eatable

Example Sentences

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"When we started working on the breakfast sandwich, the biggest qualifications were — is it eatable? Like, can you have it on your lap in the car? And will it sit for a while?"

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2021

Stouffer's food is unlikely to send a gourmet into raptures, or to show much evidence of fuss, but it is inevitably eatable, usually tasty, always well-served, and priced moderately.

From Time Magazine Archive

U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries O'Malley officially opened the campaign with a lecture on the Pink salmon, obligingly giving special attention to its eatable qualities.

From Time Magazine Archive

They were doing a thriving trade, however, in everything wearable, drinkable or eatable that devoted French women thought their men at the front might like.

From Time Magazine Archive

Breakfast-time came at last, and this morning the porridge was not burnt; the quality was eatable, the quantity small.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë