How to Use acceptable in a Sentence

acceptable

adjective
Definition of acceptablenext
Synonyms for acceptablenext
  • She plays an acceptable game of tennis.
  • It was an acceptable performance, although not an outstanding one.
  • The key, of course, is to give your cat a place to scratch that both of you find acceptable.
    — Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 10 Sep. 2023
  • In that case, the scrambling of words might seem to be acceptable.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • And will the language the developer wants in the ENA be acceptable to the city?
    — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Will it be considered acceptable at the end of the day?
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Rice isn’t the only acceptable venue for these crispy cubes—far from it.
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In Steve’s mind, buying new tools (think a welder or a miter saw) to fix things is acceptable.
    — Karen Kreider Yoder, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
  • But Sitake didn’t find that to be an acceptable answer.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Gone are the days when a cold beer or a glass of wine were the only socially acceptable ways to unwind.
    — Joshua Adragna, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The shows were quite punky, in your face, anarchic and pushed the envelope of what was acceptable.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
  • And there’s the rub: when Waters stuck to rock star accoutrements that were acceptable in both the ‘80s and the present day (Guitar solos!
    — Mark Sutherland, Variety, 7 June 2023
  • Paul was not the only deserving soul left out, and a QR Code is not acceptable.
    — Megan Thomas, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
  • After the s--- Scroll and Key had pulled last year — not the drugs, of course; that was perfectly acceptable according to the rules of Lethe.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2022
  • They were taught that the way our hair naturally comes out of our head is not acceptable.
    — As Told To Jamie Wilson, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2023
  • God forbid politicians or the press barons tell us what is acceptable.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Mar. 2023
  • All of these are acceptable fabrics for a rain jacket and will certainly get the job done.
    — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
  • To be sure, a heavy contingent of police was on hand to make sure the event did not veer outside the boundaries of acceptable protest.
    — Nathan Hodge, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
  • It’s never been more culturally acceptable to walk out of the house in, say, a kilt.
    — Julian Randall, Essence, 24 May 2024
  • What would be an acceptable length of notice to provide them?
    — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Is there a council of élites who determine which thoughts are acceptable and which ones are not?
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Their day-to-day life looks like the early episodes of Hoarders, and that is far from acceptable for someone of Stanbury’s stock.
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 11 June 2024
  • For Irene Burwell, a 66-year-old St. Nicholas parishioner of 25 years, staying silent is not acceptable for a church.
    — Mariya Manzhos, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022
  • However, for the price, the WeClean didn’t get rid of stains at an acceptable level.
    — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Is queerness only acceptable when the person is slim, or less femme, or less loud about it?
    — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The ongoing work is to process that in a healthy way, and be an acceptable member of society.
    — Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 20 July 2024
  • There are no acceptable consolation prizes when a team loses the way the Bears did.
    — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The rear seat is a little short under the legs but is acceptable otherwise.
    — David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 15 Feb. 2023
  • There are also gender-role stereotypes that impact people's understanding of how they are 'allowed' or expected to grieve and show emotion, based on what has been deemed 'acceptable' in society.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Marketing professionals believed that the successful name would be more acceptable to use than Nissan, which had been associated with large, rugged trucks.
    — David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, 15 Dec. 2024

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