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
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
It was mostly a wilderness country, and, though generally level, much of it was a bog, which could only be made passable by laying down a corduroy road.
From Burgoyne's Invasion of 1777 With an outline sketch of the American Invasion of Canada, 1775-76. by Drake, Samuel Adams
Going further, they came on a swift and tumbling river of leaden waters, whirling down on its rapid current divers sorts of missiles, and likewise made passable by a bridge.
From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus
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)
