Examples of 'we could only' in a sentence

Meaning of "we could only"

This phrase indicates a limitation or constraint on what can be done or achieved. It suggests that there are no alternative options or possibilities beyond what has been stated, and one can only proceed within that confined scope

How to use "we could only" in a sentence

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we could only
We could only afford to rent the mannequins.
We always knew we could only be really free.
We could only ring it when we first arrived.
It seems like we could only go this far.
If we could only find a couple of people to help us.
They knew what we could only assume.
If we could only find somebody for you.
A few years ago we could only dream of it.
If we could only get more federal funding.
We knew that if we could only persuade him.
If we could only keep this thing quiet.
Caps were something we could only dream about.
If we could only get from there to there.
We are at a detail level we could only dream about.
If we could only get that board of trustees.

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Things are always in transition if we could only realize it.
If we could only work in a little color somewhere.
It is my understanding that we could only experience past events.
If we could only get free from ourselves.
A level of detail that we could only dream of before.
If we could only deliver them the vodka.
A once in a lifetime opportunity we could only afford together.
But we could only have what we had.
Impacted by an adaptive delta we could only begin to grasp.
If we could only find the right one.
They have experienced things we could only imagine.
We could only accept our new duties.
But they said we could only choose one.
We could only come to one reasonable conclusion.
So many that we could only do about.
If we could only stop time we could be safe.
It would be nice if we could only focus on your rocket.
We could only find her body parts.
We were told that we could only bring what we could.
We could only afford one air conditioner.
So beautiful that we could only hold on to it for a moment.
We could only believe he had died in battle.
From here we could only hear.
We could only predict who would be next.
It was so cold we could only stay seconds.
We could only eat the damaged ones.
During research we could only find two like it.
We could only look on as our leaders used.
We could help her if we could only gain her trust.
If we could only get off these chains.
I am only sorry that we could only stay one night.
If we could only trace her letters to him.
They allow us to do things we could only have dreamed of before.
If we could only see what they say.
It is something we could only dream of.

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