made passable
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
In addition the trail had been made passable for a canoe.
From The Forest by Stewart Edward White
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 Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu
We were an hour and three quarters in ascending from the bridge to the top; on this side the road might easily be made passable for horses.
From Travels in Syria and the Holy Land by John Lewis Burckhardt
This, with five minutes' work, was made passable for the battery and for the three army wagons which the quartermaster's department had ventured to send out.
From Campaigning in Cuba by George Kennan
