How to Use operable in a Sentence

operable

adjective
Definition of operablenext
Synonyms for operablenext
  • The radio is operable without the car running.
  • When the operable walls are open, the house is full of sunlight.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 7 Nov. 2018
  • The good news was that the tumor was operable, and so brain surgery was scheduled for Sept. 27.
    — Allyson Reedy, The Know, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The train sustained damage on the front of the engine, but was operable.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • But the best value for the money, bar none, comes from the two new operable skylights that replaced our five leaky ones.
    — Gernot Wagner, Curbed, 12 Aug. 2021
  • These days on the grounds, Michoud's levees have been raised 2-to-3 feet all around, and the pump house is remotely operable to boot.
    — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2020
  • Some of the better details here are a pair of operable barge boards on either side and chunky sidepods.
    — Sal Vaglica, Car and Driver, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Also Thursday, the operable wall in left field will be closed.
    — Tim Healey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • In Aspen Park, the homeowner had to move another car out of the way so the officers could open the one operable door.
    — Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 2 July 2019
  • That phone line is operable on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Central time.
    — Allyson Waller, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Evans’ lawyers countered there was no evidence the gun in the Halloween photo was used in the shootings or even was an operable firearm.
    — oregonlive, 17 June 2021
  • For a time, Western Union was not operable and sending money back is hard.
    — Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The second and third blessings were the fact that Atchley’s AVM came to the surface at such an early age and that it was located in an operable part of his brain.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 31 July 2019
  • Lawrence-Daley’s statement says that at the time of the assault, hotel cameras were not operable.
    — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2019
  • The operable skylights release heat and help circulate the cool, fresh air coming in through the lower windows and doors.
    — Sunset Magazine, 7 July 2022
  • Operable windows can be opened to provide outdoor air on days when the weather is not too humid or cold.
    — Chuck Fieldman, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2017
  • The living room also has a bay window, built-in bookshelves and operable glass transoms over the doorways.
    — Julie Lasky, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The department asked that the weapons be operable and unloaded.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2022
  • The street-facing side has operable windows and the rear of the dining room has sliding doors that can be propped open to connect with a patio out back, drawing fresh air through the building.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Other questions were raised about the restroom door lock, exposed pipes below the toilet, the height of the operable parts of the towel dispenser or hand dryer, and the rear or side grab bars in the restroom.
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2019
  • If all goes well, the site could be operable in a few years, though a precise timeline is difficult because of the pioneering nature of the project.
    — Justin Worland/reykjavik, Time, 25 July 2017
  • Double-hung windows feature two operable sashes, both of which can move up and down.
    — Maria Masters, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Portable toilets and wash stations, operable 24-7, line the side of the building.
    — Darcie Moran, Detroit Free Press, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Though pumps had failed in days before Harvey made landfall, city officials said 93 percent of the city's drainage pumps are now operable.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 31 Aug. 2017
  • That provided us with a fan, heat pump and cooling, operable with a remote control.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Smokey John’s reopened a year ago, in January 2019, after a fire gutted the building and left the Reaves brothers without an operable restaurant for a year and a half.
    — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 28 Jan. 2020
  • To expel hot air, use operable windows, rooftop vents or exhaust fans.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 28 Jan. 2019
  • The regime is using the experience learned in the war to make its militia’s inter-operable and better connected for the next conflict.
    — Fox News, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Children complained to their parents that the school was too cold because the district ordered all operable windows to remain open, even during the cold.
    — Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Some rare tumor in her chest cavity that might be operable.
    — Mallory Ortberg, Slate Magazine, 10 Jan. 2017

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