How to Use bankable in a Sentence

bankable

adjective

• Snoop Dogg The rap legend is one of the most bankable and marketable figures around.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 7 June 2024
• The big arms crave more bankable bats to keep the bullpen happy and healthy.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2022
• The only bankable win is at home against the Cavs on April 5.
  — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 13 Aug. 2019
• Most consider Melvin one of the most bankable in the game.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
• But none disturbed the peace for long, or proved to be bankable.
  — Cathy Horyn, The Cut, 10 Feb. 2018
• The NFL’s top quarterbacks put up some of the most bankable year-to-year numbers in the league.
  — Chris Raybon, SI.com, 24 Aug. 2017
• So the most bankable player in the draw may well be the one who has had the most chaotic season.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 22 May 2022
• For years now, the turnovers have been bankable but either the pass rush or the coverage has not.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2022
• But that doesn’t mean even one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood is immune from the odd stinker or two.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 22 Feb. 2022
• Kevin Costner, a bankable leading man at the time the film was made, manfully filled the role.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
• With few bankable assets, the Bulls’ path the relevancy is now through the draft.
  — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 12 July 2017
• Even amidst the horrors of the real world, horror remains the most exciting genre, and one of the most bankable.
  — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2021
• So having a South Asian cast without any bankable star was the hurdle.
  — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 16 June 2021
• Thus setting the twosome up as a bankable pair that audiences might be ready to watch fall in (and out) of love over and over.
  — Meredith Woerner, Variety, 25 Feb. 2024
• In recent years, podcasts have grown to become one of the most bankable industries in the world.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Sep. 2023
• That sort of bankable traction and a trusty rudder are priceless.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
• But maybe, as this weekend suggests, there is still something to be said about bankable stars.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 Oct. 2022
• This and other assertions proved bankable for Mailer in the 1970s, which saw the book sell millions.
  — Nathan Smith, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2022
• With the help of stars like Willis, who has more than $3 billion in global box office receipts to his name and is one of most bankable stars of all time.
  — Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• Those were also breakthrough films for Statham, who has since become one of the world's most bankable action stars.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2021
• Those are the people who need to feel all of this is leading somewhere more convincing and bankable.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
• For years, Domingo has been the opera world’s most bankable star, with the celebrity power to fill seats in an era of dwindling ticket sales.
  — Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019
• For years, Domingo has been the opera world's most bankable star, with the celebrity power to fill seats in an era of dwindling ticket sales.
  — NBC News, 3 Oct. 2019
• Will Smith is hoping to make a big-screen comeback with one of his most bankable franchises.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
• In a world of cinematic stars, the most bankable clout belongs to those who can make or break movie careers.
  — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 13 Oct. 2017
• Fifty years ago this month, with Vegas in desperate need of a bankable star, Elvis arrived with his hat in his hand.
  — The Economist, 11 July 2019
• That could be read as a sign that the film academy is finally starting to give in to the era’s most bankable box-office force.
  — Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
• That could be read as a sign that the film academy is finally starting to give in to the era's most bankable box-office force.
  — Jake Coyle, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2018
• The project marks the latest major role for Thompson, who has become a hugely in-demand — and bankable — name.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Apr. 2023
• More often than not, the argument is that trans actors aren’t bankable.
  — Ty Burr, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2018

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024