promising
adjective
prom·is·ing
ˈprä-mə-siŋ 
: full of promise : likely to succeed or to yield good results
a promising new medicine
promisingly
adverb
Examples of promising in a Sentence
The neighborhood didn't look very promising.
a promising writer who just may write the great American novel someday
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If the Panthers were to regress, how could that be viewed as promising or successful?
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Mike Kaye
september 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Watertown, though, kept scrapping enough together inside the circle to prevent a game-tying goal, while speedy senior captain Sophia Setouhi and Master led a couple promising charges into offensive territory.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or HBOT, is one example of a promising tool that sits at the center of this challenge.
—Lindsay O'Neill, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
That wasn’t the only encouraging sign from Sasaki, whose final outing of this rehabilitation assignment was far more promising than any that preceded it.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
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Mike Kaye
september 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Watertown, though, kept scrapping enough together inside the circle to prevent a game-tying goal, while speedy senior captain Sophia Setouhi and Master led a couple promising charges into offensive territory.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or HBOT, is one example of a promising tool that sits at the center of this challenge.
—Lindsay O'Neill, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
That wasn’t the only encouraging sign from Sasaki, whose final outing of this rehabilitation assignment was far more promising than any that preceded it.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for promising
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“Promising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/promising. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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