How to Use promising in a Sentence

promising

adjective
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Other research groups have found promising ways to do this.
    — Linh Vu, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2023
  • And so far the 2023 breeding season isn’t looking any more promising.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 24 Aug. 2023
  • That’s a promising start for a musical, a genre that has struggled in recent times.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Howards Grove authored a promising start, taking a 14-6 advantage over Kohler at the end of the first quarter.
    — Ledeai, Journal Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2023
  • This seemed like a promising change to politics as normal — at first.
    — Dominic Pino, National Review, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Related: For Kenmore Square, does the end of an era mean a promising future?
    — Catherine Carlock, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Juwan Johnson switched from wide receiver to tight end and the results were very promising in 2022.
    — oregonlive, 4 Sep. 2023
  • That said, the new study did provide promising results of keto helping boost the health of women with PCOS.
    — Sarah Garone, Health, 18 Sep. 2023
  • As promising as this research may sound, though, the researchers encountered many problems over the course of this project.
    — Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 7 Dec. 2023
  • But there is one promising factor: there are no geostrategic stakes in Darfur.
    — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Last chance The 2024 theater season in town is off to a promising start with a number of stellar productions to choose from.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Our 2023 crop of Hollywood Rising honorees are some of the most promising young talents in the business.
    — ELLE, 25 Apr. 2023
  • There have been other more promising outcomes from COP28.
    — Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 13 Dec. 2023
  • And Devin Duvernay, while speedy and promising, has yet to break out in his three seasons in Baltimore.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2023
  • It’s been a promising start for the Sun Devils, but conference play will only get harder from here.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Disney + is lifting the curtain on the remarkable stories behind the choir stand of one of the nation’s most promising youth choirs.
    — Rivea Ruff, Essence, 30 Jan. 2024
  • March 5: First baseman Miguel Sanó stands out as the most promising of several minor league free agents signed by the Angels.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Allen had been one of the most promising — and in-demand — performers in modern-day country music.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 9 June 2023
  • Yockey’s involvement is the most promising sign of forward momentum the project has had since.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024
  • But this week’s news suggests a promising method for turning Trumpers into Biden backers.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Noah Kim threw several nice balls against CMU, especially in the second half, and the running game looks more promising than a year ago.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Some were more promising than others, but all drew dollars from excitable investors caught up in the SPAC craze, including mom—and-pop traders.
    — Jonathan Randles, Fortune, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Blink’s music is thoughtfully worked into Durston’s story, which is promising but has some kinks to work out.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023
  • With an indisputable talent, the rap artist is quickly making a name for himself as the promising new sound of the urban genre in Argentina.
    — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 26 July 2023
  • For three years, the Hall sat mostly empty, and became one of the least promising properties in RXR’s sagging portfolio.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2023

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