How to Use probably in a Sentence

probably

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  • They will probably be here soon.
  • It was probably the best concert I've ever been to.
  • It will probably rain today.
  • There were probably about 150 people at the wedding.
  • The good news: The smoke should probably be less of an issue the rest of the summer.
    The Editors, Scientific American, 7 June 2023
  • Which is probably a worse sign for the country than the movie, but true all the same.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The next day, Anand had to come to terms with the fact that his money was probably gone.
    WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Five times is probably not gonna be enough for all of it.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2023
  • At the end of the day, the XRP Army is probably its own worst enemy.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 27 Mar. 2023
  • There were probably 20 to 30 men fighting in the street.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 2 June 2024
  • That was probably the last time Daniel could walk around and not get mobbed.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The far northern portion of the state will probably miss the Friday snow.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2024
  • For others, the gaps were probably as long as 280 years.
    Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • Still, one of these apps will probably do the job for most people.
    PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The irony, though fitting, is probably too good to be true.
    Max Norman, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The right owner and a stubborn push probably could find a way.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • There’s probably gonna be a ball that goes out of the ballpark this weekend.
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
  • The group put the probably of this happening at about 15%.
    Julia Horowitz, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
  • What probably doesn’t make a ton of sense is to fight tooth and nail for the 10th seed, where the Jazz currently stand.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Dec. 2022
  • But sites that don’t catch the error messages are probably just the tip of the iceberg, Sadeghi added.
    Will Oremus, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2024
  • That’s probably been the most emotional part of the journey for me.
    TIME, 2 Feb. 2024
  • That said, a queen or a king size mattress is probably a good bet.
    Lindsay Boyers, Architectural Digest, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Texas will probably drop a few spots from No. 2 in the rankings but stay high enough to host a first-round game.
    The Athletic College Football, The Athletic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Most sick bats end up on the ground so the ones flying past your head probably won’t cause you any harm.
    Jack Armstrong, The Arizona Republic, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Where on the map Adrian is, many in the Willamette Valley probably couldn’t say.
    Nikstreng, oregonlive, 27 May 2023
  • The dog probably was trying to find her way out through the hole when her collar got stuck.
    Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 7 Aug. 2023
  • While probably too late to actually catch the Phillies, the wild-card is in play and not just the first one.
    Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • But few probably had much idea what the measures were about.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
  • That means most people probably won’t have to scroll all six of those pages.
    Maren Estrada, BGR, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Israel’s brutal yet effective two-month war on Hezbollah probably did not pay much mind to Assad’s fate.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024

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