How to Use tentatively in a Sentence

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• One of them nosed around the trap and tentatively entered it.
  — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• Hunter Biden's trial on felony gun charges has tentatively been set for the week of June 3.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
• Trump is tentatively scheduled to go to trial in the D.C. case in March.
  — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
• The third book doesn't have a release date yet, but is tentatively set for this winter.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2024
• The ruling clears the way for a trial on the gun charges, tentatively scheduled to start on June 3 in Wilmington.
  — Tom Hals, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
• The next hearing in the case is tentatively scheduled for August 25.
  — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 21 July 2023
• The students, who had been nervous for days leading up the event, walked tentatively onto the stage and into the spotlight.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• The court has tentatively scheduled a hearing on challenges to the plan to begin on August 14.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 22 July 2023
• Tatum tentatively expects to open April 16 if all goes well with the health inspection.
  — Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2024
• After tentatively looking around, the bear paws out into the sunlight and enjoys the open air.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
• The panel is tentatively aiming to hold a hearing on the issue in November, the sources said.
  — Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 4 Oct. 2023
• The staff layoffs are tentatively set to take effect Jan. 18.
  — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2022
• The crewed flight test was tentatively scheduled for May 6, but was scrubbed after a problem with an oxygen valve on the ULA rocket.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 June 2024
• The schedule and member list for that trip, which is tentatively planned for the April recess, remains fluid.
  — Mackenzie Hawkins, Bloomberg.com, 10 Feb. 2023
• Hosted by his pal Kevin Hart, the series is tentatively set to premiere sometime this spring on E!.
  — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2023
• That ruling sent the case back to the lower court for more proceedings, and a trial had been tentatively scheduled to begin in May.
  — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2024
• The Qi2 spec should be completed in the middle of this year, with products tentatively coming in time for the holidays.
  — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 4 Jan. 2023
• After tentatively approaching the maiden, the unicorn lays its head in the maiden's lap and falls asleep.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
• All events are tentatively scheduled to take place in person, but if Covid-19 restrictions change, the events will be held online.
  — courant.com, 10 Sep. 2020
• The city of Portland and Laborers’ Local 483 tentatively reached agreement Sunday to end the union’s three-day strike.
  — oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023
• One of the men is continuing his battle in the U.K. civil courts, with a trial tentatively schedule for next year.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 8 July 2024
• Made in the 1960s, one side shows an unfinished sketch of a man, while the other is a sea of blackness out of which a figure tentatively emerges — rendered as negative space.
  — New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• The three men have pleaded not guilty, with their trials tentatively scheduled to begin early next year.
  — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2024
• Two new quad chairlifts – one at each park – will be ready on opening day, tentatively set for Saturday, Dec. 17.
  — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 1 Dec. 2022
• The restriction is tentatively set through 1 p.m. Sunday, though that is subject to change, the sheriff's office said.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 9 July 2023
• He’d been moved to the DC Jail and the judge ordered him detained until his trial, tentatively scheduled for next February.
  — Thomas Lake, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
• The closing date is tentatively set March 3 for the bar, with takeout service for beer and growler fills slated to close up March 10 or earlier, if supplies sell out.
  — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2024
• Survey results are tentatively scheduled to be shared with the Arrowhead School Board on June 12.
  — Alec Johnson, Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2024
• In September 2022, the rail companies and unions had tentatively agreed to a deal but it was later rejected by a majority of the unions’ rank-and-file members.
  — Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 1 Nov. 2024
• The judge overseeing Weinstein’s case, Curtis Farber, said the trial would be tentatively scheduled for this fall.
  — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024