passable

Example Sentences

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In a world where digital optimization can make just about anyone sound passable on the microphone, a pop singer with personality whose voice actually communicates stands out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Brantley Gilbert, Gabby Barrett and Lee Brice all turned in adequate country sets that would be perfectly passable as live entertainment at your local barbecue joint.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026

Nuzzi-Lizza is just consequential enough to be passable in polite discussion without really mattering all that much.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 6, 2025

England's schedule is mapped out until the end of the home summer in 2027, when Root would be 36 – still a perfectly passable age for a Test batter.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025

So it would be Hanako and Akira with their precious passports, and Mama, whose Japanese was merely passable.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata