How To Use might-have-been In A Sentence
- There was no mileage in retracing memories to the lost land of might-have-been. TANK OF SERPENTS
- A letter from an old flame fluttered to the welcome mat this week, tinged with the rosy glow of nostalgia and giving off a faint melancholy whiff of might-have-beens.
- One is left to reflect on the many might-have-beens and the extreme narrowness between victory and a severe setback.
- Looking at the might-have-beens of stylistic variation is a way of making the elusive quality of good writing open to inspection.
- This is a fascinating might-have-been, a six episode script for the first season of Doctor Who telling the story of a murder conspiracy against Alexander the Great, by Moris Farhi. More on Catherine Ashton
- Iceland is a sobering might-have-been for the Greeks. The Euro's Tribulations
- The other might-have-been concerns the 1990 World Cup finals in Italy.
- A subtle gesture, a quick flight into rage, that sassy line of dialogue - all these might-have-beens can keep bit-players from becoming stars, or stars becoming legends.
- Just what would have happened if Rommel's staff car had not been strafed by the RAF, thus putting him out of action four days before the assassination attempt, is one of the great might-have-beens of history.
- Bear also does a great job of rewriting history here, with a dark version of 1938 that fits perfectly into might-have-been territory … Bear provides plenty of political intrigue, some tension and enough mythic conversation to make readers long for a mystical library collection of their own. Subterranean Press » 2009 » May
