All he could say, when I asked for further particulars, was that he lived close by the river--in which direction, he was too confused and too frightened to be able to tell me.
Though my pleadings in this direction were earnest, and often agonizing, yet I could say with a fervor as never before, 'Not my will, but thine be done.
As Abraham stood on the top of Mount Moriah he could say, 'The Lord will provide.
He could say no more, but falling where he had laid his sword, left Philander master of the field.
And when I questioned him what occasion I had given for such an animadversion, all that he could say amounted to this,--that I sometimes contradicted people in conversation.
After all I could say I was obliged to go to the painter's.
My organs were so obstructed, that I could say no, but could scarcely say yes.
There's something I wish awfully I could say to you.
Vanderbank bristled with the wish to be put to the test, but was checked before he could say so.
Cabot then returned to the subject of Susan's will, and in spite of all I could say to the contrary, insisted that he had no legal right to this money, and that I had.
I do hate to be found fault with, so I fired up in an instant.
Your mother looks tired, and you have been very cross.
With me he has endless discussions on his and my favorite subjects, and though I can never tell along what path I walked to reach a certain conclusion, the earnestness of my convictions does impress him strangely.
Then, I could not help telling her what Mrs. Morris had said.
As I looked upon that poor, despairing woman that I had left so hopeful a few days previously, I felt that I could say or do nothing for her but to point her to the God of Israel, who is able and willing to lead his oppressed children.
He could say no more for a moment, being overcome with emotion.
I could say, "He leadeth me," without a, shadow of doubt.
She told me to dip my hand in the blood, so that I could say I had done so when I became a woman.
You must not look upon my absence in that light," was all I could say.
I could say no more; the painful recollections pressed so heavily upon my poor shattered mind and frame, that both failed once more.
And before Jemmy and the rest of us, who were quite bewildered, could say a word, these two friends were charging away, spears in hand, ready to kill each other.
In vain Jemmy screamed; in vain I threw down my truncheon: they had broken two poles before I could say "Jack Robinson," and were driving at each other with the two new ones.
He might not know where to say we got our treasure, but he could say we had stolen a Chilian vessel.
I had thought of that," said the captain, "but nothing such a vagrant as he is could say ought to give any cruiser the right to interfere with us when we are sailing under the American flag.
No grimace that Inkspot could make, nor word that he could say, gave them an idea worth dwelling upon.
So when he spoke of Loristan's knowing him to be only a rat of the gutter, Marco felt he himself was fortunate in remembering something he could say.
But, if policemen asked him where he lived, he could say he lived in Bone Court with his father.
He was so fat that he was obliged to pant some time before he could say: 'That's right.
Besides which, all that I could say of the Story, to any purpose, I have endeavoured to say in it.
I was as concerned as he was, and I could say nothing to help him; never did visitor arrive more apropos.
Our readers will judge better from this anecdote than from anything more we could say, what sort of man he was who left such a memory in the hearts of his gaoler and his executioner.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "could say" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
