How to Use appreciable in a Sentence

appreciable

adjective

• This is a place where stars slingshot around apparently empty space at an appreciable fraction of the speed of light.
  — Seth Fletcher, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
• The Monday after the race is listed as the first day with any appreciable chance of rain.
  — John Cherwa, latimes.com, 14 May 2017
• The first system has left appreciable snows in its wake.
  — Haley Brink and Tyler Mauldin, CNN, 27 Nov. 2021
• People who grow up outside the U.S. and have an appreciable net worth rarely make this same choice.
  — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 30 Sep. 2020
• Not even the Tweeter-in-Chief could make the issue one that would turn off fans in any appreciable or lasting way.
  — Andrew Brandt, SI.com, 9 July 2019
• The heaviest rain is going to be south of the Mass. Pike, but all of us will see appreciable rainfall.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2021
• The Buffalo-style wings are good, and even the mild version has an appreciable kick.
  — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 2 Nov. 2020
• The sedan on city streets is using a fair bit less, so this can start to be an appreciable part of that total power.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2023
• Most labs will take at least a few weeks to see any appreciable difference.
  — Molly Kimball, NOLA.com, 14 Feb. 2018
• Drilling is the primary way to survey a site, at an appreciable cost.
  — Kevin Davenport, idahostatesman, 3 July 2018
• The sap doesn’t flow to any appreciable extent; few red robins are visible, and there is no excess of greensward.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2022
• So far that choice screen doesn’t appear to have had an appreciable impact on the market share for Google Search in Europe.
  — Sam Schechner, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
• But don’t worry, despite the appreciable increase in oomph, the car will still be street legal.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2021
• The Fat Sal, with its roast beef, gravy, and garlic hero, has appreciable subtle flavors.
  — Joe Donatelli, Los Angeles Magazine, 19 Sep. 2017
• Some key players have been injured, but the team has not shown any appreciable decline in its level of play.
  — Jamie Samuelsen, Detroit Free Press, 29 Sep. 2019
• There’s an appreciable chance that someone will be killed by space debris this decade.
  — Moriba Jah, CNN, 7 Sep. 2022
• Life is only appreciable by way of the absence that precedes it.
  — Suzannah Showler, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022
• But if the Cowboys fail to make the playoffs again and show no appreciable improvement, McCarthy will be on very shaky ground.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 2 June 2021
• That may not sound like a big deal, but two or three degrees is an appreciable difference during the overnight hours.
  — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2023
• The kokanee have yet to show in appreciable numbers, but this hasn’t stopped anglers from trying.
  — sacbee, 20 Mar. 2018
• Some showers remain possible, but the best odds of any appreciable rain should stay to our south.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2019
• Canola production is down, and bee health has shown no appreciable change.
  — Jon Entine, Slate Magazine, 30 June 2017
• One mystery was why the insects would gnaw at the wood of their boxes without any appreciable effect.
  — National Geographic, 8 Feb. 2020
• At least until there is an appreciable threat to their power.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 22 June 2021
• If tomorrow all the parole officers in New York City were taken on a cruise for a month, would there be an appreciable change in the crime rate?
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2020
• Rhimes’ stamp can be found even on the shows other people write for her, but there’s an appreciable difference when something is her idea from the start.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2021
• The polyester fleece used in these blankets is thick enough to provide appreciable warmth, capable of drying quickly, and is easy to clean.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 2 May 2021
• Pet waste, Bower said, is an appreciable source of fecal waste in the watershed.
  — Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 21 May 2018
• Non-white racial groups did not see appreciable changes at some academies.
  — Aaron Morrison, Helen Wieffering and Noreen Nasir, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Dec. 2021
• Only the countries of sub-Saharan Africa will see appreciable growth in young manpower.
  — Nicholas Eberstadt, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2010

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024