How to Use prognosis in a Sentence

prognosis

noun

• Right now, doctors say his prognosis is good.
• The president had a hopeful prognosis about the company's future.
• To this point, the prognosis for the Stars has been ugly.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2020
• And for Kate and Justin's baby, the prognosis was even more grim.
  — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
• By the time the doctors found it, my prognosis was grim.
  — Chase Malackowski, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
• Even with that care, the prognosis for the middle-aged man would be poor.
  — Nick Ehli, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Sep. 2021
• But over the long term, the prognosis for polar bears is bleak.
  — oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2021
• The prognosis for his type of injury is nine to 12 months.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 16 June 2021
• The prognosis for his type of knee injury is nine to 12 months.
  — Tyler Dragon, The Enquirer, 27 July 2021
• The doctors and nurses of the 14-bed ICU had learned to be wary of any covid prognosis.
  — Peter Jamison Washington Post, Star Tribune, 6 July 2021
• His prognosis is good, Dr. Singh says – the donor heart should last for more than 25 years.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• At the next scan, just two weeks later, the prognosis was even worse.
  — Natasha Pearlman, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2024
• The prognosis was dire, and the fate of his younger children consumed him.
  — Matt Sedensky, Star Tribune, 21 Sep. 2020
• Since this has been going on for years, the prognosis isn’t good.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 June 2021
• Kramer has been given a prognosis of just months to live.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
• That's good news for the team's long-term prognosis, but having the 12-time All-Star on the court didn't help much on Wednesday.
  — David Brandt, ajc, 8 Dec. 2022
• At one point, the staff members were unsure about the prognosis for his eye.
  — Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
• Even with what’s now known about the virus, their prognosis is often grim.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2021
• How could Iraq put on such a good show for the pope even as the prognosis for healing remains grim?
  — Andrew Bernard, Washington Examiner, 11 Mar. 2021
• Mama had Stage 4 bile-duct cancer, with a prognosis of six months to a year to live.
  — Noy Thrupkaew, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
• The girls’ mom was given a poor prognosis with a low chance at survival.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
• Urías was injured in his first game of the spring, with the initial prognosis of a couple weeks on the sideline.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2022
• His gloomy prognosis was that no one might ever emerge with enough votes to win.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
• And based on the news coming out of Europe, the baby’s prognosis did not look good.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
• Smith is well past 12 to 18 months and well into a number, a prognosis, that no one wants to say out loud.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2023
• The prognosis for koalas in the state of Victoria and in Australia as a whole is not promising.
  — Elizabeth Warkentin, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2024
• The initial prognosis was the outfielder could miss four to five games.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
• The prognosis is good, although Foad will not be doing surgery for at least a few weeks.
  — Anne Saker, The Enquirer, 11 Aug. 2021
• Vatican observers are checking on his prognosis hour to hour.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
• Discuss your prognosis with an eye doctor. Prevention The best way to prevent anemic retinopathy is to take measures to not develop anemia.
  — Christine L. Larsen, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 21 Mar 2025