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Example sentences for "could mean"

  • Her mind, so absorbed in other thoughts, hardly took in what he could mean.

  • The next thing was no bark, but a shriek of joy from Yarrow, such as could mean nothing in the world but "Philip!

  • The younger sat in a corner and listened with the rest of them, and could not imagine what they could mean.

  • The King's son did not hear one word of it, but the servants had been awakened, and had listened to it, and had not known what it could mean.

  • At night he was taken to the royal bed, but he laid a two-edged sword between him and the young Queen; she did not know what that could mean, but did not venture to ask.

  • Then all the king's attendants, seeing that he had suddenly fallen into such a state, were utterly beside themselves to think what it could mean.

  • And the king knowing the excellent character of Vidushaka, was immediately bewildered, wondering what it could mean.

  • At that moment a rain of flowers fell from heaven, and Garuda was astonished when he saw it, wondering what it could mean.

  • The servants too were collected, some without the door and others of more authority within it, to hear and see what all this could mean.

  • His answer was--He did not know what I could mean!

  • Thus endeavouring to quiet my conscience by a quibble, and with a half faced lie make him believe what it was impossible I could mean.

  • For, to tell the truth, he felt the tables altogether turned upon him, and was confounded, and did not know what it could mean.

  • When he was gone, Miss Marjoribanks could not but wonder a little what he could mean by looking forward to an eventful week.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "could mean" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    could bring; could catch; could desire; could endure; could find; could finde; could hardly; could haue; could hold; could imagine; could muster; could not have said; could observe; could only; could possibly; could show; could sleep; could stand; could stay; could take; could think; could walk; could wish; good deal; insane asylum; shall give