How to Use probability in a Sentence

probability

noun

• The probability of a coin coming up heads is one out of every two tries.
• There is a low probability that you will be chosen.
• With the dark clouds moving in, rain seems more like a probability than a possibility.
• There is some probability of rain tomorrow.
• Most of the rest of the state has a 70 to 80 percent probability.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 25 Apr. 2023
• What is the probability that all three of the points will be in the same hemisphere?
  — Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2022
• The site gives the Rockets a 9% win probability in the game.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2022
• The older and bigger a whale got, the greater the probability of such a blast.
  — Randi Richardson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
• What is the probability that two copies of die A roll a sum that beats two copies of die B?
  — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
• But in all probability, this would be in the first half of next year.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
• What this means for OKC is that there’s a high probability that the team ends up earning a spot in the play-in.
  — Nick Crain, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
• The couple are more bullish—Chen puts the probability as high as 98%.
  — Will Henshall, TIME, 14 Feb. 2024
• The Air Raid stretches the field, creates one-on-ones and leads to high probability throws as well.
  — oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2022
• These probabilities are strongest along the Gulf Coast and for most of Texas.
  — Nikki Nolan, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
• In a strange twist, though, there’s a high probability of rain for Sunday’s game.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
• Instead, potential hazard in the form of probability of an earthquake in a decadal or more timescale is the coin of the realm.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
• If the Rams had lost, their playoff probabilities would fall with them.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• There’s a high probability that the text will then be removed from the library and taken away from all the children instead of just the one.
  — Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
• The play was ruled a hit, but Statcast pegged the hit probability on the flare at just 2%, so Freeman’s defensive stats took a hit.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
• Three of those are in the same region, so there’s a high probability that somebody new will be cutting down the nets in Houston.
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
• Because the 2024 eclipse is happening in the spring, the probability of overcast skies is greater.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 27 Mar. 2024
• In all probability, at least one of his and Joy’s three sons would have inherited the gene.
  — Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
• Easter Sunday has the highest probability of rain in months, with a 40% chance of rain.
  — Garfield Hylton, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
• As a result, Fretwell and his colleagues think, there’s a high probability that no penguin chicks survived from four out of the five colonies in that area.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023
• Play will begin in 1960 with franchises in six cities with the probability of adding two more teams.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
• Now that Better Call Saul is over, there might be a higher probability that Banks is free.
  — Vulture, 19 Nov. 2022
• That’s the probability swing that came with Wednesday’s win -- a rally from an early 1-0 lead by the Bruins.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
• Sheer probability dictated that the war would plow straight into the Astal clan.
  — Iyad Abuheweila, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• Still, the probability of Trump winning any of the closest races remains under 60%.
  — Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
• This means that payouts are based on the probability of a loss-causing event (a 7.0 magnitude earthquake, for example), rather than actual losses.
  — Alex Christian, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024