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
  • And why was that favorable over going to a team where he could be paired with his own GM of choice?
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • And on the whole, reviews of With Love, Meghan have been fair, if not strictly favorable.
    Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • But her opinion of half a dozen of the artworks in the collection was more favorable.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2022
  • 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
  • The price of the Galaxy Z Flip3 was more favorable for the everyday smartphone user and was even in the same price range as an iPhone.
    Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 10 Aug. 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
  • For peyote, that cycle may be 12-16 years, or longer if the locale is less favorable.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Agreements reached near the 8th promise to be favorable in every way.
    Katharine Merlin, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Make sure to choose a metaverse that is favorable, scalable and fulfills Web3 needs.
    Tommaso Di Bartolo, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • That may imply Ukrainian brigades are leaving Kursk, and giving up much of the terrain Zelensky hoped to trade back to Russia in exchange for a favorable ceasefire.
    David Axe, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025

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