Sentence examples for once promising from inspiring English sources

"once promising" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used to suggest that something used to have potential or promise but no longer does. For example: "The company had once been promising, but now seems to be struggling."

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My once promising future, for which I'd moved to London, was turning into bitterness and frustration.

John Dickie, an author and historian, says the once promising port now looks like a "cathedral in the desert.

3. Once promising AR motorcycle helmet startup Skully is no longer.

A once promising defensive team now has a defensive rating of 122.6 over the last five games.

Rudd, once promising to lead on climate change, is now blowing it way the fuck up.

His disappointment may be that of a once promising man, or of a man lamenting his lack of promise.

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It also derails many once-promising careers.

In all likelihood, his once-promising political career is finished.

The rallies against Purnama sank his once-promising political career as the popular governor of Jakarta.

The company says it will no longer make or sell the once-promising display technology.

"Age of Betrayal" presents Gould as a monster of capitalism, corrupting America's once-promising democracy.

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