How to Use prospect in a Sentence

prospect

1 of 2 noun

• She is excited by the prospect of returning to school.
• There was no prospect that the two parties would reach an agreement anytime soon.
• We haven't decided which car to buy yet. We're still looking at a few prospects.
• Bankruptcy is an unlikely prospect for the company.
• For the rest, the prospect of getting sick looms large.
  — Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 June 2020
• So will many of the prospects Cueto worked with along the way.
  — Kerry Crowley, The Mercury News, 22 June 2019
• That said, the prospects for the season are in decent shape.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
• By the day's end, Trump weighed in on that prospect too.
  — Jonathan Lemire, chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
• There was no prospect of getting any more oil out of the old well.
  — WIRED, 24 Nov. 2022
• Hence, the Bills get a top-tier prospect in the bottom half of the round.
  — oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2021
• The moviegoing mouth waters at the prospect even as the moviegoing mind reels.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021
• Illinois had been shunned time and time again by the home state's elite prospects.
  — Pat Disabato, Daily Southtown, 3 Nov. 2017
• The prospect felt, in that moment, less of a fever dream than ever.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2022
• Still, Michele felt mixed emotions at the prospect then.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2022
• And as the year comes to a close, winter carries with it the prospect of more potholes.
  — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2019
• The next day, the ship’s owner backed out, spooked by the prospect of further strikes.
  — Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 26 July 2022
• All the key information about a prospect was there at a glance.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2020
• Freedom can be a scary prospect after decades in prison.
  — CBS News, 24 June 2018
• Warming in the Arctic has raised the prospect of a new rush for resources.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 26 June 2018
• They could be emboldened by the prospect of a friendlier court.
  — CBS News, 29 June 2018
• One man who was sold on the prospect was Joseph Grinnell.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Oct. 2020
• One grapples with the prospect of finding a sperm donor and raising a child on her own.
  — The New Yorker, 11 May 2020
• The prospect of enough GOP flips, then, made the math a bit dicey.
  — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2020
• Not many of those prospects are impact players right away.
  — Brett Vito, Denton Record-Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2020
• But the prospect of hope and progress remained alive, just waiting for sparks to ignite.
  — Mary Colurso | [e-mail], al, 2 July 2020
• But the prospect of the first woman president should attract just as much.
  — Melanie Hamlett, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2019
• But that doesn't make the prospect of doing just that less intriguing.
  — Colin Beresford, Car and Driver, 6 Jan. 2020
• But the prospect of vaccinating youth is still many months away.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 26 Dec. 2020
• But the prospect that someone could recognize him should still give you pause.
  — Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2021
• There was no prospect of them ever waiving their right to the tenant’s rent.
  — Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 21 June 2018

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prospect

2 of 2 verb

• The same things are said about Tigers prospect Franklin Perez.
  — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2018
• Roche agreed to take me prospecting below the Bossons glacier.
  — The Economist, 20 Dec. 2019
• Robots would prospect the area to determine where to mine.
  — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 15 July 2023
• At least one reason, Meacham said, was to prospect and mine red ocher.
  — Fox News, 7 July 2020
• If the project moved ahead, then his company would conduct the site’s prospecting work.
  — Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
• Will prospect Matt Manning get a chance to contribute down the stretch?
  — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2020
• But Ortiz wasn’t the only Orioles prospect to stand out on the farm.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 4 July 2023
• Thornton got a call from a Coyotes goalie scout over the summer inviting him to prospect camp.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2021
• Such moments suggest the potential that has the Sox and prospect watchers agog.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Mar. 2023
• Hayes bounces back and prospect Oneil Cruz brings some excitement.
  — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2022
• Vecino's agent is believed to have met with Inter this week amongst all the took of his prospected move.
  — SI.com, 28 June 2018
• Second base will belong to prospect Franklin Barreto at some point.
  — Orange County Register, 1 Apr. 2017
• Brokers in that office would prospect and secure deals in states where they were not licensed, Miller said.
  — Katelyn Ferral, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
• Many of the most successful members of the Klondike gold rush sold goods and services to prospectors rather than prospecting themselves.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
• Focus on point Many point guard prospects either met with the Pistons or will meet with them later this week.
  — Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 17 May 2018
• His success in prospecting for gold has been equally unorthodox.
  — Genesee Keevil, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2018
• Shale drillers in the Permian Basin are producing vast amounts of gas as a byproduct of prospecting for oil.
  — Rebecca Elliott, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2018
• Three Detroit Tigers players were named to prospect lists this offseason.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 Jan. 2023
• The recipe is simple: Sun, salty water, seed bio-prospected from the ocean and fertilizer.
  — Lynn Brezosky, San Antonio Express-News, 27 June 2018
• Welcome to a post-holiday edition of the Detroit Tigers prospects mailbag.
  — George Sipple, Detroit Free Press, 5 July 2018
• Personal preferences should take a back seat to prospect perception.
  — Yec, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• Which prospects slot into either group is up for debate, but Weaver voted in favor of going after the first group.
  — Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2023
• The top @Rangers prospect homers for the sixth time in 12 games since rejoining the @RRExpress.
  — Michael Kelly, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2022
• The coal for which Roy Karlsen prospected will, most likely, never be extracted.
  — Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
• Cone never recovered his gold but went on to make and lose a few more fortunes prospecting during his long and generally happy life.
  — David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
• That set up the ninth-inning heroics off former Twins prospect Nick Burdi.
  — Phil Miller, Star Tribune, 4 Aug. 2020
• Senate prospects a long shot Patrick’s coldness to expanding gambling loomed large over the House debate.
  — Patrick Svitek, Chron, 11 May 2023
• Former Mets prospect Anthony Kay was tagged four six runs while recording two outs.
  — Mike Haim, Star Tribune, 11 Sep. 2020
• Chicago Cubs prospect Brailyn Márquez’s journey to get back to the big leagues has hit another hurdle.
  — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2022
• Detroit Tigers prospect Spencer Torkelson took his position at first base.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 22 Feb. 2022

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