How to Use predict in a Sentence

predict

verb

• Sales are predicted to be the same as last year.
• It's hard to predict how the election will turn out.
• Many people predicted that the store would fail, but it has done very well.
• She claims that she can predict future events.
• All the local forecasters are predicting rain for this afternoon.
• And no one can predict what the world will look like in two weeks.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 11 Mar. 2020
• See the shades colorists predict will be all the rage this fall.
  — Allure, 10 Sep. 2019
• This is very hard to predict and can vary year to year.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 26 Sep. 2022
• None of this is to predict a robust economy for the rest of the year.
  — Quartz, 3 Feb. 2023
• The frequency and size of those surges is still very hard to predict.
  — Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2023
• Few could predict what to expect just a few months ago.
  — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 5 Oct. 2020
• And other viewers predicted that the adorable duo would soon be the best of friends.
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
• Berry is far too smart to promise the playoffs or predict a record.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022
• Experts still predict that testing of gene drive in the field is still years away.
  — Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 19 July 2017
• No rain is predicted for the area until late next week.
  — Caroline Blackmon, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2018
• Scientists predict these storms will get worse as the world warms.
  — Adrienne Vogt, CNN, 28 July 2022
• Can the testing predict the number of cases in an area?
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 6 Oct. 2020
• But the Raiders are proving to be a bit more stealthy than predicted.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 7 Nov. 2019
• No one can predict that for sure, though there are promising signs.
  — Karina Bland, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2021
• This year’s harvest is predicted to get off to a late start.
  — Julie Gallant, Ramona Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2019
• Swift is predicted to earn half a billion dollars from the tour.
  — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 23 June 2023
• But some of the changes our experts predict are less radical.
  — Brian Raftery, EW.com, 31 Mar. 2022
• Who, then, could have predicted what would happen in the decade since?
  — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2019
• Experts predict new laws and new lawsuits across the country.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 24 June 2022
• But nobody in this world can predict what the pandemic will look like six months from now.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2021
• No one can predict which variant comes out on top this winter.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2022
• There are billions to be made by those who can predict the work of tomorrow.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2023
• Many predict border crossings will increase in the short term.
  — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2023
• Some experts predict the peak could arrive in just a couple of weeks.
  — Dominic Fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Aug. 2021
• But, so far, the size of that potential influx is hard to predict.
  — al, 5 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024