How to Use passable in a Sentence
passable
adjective
- He did a passable job with the assignment.
- The river is passable during the summer months.
- The main road is passable but most others are still covered with snow.
- She plays passable golf but prefers tennis.
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Desert roads that tend to be greasy wet have to be passable.
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Pete Zimowsky,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Jan. 2024
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All are expected to be passable by the end of the week.
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Anthony Man,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
13 Sep. 2017
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But the planes are new, the legroom is passable (about the same as Alaska Air's coach seat pitch).
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Scott McMurren,
Alaska Dispatch News,
24 June 2017
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The trail to the world-class lookout atop the Sierra Buttes is open and passable this week.
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Tom Stienstra,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 May 2021
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Christopher still has the size and skill to be a passable backup guard in the NBA.
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Michael Shapiro,
Chron,
6 Apr. 2023
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Their still-shaky bullpen went from flammable to passable.
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Jesse Dougherty,
The Denver Post,
24 July 2019
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The route is only passable in winter, when the rivers and lakes have frozen over.
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Victoria Petersen,
WIRED,
4 Mar. 2023
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In the meantime, Yeager said, the state will keep the road passable for those who live or work there.
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Hannah K. Sparling,
Cincinnati.com,
2 Jan. 2020
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The 10-episode season is passable, even pleasing, for the most part.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 July 2024
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Streets still have some snow on them so motorists need to drive with care, but the streets are passable.
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Doug Thompson,
arkansasonline.com,
18 Jan. 2024
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When the team played rock music, Cog managed to beat out a passable rhythm on a snare drum.
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Meghan O'Gieblyn,
Wired,
24 Aug. 2021
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The sound itself is passable, as is the climate and nav system.
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Josh Max,
Forbes,
28 Apr. 2021
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And even this was at best passable with a good price point for a Sonoma County white.
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Tan Vinh and Owen Bargreen,
Anchorage Daily News,
16 Dec. 2022
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When the snow is coming down, the goal is to make roads passable, not perfect, Bruning said.
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Olivia Mitchell,
cleveland,
1 Dec. 2020
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Even five days after the storm first hit land, portions of the road are barely passable.
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Dugan Arnett,
BostonGlobe.com,
7 Sep. 2019
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The new rules meant the latest Alphafly shoes -- which are believed to have a sole that is 39.5mm thick -- are passable.
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Matias Grez and George Ramsay,
CNN,
1 Oct. 2020
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The people who are not passable, the people who are clockable.
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John Norris,
Billboard,
14 Aug. 2019
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That was the case with one house Woodbridge and Dunlap found on their pilot stroll that looked passable from the front.
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Thomas Jewell,
cleveland.com,
10 June 2019
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So when the big snow (all 2 inches of it) arrives, there’s nothing to keep the roads and sidewalks passable.
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Angela Fritz,
Washington Post,
18 Jan. 2018
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The last 12 miles are a narrow, winding gravel road passable to sedans.
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Roger Naylor,
The Arizona Republic,
4 Jan. 2024
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That road has been made more passable to young QBs for a variety of reasons.
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Barry Wilner,
San Francisco Chronicle,
8 Feb. 2022
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The broken causeway to Sanibel Island might not be passable until the end of the month.
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Stephen Smith and Bobby Caina Calvan,
Anchorage Daily News,
7 Oct. 2022
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This is when everything is open and roads are passable.
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Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2023
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The low frame rate gives footage a choppy feel, there’s no HDR, and night vision is only passable.
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Simon Hill
adrienne So,
Wired,
13 Oct. 2021
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Between Phillips and Patrick Mekari, the team has two linemen who could do a passable job at swing tackle.
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Jonas Shaffer,
baltimoresun.com,
25 Aug. 2021
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The winds were picking up at the lighthouse, but Lakeshore Drive was still passable Tuesday morning.
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Axios,
10 Sep. 2024
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