How to Use capable in a Sentence

capable

adjective
Definition of capablenext
Synonyms for capablenext
  • The final winners of the night proved that the show is still capable of a plot twist.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024
  • There are some pretty capable camper vans out there, but this 4×4 will leave them in the dust.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The burden is on the left to show Biden is capable of handling himself.
    — Fox News, 6 June 2024
  • That’s not to say that the Giants aren’t capable of a return to top form by a dozen or more players.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2023
  • While the top two appear locked in — the Bills and the Chiefs — the surging Bengals are still capable of crashing the party.
    — Christopher Price, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Dec. 2022
  • The app is capable of programming up to 4,000 lights at once.
    — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The new drone is capable of flying at speeds of 45 miles per hour and is small enough to fit into the trunk of a police car.
    — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Just young people who, with a bit of support, can be capable of a great deal.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The film showed what the Warriors are capable of in transition.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Still, the wagon is capable of hauling heavy loads up to 150 pounds — plenty for all types of gear.
    — goodhousekeeping.com, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Cameron is capable of creating great art, but The Way of Water is not art at all.
    — WIRED, 6 Jan. 2023
  • The goal is to have those guys bring the best out of each other, and these three athletes are certainly capable.
    — Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • One motor in the back of the car and two more in the front will be capable of producing at least 800 horsepower on their own.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 20 June 2024
  • The 1970s wasn’t a great decade for the studio, but songs like this show that Disney was still capable of creative wonder.
    — Barry Levitt, TIME, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The guys coming off the bench, some of them, like Micah (Parrish), were capable of being starters.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • As such, the rugged workhorse is capable of traveling to farms miles from the coastline.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Everyone who saw the debate knows that Biden isn’t capable of handling the toughest job in the world.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 July 2024
  • That makes storms capable of dumping enormous amounts of rain over land.
    — Denise Chow, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
  • The Pilots are part of a fantastic Marine League, where any of the teams are capable of winning the title.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
  • It was propelled by four paddling appendages and might have been capable of speeds of 30 mph.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Bill Thomas, who is eighty-one years old and lives in Bakersfield, is still capable of making news.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Turner will get most of his at-bats as the DH but is certainly capable of filling in at the corners.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Instead, the strongest storms could have wind gusts capable of downing trees and power lines, hail and heavy rain.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 11 May 2023
  • This contraption is capable of making safe passage through the Fold, so long as no one makes a sound or lights a lantern.
    — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, the Golden Eagles don’t just throw it, as shifty running back Jack Blais is capable of grind-it-out runs as well as huge bursts.
    — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Today’s top-end handsets are capable of sending the same sounds to two pairs of wireless headphones at the same time.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 28 June 2023
  • In a year when the differences are minimal at the top, every team that gets to the Sweet 16 will be capable of winning its next game.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023
  • And when Stanford’s best kicker had to miss time, freshman Kirsten Lees was more than capable of filling in.
    — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
  • Yasuke is more capable in combat as part of the samurai order, while Naoe runs into trouble when facing four or five adversaries at once.
    — EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • And the diversity and specificity of nuance of which his body is capable, after more than thirty-five years of professional dancing, are amazing. . . .
    — Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024

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