How to Use probability in a Sentence

probability

noun

• The probability of a coin coming up heads is one out of every two tries.
• There is a low probability that you will be chosen.
• With the dark clouds moving in, rain seems more like a probability than a possibility.
• There is some probability of rain tomorrow.
• But in all probability, this would be in the first half of next year.
  — Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
• That was just not even in the realm of probabilities.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Jan. 2026
• What is the probability that all three of the points will be in the same hemisphere?
  — Richard Malena, Popular Mechanics, 29 Sep. 2022
• For much of spring, the latter may have seemed more like a hope than a probability.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 20 Mar. 2021
• That win probability chart did soar all over the board, just in the ninth inning alone.
  — Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2021
• The next day, my last, was hyped to be one of the highest probability storm days of the year.
  — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
• The older and bigger a whale got, the greater the probability of such a blast.
  — Randi Richardson, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2024
• When the probability is low, the chances of water having a path all the way through the stone is low.
  — Allison Whitten, Wired, 11 July 2021
• Last week, the market had been split on the probability of a May cut.
  — Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid,sawdah Bhaimiya,sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
• The probability of it not working out is high.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2025
• Be able to help my teammates win this game, gives them a better probability.
  — D. Orlando Ledbetter, AJC.com, 29 Jan. 2026
• In the case of the coin model, probability describes how many coins land on heads out of many flips.
  — Zachary Del Rosario, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2026
• This can help increase hit probability against high-speed drones.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
• What could reduce the probability of the worst case?
  — Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
• What is the probability that two copies of die A roll a sum that beats two copies of die B?
  — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2023
• The price of that contract changes with the probability of the outcome.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
• If the Rams had lost, their playoff probabilities would fall with them.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2024
• Royals lost about 4% of win probability with the sac bunt.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026
• In a strange twist, though, there’s a high probability of rain for Sunday’s game.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2022
• Right now, a 92% probability of a quarter-point cut is priced in.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
• Users can also sell contracts mid-game as the value changes based on probability swings.
  — Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 27 Jan. 2026
• That is not a mark against these funds; plenty of sound investing rests on probabilities.
  — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
• The probability for converting a first down is low, but bad things happen when a punter’s heels are on the edge of the end line.
  — New York Times, 9 Jan. 2022
• The probability that the metro will get at least 3 inches is now 36%.
  — Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2026
• So, what is the probability the war in Ukraine will turn nuclear?
  — J. Peter Scoblic and David R. Mandel, CNN, 28 June 2022
• If they are all centered around the winning bid, there’s a very high probability that prices will go up over the next couple of weeks.
  — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 3 Apr. 2026