I know I shoulda stayed, I coulda helped, and maybe he woulda listened if I'd spoken up.

Hearing the news, I kept repeating shoulda, woulda, coulda to myself, trapped by all the might-have-beens.

I kept saying coulda, woulda, shoulda, but regrets about what might have been won't fix anything.

When he walked across the yard, he couldn't stop a pig in a passage, and the children giggled at his lopsided stride.

He says he's a trained chef who cooks all his meals from scratch—coulda fooled me.