It is generally worse than useless to speculate on what might have been.
He showed himself everywhere, rode through the camp, was as agreeable as it was in his nature to be; and thus made capital of what might have been a cause of disaster.
He had his flashes of fierceness and could hit out upon occasion, but the occasions were not always what might have been expected.
These obvious, futile thoughts of what might have been, made a new epoch for Gwendolen.
It was true, and he was seeing her and perhaps thinking of what might have been.
Both were in deep thought and what was in the mind of both was: What might have been.
Whether they should ever rise like angry ghosts of what might have been, to taunt the man, only the future could tell.
It was too late now: why need he think of what might have been?
At least, what might have been an accident, I should rather say," added the surgeon, correcting himself.
But it has been decreed otherwise; and it is of no use to speak of what might have been.
Sweet, e'en in thought to see again Th' Elysian called "what might have been.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "what might have been" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
