How to Use usable in a Sentence

usable

adjective

• Is any of this junk usable?
• Keep in Mind The gabled roof limits the amount of usable space.
  — Laura Kristine Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2023
• Some of that salt, because of the way it is stored, may not be usable.
  — cleveland, 29 Oct. 2022
• There’s a big hump to make room for the 6.1 kWh battery pack, of which 4.8 of that is usable.
  — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024
• Once cleaned and sorted, the usable bricks will be sent back.
  — Ben Schultz, Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2022
• Most of the high school campus is usable, but the gym was destroyed.
  — NBC News, 30 Mar. 2022
• While no one was hurt, the tent was no longer usable, and his bike was broken.
  — Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 1 Sep. 2023
• The point is to get rid of waste, to transform it into a usable outcome.
  — Nicole Haase, Journal Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2022
• For years, the team was unable to extract usable DNA from the samples.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2022
• Off to the side, a staff area full of books and boxes awaits a makeover into some type of usable space.
  — Amelia Pak-Harvey, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Sep. 2021
• Cool to the touch, this blanket is great year-round and usable for hot, cold, and combo nights.
  — Tiffany Vickers Davis, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2024
• The mini-loft here was added to add some extra usable space.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 28 June 2023
• The wide frame and belt provide 55% more usable walking space.
  — Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023
• And as long as Choke Point is a doable, usable tool, there will be politicians that use it both ways.
  — Roger Huang, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Like some competitors, the third-row seats are usable and that’s it.
  — James Raia, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2024
• That means usable luggage space even with all seats in use.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 31 May 2022
• Expect to wait a few days for this card value to be usable.
  — Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2024
• Dean was complaining that his voice wouldn’t be usable at ten in the evening.
  — Frank Rich, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2021
• That change alone could make Google News more usable for many people.
  — Nathaniel Mott, PCMAG, 22 June 2022
• Sometimes 80 percent of the garments in a bale are usable.
  — Julia Shipley, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2024
• This will help clear up usable space for the essentials.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 23 June 2022
• Metabolism is an impulse that makes sense at the end of the usable world.
  — Kelly Pendergrast, WIRED, 14 July 2023
• Though the woody parts of the stems are too tough and fibrous to chop (only the leaves are usable), the soft, flexible tips can be chopped up with the leaves.
  — Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Jan. 2023
• These are the people who are going to make the data available and usable.
  — Joe McKendrick, Forbes, 27 June 2021
• The hope is that this extreme recoil is a bug and that the dev team will fix it up within the next few hours to make these weapons usable.
  — Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
• That’s the same amount as the Taycan Cross Turismo and is only usable for the smallest items.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2024
• Ask yourself if the size of the house and the usable space is ideal for your situation.
  — Taylor Walcik, Dallas News, 20 Feb. 2022
• This may mean stocks of any more recent usable tanks are running low.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 14 July 2023
• The secret to a usable, inspiring pantry is organization—and keeping things out of the pantry that shouldn’t be there.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2024
• There’s evidence that once strength drops below a critical level, usable power drops off a cliff.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024