How to Use acceptable in a Sentence

acceptable

adjective

• She plays an acceptable game of tennis.
• It was an acceptable performance, although not an outstanding one.
• The key, of course, is to give your cat a place to scratch that both of you find acceptable.
  — Mary Jo Dilonardo, Treehugger, 10 Sep. 2023
• In that case, the scrambling of words might seem to be acceptable.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• And will the language the developer wants in the ENA be acceptable to the city?
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Mar. 2024
• Rice isn’t the only acceptable venue for these crispy cubes—far from it.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 3 Oct. 2023
• In Steve’s mind, buying new tools (think a welder or a miter saw) to fix things is acceptable.
  — Karen Kreider Yoder, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
• But Sitake didn’t find that to be an acceptable answer.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
• Gone are the days when a cold beer or a glass of wine were the only socially acceptable ways to unwind.
  — Joshua Adragna, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
• The shows were quite punky, in your face, anarchic and pushed the envelope of what was acceptable.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
• And there’s the rub: when Waters stuck to rock star accoutrements that were acceptable in both the ‘80s and the present day (Guitar solos!
  — Mark Sutherland, Variety, 7 June 2023
• Paul was not the only deserving soul left out, and a QR Code is not acceptable.
  — Megan Thomas, CNN, 13 Mar. 2023
• After the s--- Scroll and Key had pulled last year — not the drugs, of course; that was perfectly acceptable according to the rules of Lethe.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2022
• They were taught that the way our hair naturally comes out of our head is not acceptable.
  — As Told To Jamie Wilson, Glamour, 17 Nov. 2023
• God forbid politicians or the press barons tell us what is acceptable.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 29 Mar. 2023
• All of these are acceptable fabrics for a rain jacket and will certainly get the job done.
  — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
• To be sure, a heavy contingent of police was on hand to make sure the event did not veer outside the boundaries of acceptable protest.
  — Nathan Hodge, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
• It’s never been more culturally acceptable to walk out of the house in, say, a kilt.
  — Julian Randall, Essence, 24 May 2024
• What would be an acceptable length of notice to provide them?
  — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Apr. 2023
• Is there a council of élites who determine which thoughts are acceptable and which ones are not?
  — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2022
• Their day-to-day life looks like the early episodes of Hoarders, and that is far from acceptable for someone of Stanbury’s stock.
  — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 11 June 2024
• However, for the price, the WeClean didn’t get rid of stains at an acceptable level.
  — Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Apr. 2023
• Is queerness only acceptable when the person is slim, or less femme, or less loud about it?
  — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2023
• The ongoing work is to process that in a healthy way, and be an acceptable member of society.
  — Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 20 July 2024
• There are no acceptable consolation prizes when a team loses the way the Bears did.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2024
• The rear seat is a little short under the legs but is acceptable otherwise.
  — David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 15 Feb. 2023
• Of course, at beaches and resorts, swimwear is acceptable.
  — Ronny Maye, Essence, 16 Oct. 2023
• The blood and prostate-specific antigen tests are acceptable as long as they are done in the same hospital or lab.
  — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 8 Feb. 2024
• Moreover, as carbon markets and emissions trading schemes evolve, the price of carbon could rise further, making higher DAC costs more acceptable.
  — Phil De Luna, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
• Any type of birth control is acceptable while taking Ozempic—including barrier methods, IUDs, and hormonal methods.
  — Wendy Wisner, Health, 3 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024