Sentence examples for been potential from inspiring English sources
noun
Currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to)
- Even from a young age it was clear that she had the potential to become a great musician.
Applying the 2003 definitions, in our ICU, within one year, 43 more surgical patients, i.e. about 21% more patients, would have been potential candidates for this expensive and potentially harmful (risk of bleeding) therapy.
There have been potential distractions of late.
There have been potential miscues that could have ended in misfortune.
Inside the Media Lab they were required to divulge their ideas to sponsors, who might have been potential competitors.
He said: "I have accepted that more could and should have been done in relation to those who may have been potential victims".
In each case, passage of the bill was a foregone conclusion, so the only effect of a negative vote would have been potential harm to an imminent presidential bid.
"There is potential there.
"But talent is potential.
These were potential strays.
They are potential psychopaths.
There are potential snags, however.
