How to Use livable in a Sentence

livable

adjective

• They described the house as very livable.
• People need jobs that will pay them livable wages.
• The group was hustling to have her house livable by the time the baby comes.
  — Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2025
• The first is how to make Gaza livable at some future point.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
• For the second year in a row, Vienna has been named the most livable city in the world.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
• It’s deemed livable, just needed a paint job and a new door.
  — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2022
• Jute rugs and accessories help make the space feel cozy and livable.
  — Annie Schlechter, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• But halfway to a distant but livable planet, a lethal bomb kills three of the crew and knocks The Phoenix off course.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 6 July 2023
• Some of the units are livable, but the building will need to have utilities turned on again, Boyd said.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Nov. 2022
• Langford said the unit is not livable but the building’s structure is still sound.
  — Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2022
• Still, the tent is plenty livable and great for longer car camping trips.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
• According to the union, a livable wage in the area is $27 an hour, but the previous base pay stood at $21.
  — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
• More:Three Wisconsin cities named among most livable in the US.
  — Cailey Gleeson, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
• An artist has plans to convert it into a livable space.
  — Arkansas Online, 15 July 2021
• Tunnels are now less prone to collapse, well lit, and much more livable.
  — Daphné Richemond-Barak, Foreign Affairs, 6 June 2024
• For 10 months of the year, the area was idyllic, livable, and most importantly, dry.
  — Craig Mod, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2020
• Freedom for your kids and grandkids to dwell on a livable planet.
  — Michael Sokolove, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2022
• But in Ward 8, where so many of the District’s killings have taken place, a livable income in the fast-changing city is not in the cards.
  — Washington Post, 20 July 2021
• Around 87% of respondents would rather have a set livable wage than tips.
  — Michelle Shen, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2021
• At the same time, child-care providers are facing staffing shortages, with much of the workforce struggling to earn a livable wage.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2023
• It was also deemed the third most livable city in the same study that named Vienna as number one.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Nov. 2023
• Making Partyzanske livable again will take months at the least, but villagers may not have a choice.
  — Noah Robertson, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Jan. 2023
• Installing an awning can double your measly square footage and make your van even more livable.
  — Cristina Moody, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
• There is a misalignment of labor to open livable wage jobs.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 28 June 2022
• The highest highs were made better, the lowest lows were livable, because of her.
  — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 20 Feb. 2020
• The goal, ideally, should be to pay workers a livable wage — not a less bad one than the museum down the road.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020
• Critics said the changes would take food out of the mouths of those who face challenges that include a lack of jobs paying livable wages.
  — Randy Ludlow, Cincinnati.com, 6 Dec. 2019
• My suite, which clocked in at about 600 square feet, felt extremely livable.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2022
• The goal is to make the homes feel welcoming and dignifying for those who’ve gone without kind or, at the very least, livable home lives, Hindman added.
  — Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
• The take was a direct stab at Roan, who called on labels to pay developing artists livable wages and provide health care while accepting the award for Best New Artist.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 28 Feb 2025