Sentence examples for could only contemplate from inspiring English sources

It was all about England – having secured the advantage the bowlers and wretched Australian batting had given them – setting about consolidating their position so that Australia could only contemplate defeat.

Sterling, meanwhile, continues to dazzle and watching on from the bench yet again, Joe Hart could only contemplate what he will be missing should the goalkeeper, as expected, leave City before the end of the month.

It is to be hoped that this could only be contemplated after thorough debate within the party at all levels, followed by a democratic decision of party members – not a diktat from on high.

Therein, a disciple asks the poet-philosopher what importance the world could have for the deity (to be understood in Aristotelian terms as a deity that only contemplates its own perfection).

As they departed the Wells Fargo Center late Wednesday, they only could contemplate what they might have lost in the pursuit of one more win.

Interestingly, the FSB contemplates that cryptocurrencies could only pose systemic risks if they became widely used.

But at least one family is now contemplating a Christmas they could only dream of after Nationwide building society stepped in and paid for a trip to Lapland.

People, but not pineapples, hares, or owls, could only hope to be lovers of wisdom, contemplating truth and using whatever understanding they managed to acquire to direct their conduct (1102-1103).

But the tall, slender £25m 20-year-old could only direct his header wide, sending Brazil home to contemplate what will surely be a difficult and disputatious two years.

Why would Kroos even contemplate leaving Bayern for United if they could only offer him (perhaps at best) the Europa League, and are currently cast adrift of the Bundesliga champions when it comes to quality?

It began in 1970, when Benny Binion invited a handful of his high-rolling poker-playing cronies to get together at the Horseshoe in order to compete in various forms of poker at stakes that only they could contemplate.