How to Use pronged in a Sentence

pronged

adjective
  • SpaceX launched the three-pronged Falcon Heavy two more times in 2019.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The three-pronged green plan could get a council vote as soon as next week.
    Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The problem requires a two-pronged approach to control the ants and wash away the scale and aphids.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022
  • The guaranteed $200 in bonus bets is the sweetest part of the three-pronged welcome bonus.
    Catena Media, oregonlive, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The three-pronged trident of Maserati goes full-on pink, embracing the ethos of the most famous doll in the world.
    Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Buckers, Fudd and Williams are a three-pronged threat, from the perimeter and in attacking the rim.
    Lori Riley, courant.com, 31 Mar. 2022
  • This gives staph a two-pronged way of evading the immune system.
    Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The state has a complicated, two-pronged system for the gas tax.
    Christopher Keating, courant.com, 14 Nov. 2021
  • In the meantime, the Suttons have gotten back to work on a two-pronged plan to get Jax his kidney.
    John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The message of all this heavy-handedness is two-pronged.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The staff took a two-pronged approach: address needs and bring local kids back home.
    Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Now that the quorum break has ended, Democrats will take a two-pronged approach.
    Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2021
  • The earthlings are taking a two-pronged approach to dealing with the native Na’vi.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 9 Dec. 2022
  • And with such a huge multi-pronged problem, the end game can be a bit nebulous.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 19 Jan. 2022
  • So this is really kind of a multi-pronged issue across the board.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The bamboo set is equipped with a pronged whisk, a spoon, and a scoop that measures the ideal amount of matcha powder per cup.
    Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The startups market a two-pronged product: first, the new class of GLP-1 agonists.
    Darius Tahir, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2022
  • This set takes a two-pronged approach to banish back breakouts.
    Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Those attacks and a Russian stab from north of Severodonetsk form a three-pronged offensive to take the city.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
  • Legendary coach Urban Meyer wrote about the three-pronged approach to football in his book Above the Line.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Rough patches don't stand a chance with this two-pronged smoothing approach.
    Health.com, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Brown stressed to Thomas that gun violence was a multi-pronged issue.
    Meghan Mistry, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The good news is that with a two-pronged approach, these challenges are easily overcome.
    Sammy Rubin, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • From his perch in Albuquerque, Miller sees a two-pronged assault on campus speech across the United States.
    Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
  • But back then, my favorite option was two-pronged: Bring in a veteran hedge and draft a rookie who had a shot to hit.
    Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2022
  • That appears to be the ethos behind a new multi-pronged endeavor in Dallas.
    Andy Wang, Robb Report, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Issue 1 is one part of Hutchinson's two-pronged $300 million-a-year highway plan.
    Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The goal is two-pronged: Sanctions act as both a punishment for Russia's ruling class and a cudgel to try to force Putin to back down.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Niarra has a multi-pronged approach to feel-good travel.
    Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Beijing seems to be relying on a two-pronged approach of maintaining the silence and waiting for the world to move on.
    New York Times, 30 Nov. 2021

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