WOULD in a Sentence

Learn WOULD from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
404 example sentences for WOULD, such as:
1. I don't think he would allow it.
2. It would be idle to argue further.
3. Yet I would die to make her happy.
4. I would put his age at about seventy.
5. Jack would argue and eff all day long.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of WOULD
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  My promise fulfilled, the monster would depart forever.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
2  Yet I would die to make her happy.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
3  I would reconcile him to life, but he repulses the idea.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
4  Madame Hester would have winced at that, I warrant me.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In II. THE MARKET-PLACE
5  If spoken to, she would not speak again.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
6  Morning would break and find him there.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
7  The neighbourhood would begin to rouse itself.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE MINISTER'S VIGIL
8  Had she fallen among thieves, it would have kept her safe.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XIII. ANOTHER VIEW OF HESTER
9  It would probably be on the fourth day from the present.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
10  "I would not wish to do any thing mean," he replied.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
11  I would not bind myself to allow them any thing yearly.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
12  I would give anything to know the truth of it.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
13  I would lay any wager it is about Miss Williams.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
14  It would be the natural result of your affection for her.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16
15  But that would be a cruel kindness, and I dare not do it.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
Example Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  This action would render the agreement invalid.
2  No one believed he would actually kill himself.
3  The butler would not admit him into the house.
4  Even then he would not admit his mistake.
5  This would materially affect US security.
6  I remarked that I would go shopping that afternoon.
7  It saddened me that I would never see them again.
8  The agency would collect and disseminate information.
9  I don't think he would allow it.
10  I would put his age at about seventy.
11  Rather than being hoodwinked, I would endure anything.
12  It would appear that this was a major problem.
13  I don't think many people would argue with that.
14  Jack would argue and eff all day long.
15  It would be idle to argue further.