Below you will find example sentences with "distinct possibility". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Distinct Possibility in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: distinct
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 20.6 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "distinct possibility" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 20.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as like a distinct possibility, a very distinct possibility, announced, existence and office stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with two distinct, strong possibility and two distinct, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with distinct possibility
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
It sounds like a distinct possibility. (6 words)
Total disappointment becomes a distinct possibility. (6 words)
But there’s also a distinct possibility he’ll be disbarred. (11 words)
From the looks of the mid-credits scene after Shazam, Sivana and Mr. Mind are going to be teaming up in the near future, giving the distinct possibility of them forming the Monster Society of Evil. (36 words)
If Sheev Palpatine is back from the dead—and given how we heard his voice in the teaser trailer, that looks a distinct possibility—then Rey and Kylo Ren will have to team up. (34 words)
Steven Keates, Met Office chief meteorologist, said: “There’s a distinct possibility of some disruptive wind for parts of the UK, especially in the western areas, as well as potential for heavy rainfall. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
After the company announced Cohen’s appointment, a meme stock rally seemed like a distinct possibility.
But with their ugly play and mounting injuries to QB Trevor Lawrence, losing (or tying) one of their final two games is a distinct possibility.
He highlighted that Eskom’s coal fleet’s EAF dropped to below 40% in January, February, and April, which means it is a distinct possibility in winter.
He introduced me to the existence of art and showed me that a life in photography was a distinct possibility.
Steven Keates, Met Office chief meteorologist, said: “There’s a distinct possibility of some disruptive wind for parts of the UK, especially in the western areas, as well as potential for heavy rainfall.
Gazer shrouds it in enough metaphysical ambiguity that an revelation always remains a distinct possibility.
There is a distinct possibility that Dexter: Resurrection will not revive Dexter himself but instead utilize the spirit of his character.
There was a distinct possibility of Israel and Palestine accepting each other's existence and living in peace.
As many of us all settle into our new home office situations, there’s a distinct possibility this could be the new status quo for quite some time.
A trademark leaked last year indicating that was indeed a distinct possibility, but nothing official has been announced.
If Elizabeth Warren loses in Massachusetts on Tuesday, a distinct possibility, her reasons for continuing her campaign will have become gossamer thin.
It sounds like a distinct possibility.
We are coming from a very low base and so a recession is a very distinct possibility.
While it’s far from a sure thing, there’s a distinct possibility that Simmons could make it through the first seven picks undrafted.
From the looks of the mid-credits scene after Shazam, Sivana and Mr. Mind are going to be teaming up in the near future, giving the distinct possibility of them forming the Monster Society of Evil.
If Sheev Palpatine is back from the dead—and given how we heard his voice in the teaser trailer, that looks a distinct possibility—then Rey and Kylo Ren will have to team up.
Self-harm was a distinct possibility as their lives were turned upside down.
There’s also the distinct possibility that plays more like a prestige picture with commercial appeal and not the other way around.
Total disappointment becomes a distinct possibility.
But there’s also a distinct possibility he’ll be disbarred.