How to Use most likely in a Sentence

most likely

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  • In fact, the bash is most likely over, and the hangover’s ahead.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 4 July 2023
  • The first and most likely to fall will be Monday’s overnight low.
    — oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The cockles of whose heart were most likely to be warmed by such a speech?
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 25 July 2024
  • Cooper, their young son who has gone with them to the game, is most likely asleep in the car.
    — Stephen Borelli, USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
  • So who's most likely to try to poach a bottle from her?
    — Vic Verbalaitis, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
  • The team believes that the marine route is most likely.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2024
  • That remains the most likely fate for Bluesky, too — but there are steps the app could take to stave off a decline.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 2 May 2023
  • Which Final Four team is the most likely to cut down the nets and be crowned champions?
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Along with those styles, these new teen words and phrases will most likely not last.
    — Kristina Behr, Parents, 29 May 2024
  • This posture most likely did their backs in over time, the study suggests.
    — Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Before then, here’s a look at what the two most likely outcomes could mean.
    — Kris Nagel, Fortune, 1 July 2024
  • Harris gives the Democrats a shot at beating Trump; Biden most likely did not.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Leaving it on the curb for the garbage collector to pick up and most likely dump in a landfill.
    — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 28 Dec. 2023
  • As a result, buyers will most likely have to pay their agents.
    — Josh Ocampo, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024
  • But Gen X is most likely to feel this way, according to the survey.
    — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Arizona ranked 19th among the states most likely to win the lottery, according to a new study.
    — Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Sunday is most likely to be less than ideal, with the most clouds and highest chances for rain.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
  • The same difference was reflected in those most likely to quit their job in the last 12 months.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, The Indianapolis Star, 20 July 2023
  • Androgens are the hormones that are most likely to do this.
    — Celia Shatzman, Women's Health, 26 June 2023
  • That bomb most likely weighed about 2,000 pounds, based on the amount of damage to the home and surrounding buildings, Amnesty claims.
    — Sahar Akbarzai, CNN, 10 Aug. 2024
  • But three-homer games are an anomaly, and over the long haul, his most likely path to playing time will be on the short side of a platoon.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But this is an objet d'art, and will most likely not be worn to the gym or to secure a bedtime topknot.
    — Talia Gutierrez, Allure, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Keep in mind that high winds can cause small wrinkles in the film and after a long winter of wind, it most likely can’t be reused.
    — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2023
  • That would never happen in a game and Jackson most likely would have run it.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
  • As things stand now, the new Tiguan is scheduled to be revealed in full next year and will most likely launch as a 2025 model car.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 16 June 2023
  • The move was aimed to improve the health of those most likely to smoke them, including kids and Black Americans.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Though no sharks were seen by the girl or anyone nearby at the time of the incident, the bite was most likely from a shark, Gorman said.
    — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 5 July 2023
  • Black and Middle Eastern small business owners were the most likely to say the city isn’t a good place to own a small business.
    — Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
  • The fans will return next year, the team will swing for the proverbial fences yet again, most likely with another shot at winning the World Series.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The stadium has a retractable roof, which will most likely be closed during the Taylor Swift concerts.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 31 Oct. 2024

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