How to Use serviceable in a Sentence

serviceable

adjective
  • I bought an old but still serviceable bicycle.
  • Those high points count for a lot, and the rest of the adaptation is more than serviceable.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The Gemex clasp is a USA product and quite serviceable.
    Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The music is often serviceable but unsparkling; the lyrics for the most part fade next to the book scenes.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2021
  • Allen Lazard is serviceable, but is slow and best suited to be a No. 3.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Most fliers seem to find the seats themselves serviceable, if tight for longer rides.
    Eric Rosen, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2023
  • The sound is respectable and the touch controls are serviceable.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 24 Oct. 2021
  • But if the latter is going to come true, the AI can’t be okay or serviceable.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Darvish has been serviceable if not good in most of his seasons since.
    Sean Collins, Dallas News, 7 June 2023
  • Once logged in, the app served up a cramped but serviceable version of the social network.
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • He was asked to start at second base for the Dodgers, went through the crash course in the spring and became serviceable at the position.
    Doug Padilla, Orange County Register, 23 May 2024
  • While serviceable, this is not the most ideal set-up for a team hoping to unseat the 98-win Dodgers.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Some games, Ward is unstoppable around the basket and serviceable on the other end of the floor.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 7 Mar. 2018
  • But its synth stabs and tight, funk-lite rhythm guitar don’t amount to much more than serviceable dance-pop.
    Chuck Arnold, Billboard, 13 June 2018
  • To the extent that the book was a disguised genre thriller, the show does a serviceable job of taming Hallberg’s story to the small screen.
    Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • Melvin was serviceable in 12 starts for the Lions last season, but the team needs an upgrade.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 15 Mar. 2020
  • Alice Gu and her crew spent thousands on flights and a cramped but serviceable Airbnb.
    Aric Jenkins, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Auburn’s tune-ups to open the 2022 campaign were uneven but serviceable.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 18 Sep. 2022
  • No, none of the bells and whistles of Bam Adebayo’s game, but enough that was serviceable between the two in middle.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Chen pitched in a total of 102 games in four seasons and was barely serviceable as a starter, when healthy.
    Craig Mish, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
  • The Aggies have a serviceable enough offensive line, at least the best Clemson will face over the first month of the season.
    Conor Orr, SI.com, 13 July 2018
  • The battery is also serviceable, and the fans are cleanable.
    PCMAG, 19 June 2024
  • Lee had the fourth-best scores on both floor exercise and balance beam, and her 14.4 on vault was serviceable.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 5 June 2021
  • Yan Gomes has discovered a serviceable stick at the plate.
    Zack Meisel, cleveland.com, 8 June 2017
  • Brett Anderson, who turned in five serviceable innings, made way for Suter in the bottom of the sixth.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2021
  • And much the same could be said for the serviceable set designed by Michael Winters and Charlotte Newman.
    Punch Shaw, star-telegram.com, 16 May 2017
  • The kids' menu is serviceable, though drinks (with a bendy straw and lidded plastic cup), are not included in the $4-$5 price.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland.com, 1 Feb. 2018
  • These falling rocks — there are two that bookend the story — strike me as a serviceable metaphor.
    Rachel Vorona Cote, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • It was set about 10 miles south of downtown Atlanta -- close enough in to be quite serviceable to the city's core but far enough out to grow as needed.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The Cavaliers haven’t had a serviceable shooting guard since J.R. Smith shed the last bit of his prime after 2016.
    John Cherwa, latimes.com, 19 June 2019

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