made passable
Example Sentences
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While Whiz Bang has never been barred from the mails, occasional issues have been held up until they were made passable; and there are sporadic brushes with local authorities over its sale.
From Time Magazine Archive
After the earth has been deposited it must be worked over to secure the correct cross section and be made passable for vehicles.
From American Rural Highways by Agg, T. R. (Thomas Radford)
The swamps and marshes were made passable by laying down logs, of nearly equal size, close together in the worst places.
From Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian by Haight, Canniff
The following day the snow-ploughs and the rollers were busy, and the centre of the highway was made passable for some miles further north.
From The Land of the Long Night by Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni)
Pant-legs cut off well above the baggy knees made passable shorts; the sweater bulged a trifle at the shoulders, it fit adequately elsewhere—and something more than adequately.
From Master of the Moondog by Mullen, Stanley
