become able
Example Sentences
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After three years of thoughtful interventions, the woman, since married and raising two children, had become able to participate fully in her life.
From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021
They arrived in an Australia where Aboriginal people had only become able to vote, or counted in the census, two years previously.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2020
“With all this experience I’ve accumulated over time, you become able to read the ice just looking at it,” he said, laughing.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2020
“But now I’m working to become more politically educated and as I do, hopefully become able to be more effective in this light.”
From The Guardian • Nov. 12, 2016
They can be taught so great a respect for the possessions of others that they would become able to stifle their curiosity, or express it only at a fitting time.
From The Etiquette of To-day by Ordway, Edith B.
