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

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 Kennan, George

With some degree of preparation the worst places might be made passable for lightly loaded elephants, and this would be facilitated by the soft nature of most of the rocks. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William