How to Use likelihood in a Sentence

likelihood

noun

• There is a strong likelihood that he will be reelected.
• The likelihood is that 2030 will take place across three.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• This is, in all likelihood, the last of these movies Gunn will make, at least for a while.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 28 Apr. 2023
• What is the likelihood the mifepristone case goes to the Supreme Court?
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
• And that ups the likelihood of irritation.2 What can lactic acid do for your skin?
  — Melanie Rud, SELF, 26 Sep. 2023
• The costs still aren’t enough to kill his empire, in all likelihood.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
• The likelihood of a loss to the lowly Beavers is south of 50 percent but well north of zero.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
• That's up from a mere 33% likelihood for a May rate increase that was priced in a month ago.
  — Paul R. La Monica, CNN, 14 Feb. 2023
• Wednesday should be rather warm as well, despite the likelihood of a good deal of clouds.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2024
• Bases were enlarged to increase the likelihood they’d be stolen.
  — Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• This reduces the likelihood of scratching your pots and pans.
  — Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2024
• This is, in all likelihood, that biggest rock show to play Concord in many years.
  — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
• But there’s one concern that stands out: the likelihood that the GOP will drag the country to the brink of a debt default, and perhaps even push us over the edge.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 14 Jan. 2023
• In all likelihood, the final decision will come from the Supreme Court.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2023
• The likelihood of tagging a bull shark was highest near the city of Daphne and along the western shoreline of the bay, according to the researchers.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2024
• The Tigers will, in all likelihood, keep Rodriguez on the team for the remainder of the season and could lose him for nothing in free agency.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2023
• Scientists have warned there’s a growing likelihood that 2023 could be the Earth’s hottest year on record.
  — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 13 July 2023
• Oregon will, in all likelihood, be the one-seed in the playoff, and despite the loss, Penn State is certainly in the running to host a game in the first round.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2024
• This tees up a contentious Season 4 that will, in all likelihood, put Smart back into the awards race next year as well.
  — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2024
• Whatever the appeals court decides, the likelihood that this gets appealed to the US Supreme Court is very high.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• In addition, there were a record number of climbers in 2023, Shea said, which increased the likelihood of more deaths.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2023
• What’s the likelihood that there will be a Succession spinoff or prequel?
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
• The top tweets from that pile are ranked on the likelihood of a user's engagement with that tweet's author; the more likely, the more their tweets show up in For You.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2023
• This increases the likelihood that the special master will draw a ...
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 26 Sep. 2023
• At the time of the meeting, the forecast showed a 50% chance of clear skies or overcast and the likelihood of overcast skies was higher in Texas and Oklahoma.
  — Sadie Lacicero, arkansasonline.com, 7 Apr. 2024
• Building large piles at least 3 feet wide by 3 feet tall reduces the likelihood that your compost will freeze over.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Nov. 2024
• And even that is hardly a slam-dunk, with investors placing the likelihood of a cut in November at 63%, down from 77% a week ago.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 29 May 2024
• Before Waller spoke, Wall Street investors had placed a 72% likelihood of a rate cut in March, based on futures prices.
  — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024
• Musk continued to post dozens of messages condemning the original spending plan, seemingly dooming its chances of passage and increasing the likelihood of a government shutdown.
  — Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
• Robert Habeck, the Greens' chancellor candidate, said that was a worrying sign for German democracy, given the growing likelihood in a fractured political landscape that very different parties would again have to govern together.
  — Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Jan 2025