How to Use favorable in a Sentence

favorable

adjective
  • The new play got many favorable reviews.
  • Early test results were favorable.
  • He was given a favorable recommendation.
  • The Bears have a favorable schedule over the next month or so.
    Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2024
  • But the youngest Democrats, ages 18 through 34, were less favorable on both marks.
    Chris Megerian, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Buenos Aires, the country’s tech center, is in a favorable time zone (just one hour ahead of EST for most of the year).
    Daniel Pena, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The optics, for the Padres, already were less than favorable.
    Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • On March 20, the grand jury heard from a witness favorable to Trump.
    Michael R. Sisak, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • At what point did Trump become less favorable to the GOP voters?
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Areas south of that warm front will be in an area more favorable for severe storms.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Finally, this spot hasn’t been favorable to the Browns.
    Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022
  • This standard is the least favorable to the government.
    Alden Abbott, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • This allows LLCs to choose the tax treatment that is most favorable for their business.
    Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The largest drop occurred in the share of Republicans who have a strongly favorable opinion of him, which went from 54% to 43% over the last three months, the poll found.
    Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • The best strategy is to spray a fungicide as soon as the conditions are favorable for the diseases.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Agreements reached near the 8th promise to be favorable in every way.
    Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Spring is the prime time to climb Everest, although some mountaineers might climb in the less favorable autumn season.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN, 1 June 2023
  • But once again, the economic climate is not favorable for big yacht projects.
    Karla Adam, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2022
  • It is expected to become more favorable to Democrats in the future.
    Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Ours is very favorable and gives us resiliency in many ways.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2024
  • We have been told the search for their bodies may resume in the spring once weather conditions are favorable.
    Reuters, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Snow will be hard to come by, even in the highest elevations, despite what could be a favorable storm track.
    Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
  • None of which received the same favorable attention as Wyland's whales.
    Detroit Free Press, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Biden’s State of the Union speech in March recognizes this shift in the issue landscape to terrain more favorable for the president.
    Clifford Young, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The weather at the launch site is only 40 percent favorable, so the Crew-8 mission could move to another day.
    Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The future for a larger child credit is more favorable.
    David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
  • The good news for Ukraine is that Trump likes to negotiate a favorable deal, and Russia is growing weaker by the day.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • There is no favorable draw, which is why the No. 7 seed is so critical, to get as many as two homecourt chances to advance to the best-of-seven first round.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2023
  • For the DraftKings and the FanDuel’s of the world, the companies can respond by offering less favorable odds to bettors in high-tax jurisdictions.
    Matt Rybaltowski, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The president-elect has long disparaged renewable energy and vowed to pursue policies favorable to the fossil fuel industry in his second term.
    Zack Budryk, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025

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