as might be

Synonyms

as if as though as it were

Examples

We were made for good works (cf. Phil. 1:11) to the glory and praise of our Maker, and to imitate God as far as might be. Gregory of Nazianzus

If all human lives depended upon their usefulness - as might be judged by certain standards - there would be a sudden and terrific mortality in the world. Gene Tunney

A lady once asked him how he came to define 'pastern', the knee of a horse: instead of making an elaborate defence, as might be expected, he at once answered, "Ignorance, Madam, pure ignorance." Samuel Johnson

As might be supposed, my parents were quite poor, but we somehow never seemed to lack anything we needed, and I never saw a trace of discontent or a failure in cheerfulness over their lot in life, as indeed over anything. Albert Jay Nock

At the end of his work he reserved two paragraphs only to mention the two non-coercive factors - the feeling of duty and the feeling of mutual sympathy - to which he attached little importance, as might be expected from a writer in law. Peter Kropotkin

I have climbed several higher mountains without guide or path, and have found, as might be expected, that it takes only more time and patience commonly than to travel the smoothest highway. Henry David Thoreau

Words in the phrase

as might be

Close letter words and terms

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