How do you use Passable in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like navigable or tolerable, plus the exact meaning.
Passable in a sentence
Passable meaning
- That may be passed or traversed.
- Tolerable; adequate; no more than satisfactory.
- able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard one as belonging.
Synonyms of Passable
Using Passable
- The main meaning on this page is: That may be passed or traversed. | Tolerable; adequate; no more than satisfactory. | able to "pass", or be accepted as a member of a race, sex or other group to which society would not otherwise regard one as belonging.
- Useful related words include: navigable, tolerable, fair to middling, adequate.
- In the example corpus, passable often appears in combinations such as: is passable, passable in, be passable.
Context around Passable
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 11 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Passable
- In this selection, "passable" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, barely, streets, road, residents, return and level stand out and add context to how "passable" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include across barely passable heights with and are now passable only to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "passable" sits close to words such as abatement, abductions and absurdly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with passable
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His English is passable in conversation but his reading is quite poor. (12 words)
Manchester Road and Road are described as "barely passable" due to the wintry conditions. (14 words)
A52 eastbound (toward Nottingham), is down to one lane just after Pentagon Island but is passable. (16 words)
If you want to trek around the west end of the island to connect to Ha’ena, you’ll have an 11 mile hike on a trail that, at times, has you resorting to crawling across barely passable heights with a sheer drop to the sparkling blue ocean below. (49 words)
He's joined by Willie Colon and Greg Jennings to decide how optimistic he should be that Wilson will continue to perform at a passable level, and maybe even get the Jets a spot in the playoffs. (37 words)
Schar himself went agonisingly close with a first-half header and was unable to take advantage of two more passable chances which came his way, while fellow defender Dan Burn missed his kick in front of goal. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
A52 eastbound (toward Nottingham), is down to one lane just after Pentagon Island but is passable.
After the crews had been working on the island to make streets passable, residents were allowed to come over.
After this, there were two ill-fated successors; Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble, a poorly received Smash Bros. clone, and Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble!, a passable return to form that was constrained by Nintendo DS hardware.
He's joined by Willie Colon and Greg Jennings to decide how optimistic he should be that Wilson will continue to perform at a passable level, and maybe even get the Jets a spot in the playoffs.
Only a motel killing spree — Hoult and Awkwafina vs. underworld goons — comes with a payoff, and only because Awkwafina is a stealth wizard, turning a passable zinger into gold.
Police officers help pave a cleared portion of a mountain to make the road passable to light vehicles.
Schar himself went agonisingly close with a first-half header and was unable to take advantage of two more passable chances which came his way, while fellow defender Dan Burn missed his kick in front of goal.
The film’s performances were generally passable but slightly disappointing, especially given such an all-star cast.
Yet when Jiménez – who, after 32 goalless league games, needs a purple patch more luminous than his side’s pink outfit to have even a passable centre-forward’s numbers – departed just before the hour, something changed.
An assessment is underway and data on passable routes is being reviewed to determine the extent of service resumption.
But an athletic talent that can shoot at that clip deserves a look, especially since he’s passable on defense.
For everything else they were using a dwindling supply of bottled water until their street became passable on Saturday and friends brought in fresh supplies.
His English is passable in conversation but his reading is quite poor.
If that little stretch in Roaring Creek cost $9 million, it would probably cost upwards of $20 million to raise that road to where it is always passable.
If you want to trek around the west end of the island to connect to Ha’ena, you’ll have an 11 mile hike on a trail that, at times, has you resorting to crawling across barely passable heights with a sheer drop to the sparkling blue ocean below.
In Villefranche-sur-Mer, at the Darse beach, the water quality is "sufficient" for swimming, just like that of Passable in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.
Lais Bridge along the Davao-Sarangani Coastal Road in Malita was damaged and is currently not passable to vehicles, it said.
Manchester Road and Road are described as "barely passable" due to the wintry conditions.
Partial access has been restored to two roads in Nueva Ecija, including the Jct Pinagpanaan-Rizal-Pantabangan Road and San Jose City-Rizal Road, which are now passable only to heavy vehicles due to flooding.
The first season is a passable slice of life drama that does a decent job of establishing the main characters.
Common combinations with passable
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is passable 6×
- passable in 6×
- be passable 6×
- was passable 6×
- passable for 5×
- passable to 3×
- passable on 3×
- passable job 3×
- made passable 3×
- road passable 2×