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.
• And for Kate and Justin's baby, the prognosis was even more grim.
  — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Even with what’s now known about the virus, their prognosis is often grim.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 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
• In the event of hostilities, the prognosis for the Ukrainian Air Force is grim.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2022
• For the best sense of your uterine cancer prognosis, talk with your health care provider.
  — Jenny McCoy, Health.com, 28 Feb. 2022
• But even with the best prognosis, age is catching up to Francis.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 July 2021
• The prognosis is great, with warmth, style, and details galore.
  — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 30 Nov. 2022
• The prognosis for forests, coral reefs, and low-lying coastal wetlands is bleak.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
• Given the grim prognosis for Jellybean at that time, the Mendoncas feared the worst.
  — Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
• Katie: my fury was boundless in that moment that first of all, the doctor could be so cavalier with just his prognosis.
  — Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024