Paul Theroux, Harper’s Magazine , 2022-08-17
  • Stephen King has penned something that might keep you reading into the night.
    — Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 2022-08-30
  • Some might be surprised to learn this sort of thing happens every week in the world of crypto.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 2022-10-17
  • That might create some playing-time challenges, but it’s a good problem to have.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 2022-08-30
  • Robinson might be the best freshman in the state since Jennah Isai four years ago.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 2023-01-14
  • The value of your service might be obvious to you, but that doesn't mean your clients see it as clearly.
    — Asaf Darash, Forbes, 2023-01-26
  • This is the sort of matchup that might see both McCord and Brown get some action.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 2022-09-08
  • Some teams might see that as a chance to issue a glowing thank you and tout the program’s ability to grow its own.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 2022-10-06
  • Some of your lofty goals might take a trip back to the drawing board until after the New Year.
    — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 2022-11-30
  • With these traits, the lizards might be evidence of how evolving to match certain stressors can come with trade-offs.
    — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 2023-01-13
  • To say Womack was a force to be reckoned with might be an understatement.
    — Mike Frainie, Baltimore Sun, 2022-12-16
  • With all the uncertainties around what the Covid winter might look like — when will the virus spike and just how high?
    — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 2022-08-17
  • Now, four-plus years later, the Moricles have what might be a record-breaking sticker ball in their garage.
    — Helena Oliviero, ajc, 2022-12-16
  • But there is more and more evidence that the Russian people might take care of things themselves.
    — Arkansas Online, 2022-11-28
  • What to Consider: The style might not be to everyone’s tastes.
    — Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 2023-01-25
  • Levy thinks that rate might be even higher in Anchorage with the help of an app like PulsePoint.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 2022-10-17
  • If that approach gives you a safety net, great, but that might not be the prevailing across Bengal Land.
    — The Enquirer, 2022-12-29
  • 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, 2022-09-23
  • Across the Spider-Verse might have at least 20 Spider-Man variants in it.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 2022-11-07

might

2 of 2 noun
  • Hell, two or three might, but six?
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Smack dab in the middle might’ve been enough three years ago.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026
  • For some, Black Ops 6 might’ve come close.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The driver will be able to put that extra might to good use, too.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
  • His strip sack and forced fumble might’ve been the dagger.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • If that doesn’t convince you to come for the weekend, the food might.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 7 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • All the while, the pig was screaming and using all of its might to stay put.
    — Selina Wang, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Edwards is climbing with all his might and still losing ground.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 16 May 2026
  • The initial two might’ve put Tang on the proverbial hot seat.
    — Sam McDowell February 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Feb. 2026
  • For all the financial might, there was hardly any hype or grandeur.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Setting it up as non-profit might, in hindsight, have been the wrong move.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Voorhees insists this wasn’t just a show of might, but an act of distraction.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
  • There is no dispute that US retains the might.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 15 June 2026
  • North Korea may put on a display of its might in the coming weeks.
    — Jon Herskovitz, Fortune, 1 Jan. 2023
  • The war in Ukraine had also made countries eager to show off their might.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Some officials claim the city is ready, while others have used their might to lobby against it.
    — Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Lestat is much more aware of the structures in which the storytelling might or might not take place.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Flock has also sought to flex its political might.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2026
  • So they have been struck with the strength and the sheer might and will of the United States armed forces.
    — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 6 Mar. 2026
  • What makes a nation worth serving is not its might but its willingness to restrain it.
    — Jon Duffy, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • This proves how outfit-changing a small-but-might accessory can be.
    — Natalie Cantell, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
  • China broadcast its might on Wednesday.
    — Kerry Brown, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Until now, no one had ever managed to directly measure the might of these jets.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
  • And when paired up with the almond pigeon, the two took to one another like any other couple might.
    — Mikelle Street, Them., 4 Dec. 2025
  • But this franchise needs to be thinking bigger, and should start flexing its financial might more.
    — Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Spry as any deep-sleeping eighteen-year-old might – nineteen in a few weeks all right but, by any measure, pretty spry.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Feb. 2025
  • If his West Coast major league debut didn’t prove it, his new real estate might.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023

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