passable

Example Sentences

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When anyone can draft a passable paragraph or storyboard an idea, exceptional talent becomes more apparent than ever.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025

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

"Most roads are now passable so supplies are now coming in from the city. But immediate supplies like water and food, especially for the children are not yet available," he tells the BBC.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

To trust that beef, salt, pepper, and a little self-restraint can deliver something not just passable, but sublime.

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2025

Horan’s team was sent to one of the new fortified villages north of Saigon, reached by a narrow, pothole-filled dirt road, barely passable in their open jeep.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge