How to Use readable in a Sentence
readable
adjective- The travel guide is very readable.
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Krug says the printouts are as readable as the original emails.
— Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2019 -
If the serial number is no longer readable, customers should call or chat online with a Samsung agent.
— Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024 -
This hot-mess angle is different from the normal leadership bluster, and much more readable.
— Laura Vanderkam, WSJ, 15 Nov. 2018 -
Google chose to supply the Senate committee with data in a non-machine-readable format.
— Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2018 -
The writing, in a highly readable translation by Damion Searls, is lucid and direct.
— Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 7 Mar. 2019 -
Upon reaching the troops, the images of letters would be restored to a readable size and then printed back out on paper for their recipients to read.
— Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 18 Jan. 2019 -
Hopefully the show is able to translate what makes Ferrante’s voice so special and eminently readable.
— Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 1 Sep. 2018 -
The point is not to polish and make what was originally spoken read as if it were written, but rather to make the verbatim transcripts of what was actually said readable in the first place.
— Adam Fisher, WIRED, 10 July 2018 -
Electronic billboards to display warning messages readable in both traffic directions.
— Andrew Nicla, azcentral, 23 May 2019 -
In this erratic but compulsively readable debut, the manipulations extend to the reader as well.
— Sam Sacks, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018 -
Incredible work has gone into the dithering and dot placement to make a world that looks beautiful, readable, and believable with only pure-black and pure-white pixels (no colors, no shades of gray).
— Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2018 -
The developers updated the user interface to make text more readable and Otis less annoying though the mall service worker does call players often.
— Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024 -
Its machine-learning system, called Rosetta, is designed to help identify text in more than a billion images and videos daily, and then transcribe the words in a way that’s machine-readable.
— Recode Staff, Recode, 12 Sep. 2018 -
The shapes were all well-formed, and the text readable to the smallest size.
— PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024 -
The first readable draft [from Ian Stokell and me] was bad.
— Lesley Paterson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023 -
Khan wrote in the prologue to the highly readable book.
— Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 18 Sep. 2019 -
Plotkin didn’t have a readable pulse at the time, Ryan confirmed.
— Fox News, 4 Sep. 2022 -
After all, that is the only place where the content of the chats is readable.
— Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 11 May 2022 -
The temporary tag in the window was torn and not readable.
— Joan Rusek, cleveland, 4 May 2022 -
The short answer is that Logevall’s book is smart and very readable.
— Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020 -
People receiving the messages had to use the same lists as the senders for the messages to be readable.
— Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2020 -
And snippets are readable from nearby rooftops, a height of around 130 feet.
— Rob Copeland, WSJ, 26 June 2020 -
And patients must stay still in the machine for about 1 hour to ensure a clear, readable scan.
— Rebekah Tuchscherer, Science | AAAS, 18 Sep. 2020 -
This is a handy, brief, readable guide to selecting a college worth the cost.
— Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 22 May 2021 -
And yet the argument is made with force and gives this book the shape of a (irresistibly readable) tragedy.
— Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2023 -
The language, clearly readable on lips, that would melt paint.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2019 -
But that was just too many words for a simple, readable design.
— Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 11 Aug. 2020 -
The answer to that question lies in this highly readable book.
— Michael B. Arthur, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023 -
The graphic and bold text, readable or not, makes a collective point.
— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023
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