She is a promising young scientist with great ideas.
The trailer of the movie looks promising.
We were realistic about not overpromising.
I do not want to disappoint you by compromising on quality.
Gene editing technology is as promising as it is ethically questionable.
Your project is promising, but the risk assessment section seems inadequate.
Doing this amount of work in such a short time would mean compromising on quality.
A man returns a library book that is two weeks overdue to the public library in his neighborhood and apologizes to the librarian at the front desk who tells him there is a small fine to pay so he pays it and asks about the late return policy to avoid the same situation in the future then browses the shelves for a new book to read and picks a novel recommended by a friend at work promising himself to finish and return it well before the due date.
