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
• 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
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• 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
• 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
• The first episode of Under the Bridge does a serviceable job of introducing us to the main players in this story.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
• To counter the premium of 11th-hour airfare, Ms. Chen paid $11 a night for a serviceable, if bare-bones, hostel.
  — Sarah Firshein, New York Times, 8 June 2018
• The Suns, assuming a trade happens soon to break up the logjam at wing and bring a serviceable NBA point guard to town, should move ahead of those three.
  — Jay Dieffenbach, azcentral, 2 July 2018
• Since the draft was reduced to seven rounds in 1994, the Eagles have found a few serviceable players at the bottom of the draft barrel, but not many.
  — Paul Domowitch, Philly.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• Short of a large and prolonged risk premium on its bonds, Italy’s debts are serviceable.
  — The Economist, 31 May 2018
• With a racquet and extra clothes oft in tow, a good duffle is a serviceable gift for the tennis player in your life.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 31 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024