How to Use prognosticate in a Sentence

prognosticate

verb

• According to the Free Press' prognosticating pair, the Cubs will take the division, but the rest is up in the air.
  — Dana Sulonen, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2018
• In October, Talsma says Tony was able to prognosticate his game show fame.
  — Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2022
• No one is really good at prognosticating—in the media or elsewhere—at least not for very long.
  — Jim Impoco, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2014
• My key stat for prognosticating the Rockies pitching season is watching the first couple months of the season and seeing how many innings are pitched by the bullpen.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2019
• Don't be seduced by those who claim to be able to prognosticate, instead be proactive about how to keep yourself safe during an earthquake.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 18 Jan. 2018
• After a 6-7 start in the first baker's dozen of games, the defending champions look more mortal than many prognosticated in the early spring.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
• Trying to prognosticate about which volcanoes might erupt is about as predictable as who will make this year's baseball playoffs.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2016
• Models originally prognosticated that a wave of low pressure would throw a deck of cloud cover over the coastline.
  — Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post, 1 July 2019
• Like the latter set of nominees, the actors selected by their peers aren’t very likely to surprise those who have been keeping up with award prognosticating this year.
  — Toni Collette, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
• Because of his stature in Silicon Valley, Dr. Moore was often called on to prognosticate about the future of science and technology.
  — Kathleen Day, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
• Still, that doesn’t stop analysts, and even companies themselves, from taking a stab at prognosticating.
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 26 June 2023
• Nevertheless, faith in Tom Brady at home remains a near-absolute in my prognosticating canon.
  — Greg Cote, miamiherald, 26 Oct. 2017
• Remember, nothing on the internet can prognosticate perfectly, but Kayak’s metrics are a helpful gauge.
  — Fox News, 11 June 2017
• When the zoo's most recent groundhog, Wynter, died in 2017, polar bear Snow Lilly performed the duties normally handled by a prognosticating rodent this past February.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2018
• Of course, prognosticating anyone’s future is a fool’s errand in the current administration, but looking at which Cabinet secretaries have been fired and why could provide a guide to Pruitt’s fortunes under Trump.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 15 June 2018
• The next step in the historic impeachment of President Trump has been looming for almost a month now, and after all the strategizing, prognosticating and negotiating, the pieces are finally falling into place for a Senate trial.
  — Aj Willingham, CNN, 14 Jan. 2020
• That called for some elasticity of mind, some willingness to view this new circumstance with a measure of charity and receptivity – a determination to watch and listen rather than pronounce and prognosticate.
  — Barton Swaim, Twin Cities, 25 May 2017
• The obsessive-compulsive Mac me-zine community has been prognosticating for quite some time now, but with exceptionally little certainty.
  — Lukas Hauser, WIRED, 18 July 2001
• Buyers could look at more social media reactions, from Twitter to Letterboxd, to prognosticate prospective audience responses.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2022
• This kind of information allows for better prognosticating their future production.
  — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024