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"Likely" in a Sentence (32 examples)
At this rate, we're not likely to be done before the end of the week.
Girls are more likely than boys to be malnourished, suffer poverty, face violence and be refused an education, according to a new report.
Judging from the look of the sky, it is likely to rain.
We will soon most likely be charged for garbage disposal by how much of it there is.
The teacher is likely to get angry with the students.
Smokers are far more likely to develop lung cancer than non-smokers are.
In conversation, one is likely to find out certain things about the other person quite easily.
We'll likely go to the ball game tomorrow.
The basements of the houses are likely to have problems.
You're much less likely to get a good position if you don't speak English.
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Rain is likely later this afternoon.
His parents — a restless, titanically self-involved father and a mother who cultivated her inner life in strict solitude — seem a much likelier source for his condition.
Still, Saints looked the likeliest to make the breakthrough, and it came when Jonny Evans could only half-clear a long ball and Chaplow took full advantage.
Do you think there's likely to be snow?
He is likely to succeed at anything he tries.
In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages - with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive.
People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days?
As Trevor Corson, author of “The Story of Sushi” explains, in Japan, sushi is typically eaten at a bar, where it’s customary for the customer to chat with the chef, who can recommend what’s in season. The short window during which the fish is fresh also makes it more likely to be tastier in Japan.
Jones is a likely candidate for management.
The relationship with social status is a likely topic for investigation.
not a very likely excuse.
The DPRK propagated an extraordinary tale of his birth occurring on Mount Baekdu, one of Korea's most revered sites, being accompanied by shooting stars in the sky. It is more likely that he was born in a small village in the USSR, while his father was serving as a Soviet-backed general during the second world war.
a likely recipe for disaster.
I found a likely spot under a shady tree for the picnic.
For love is a celestiall harmonie Of likely harts composed of starres concent
Likely he’ll win the election in this economy.
He’ll likely win the election in this economy.
He likely will win the election in this economy.
Most likely he’ll win the election in this economy.
He’ll most likely win the election in this economy.
He most likely will win the election in this economy.
Dismounting on the sidewalk, their helmets still on, they fall into a lengthy conversation. Their dialogue is known only to them. But there is something the men themselves likely don’t know: About a mile away, from a windowless room, two other men are watching them.
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