Example sentences for: favorably

How can you use “favorably” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In comparison to other high-throughput protein detection methods, particularly two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, the detection limit of protein microarrays compares favorably.

  • Washington Square is said to compare favorably with last winter's revisionist Portrait of a Lady , since it "respects James' complexities and bitter ironies" (David Ansen, Newsweek ). Critics also praise its "brusque, energetic pace" (Janet Maslin, the New York Times ) and Leigh's "heartbreakingly good" performance ( People ). The New Republic 's Stanley Kauffmann dissents, calling the film "ill at ease, uncomfortable, straining for effect."

  • This compares favorably with historical control rates of >10%.

  • Corriere della Sera of Milan, in a front-page editorial, compared favorably the German government's well-prepared and well-argued proposal (although rejected by the voters of Hesse) to grant German citizenship to more than half its 7 million resident foreigners with the Italian government's sudden immigration decree which, it said, could generate xenophobia and racism.

  • The mean total OSCE score of 57% ± 6% in our study compares favorably with results from one report on second-year students (52 ± 6%) [ 36 ] , a report on clinical clerks (57 ± 4%) [ 33 ] , and a study of third-year medicine students (58%) [ 3 ] , but less favorably with another report on second-year students, 70% [ 12 ] . None of these studies adjusted their student scores.


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