Sentence examples for was could have from inspiring English sources

The cricket at Edgbaston, impressive though it was, could have done with being more of a contest, to divert one from the mayhem on the streets.

And only the soft-spoken and polite Louis, whose black managers drilled into him the importance of appearing even more polite, unthreatening and self-effacing than he naturally was, could have pulled it off.

Instead of complaining about the glitches, people suffering, like Kincaid was, could have easily just switched apps.

Nevertheless, it seems improbable that this familiarity with Bolzano, as little as is was, could have remained without any effect on his pupils such as Marty, Meinong, and Stumpf, although some of whom were "outcasts" from the orthodox Brentanian circle.

The truth is also that the difference, between television viewers and radio listeners, in their perceptions of who the winner was could have a simpler explanation.

One of these first self-recorded tracks was "Could Have Been", which described the career options he could have pursued had he not begun rapping.

Could have been last week, could have been six months ago.

The question is, could it have succeeded?

Ordell was who I could have been.

It could've been repressed, it could've been hidden, it could have been locked away.

This is what life could have been!