Sentence examples for may have sold from inspiring English sources

"may have sold" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express the possibility that something has been sold. For example: The painting may have sold already, so I'm not sure if it's still available.

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They may have sold a few hundred thousand albums, but they remain a cult act.

But for all the money she's making, Palin may have sold herself cheap.

Still, what may have sold fast a year ago now takes longer.

(In truth, he may have sold these rights for a song anyway).

He may have sold the Harrods store, but letting go of Fulham would be like an amputation.

Arianna Huffington may have sold her company to AOL but it's still an open question who is in charge.

Clegg may have sold his soul long ago but he wasn't about to hand over anything else without a fight.

She may have sold cake on the beach when she was young, but that sounds a little bit like fun.

Some winning wines are in short supply, and wineries may ration them to customers; others may have sold out.

Some traders may have sold shares in anticipation of the Friday report on the job market in the United States.

"I think God may have sold the same piece of property to a number of different clients," he says.

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