Sentence examples for a vague possibility from inspiring English sources

Instead, worried at hurt feelings and a vague possibility of retribution, I apologised.

But other EU leaders must now accept that a UK referendum is a reality, not a vague possibility, which changes the rules of engagement.

But, if that prospect is even a vague possibility, it is time for the Co-op movement to consider its role in life.

If Cowell is at all preoccupied with his legacy – and his stagily foregrounded vanity suggests that is a vague possibility – then he might reflect that he has somehow created a cultural environment in which even his unborn child will be viewed as less of a reproductive accident and more of an inscrutable, Talleyrand-style calculation.

There is a vague possibility that we could be found liable of contributory infringement, our attorney says.

The changes themselves are impressively smooth and fast, but if you start paying attention to the readout on the funky digital instruments, you spot it rarely settles into one gear, often hunting for an even longer ratio in a desperate attempt to make the 51.3mpg claim a vague possibility.

Now he was in the I.C.U. with a rare cardiac condition and the vague possibility of a transplant.

He didn't even have the benefit of an unresolved conversation about the vague possibility of opening his marriage to use as a justification.

Planned holidays and the vague possibility of a company pension.

For now the focus will be solely on the challenge of five one-day internationals and three Twenty20s over the next four weeks against an excellent Australian team, a breathless itinerary that brings with it the vague possibility – only whispered to date – of England failing to win a single match of any kind on tour.

As Tim Knowles said over an anguished pint a few months ago: "What kind of question is 'May have?' I might be found responsible for killing my friends on the basis of a vague, theoretical possibility".