How to Use promising in a Sentence

promising

adjective
  • The neighborhood didn't look very promising.
  • The most promising pipeline medicines for PTSD come from the world of psychedelics.
    — Damian Garde, STAT, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Where there’s a will, there’s a way; follow the path most promising.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • After a promising 5-2 start to the season, the wheels fell off.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Doing it against Burnes, in the span of less than a week no less, might be the most promising sign.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Others were promising to make this the last time Booker spoke at the event.
    — Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 6 Aug. 2022
  • As promising as that sounds, the result is for the most part pretty flat.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022
  • For the game, the Jayhawks shot 60.3% from the field, a promising sign after the offense had dipped in recent games.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
  • His showing through four games in Triple-A has been more promising.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 5 Apr. 2023
  • There are some promising signs of movement on this front.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The gel is the most promising development in that time, but there's still a long way to go.
    — Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 11 June 2024
  • The Broncos would head down and score on the next drive, tying the game and wiping away a promising BYU start.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Vital to the economy For those in the tourism industry, the year was off to a promising start.
    — Madison Malone Kircher, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Thankfully, the trailers that showed up this week look as promising as any of the best of those.
    — Wes Davis, The Verge, 29 June 2024
  • Keep your promising outlook and the world will be your oyster.
    — Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2022
  • That said, the line of Greer-Studnicka-McLaughlin has looked promising.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The first encounter isn’t promising: a glass wall that seemingly blocks the way.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Cody Morris made five starts for the Guards last season and looked promising.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 7 Jan. 2023
  • But Google is promising enhancements are on the way for its Chat app.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 27 June 2022
  • The most promising options tend to be the most expensive.
    — Christopher Flavelle, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022
  • However, bringing the issue of high prices to the fore is now the most promising path for the Democrats to a winning hand.
    — Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Up to 10% of the former residents who left have returned, with more promising to come home in the spring.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2023
  • After a promising start, rookie left guard Cole Strange has been benched in back-to-back games.
    — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2022
  • What might seem like a quixotic mission has so far had a promising start.
    — Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
  • None of this was promising material out of which to build a new regime.
    — Adam Hochschild, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Pixar’s Dream Productions is off to a promising start on Disney+.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 16 Dec. 2024
  • That said, there is also a lot that is going right, and a lot that is promising, and my critics have a point.
    — Scott Galloway, Time, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Brock Bowers is a star at tight end and the offensive line looks promising.
    — Erick Smith, USA TODAY, 4 May 2022
  • Gabriel’s older brother David, 22, is a very promising right-handed pitcher in the Texas Rangers’ system.
    — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Riley was quick to refuse credit for any guidance she’s given the elder Thompson but made clear that her progress is just as promising as her ceiling — as a player and as a face of the sport.
    — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025

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