How to Use most likely in a Sentence

most likely

idiom

• The team believes that the marine route is most likely.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Aug. 2024
• That would never happen in a game and Jackson most likely would have run it.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
• 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
• The only exception is lap children (under 2 years of age), who most likely wouldn't have their own luggage anyway.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2023
• But the region’s thick clay soils, remnants of a lake far more ancient than Tulare, meant that the water would most likely take years to fully drain away.
  — Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 31 May 2023
• The Federal Reserve has said interest rates will most likely need to stay higher for longer to keep inflation in check.
  — Rob Wile, NBC News, 9 June 2023
• For the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions, severe storms are most likely during the early spring months, making this week’s storms unusual for the area.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 15 June 2023
• The hurricane center said the most likely area for storms to develop in mid-June is in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 June 2023
• 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
• Along with those styles, these new teen words and phrases will most likely not last.
  — Kristina Behr, Parents, 29 May 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
• 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 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
• 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
• The lowest chance for dryness may be the mid- to late afternoon hours — when strong to severe storms are most likely.
  — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 8 July 2023
• Dana Taylor: Who are the people most likely to find themselves in childcare deserts?
  — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
• Higher amounts, up to 5 inches, could fall where the heaviest rain sets up, most likely in Maine.
  — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 6 Sep 2024