How to Use bankable in a Sentence

bankable

adjective
  • The big arms crave more bankable bats to keep the bullpen happy and healthy.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2022
  • The only bankable win is at home against the Cavs on April 5.
    Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Most consider Melvin one of the most bankable in the game.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2022
  • But none disturbed the peace for long, or proved to be bankable.
    Cathy Horyn, The Cut, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The actor has been bankable for more than two decades both on and off screen.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 13 June 2024
  • The NFL’s top quarterbacks put up some of the most bankable year-to-year numbers in the league.
    Chris Raybon, SI.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • So the most bankable player in the draw may well be the one who has had the most chaotic season.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 22 May 2022
  • For years now, the turnovers have been bankable but either the pass rush or the coverage has not.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Snoop Dogg The rap legend is one of the most bankable and marketable figures around.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 7 June 2024
  • But that doesn’t mean even one of the most bankable stars in Hollywood is immune from the odd stinker or two.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Kevin Costner, a bankable leading man at the time the film was made, manfully filled the role.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
  • With few bankable assets, the Bulls’ path the relevancy is now through the draft.
    Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 12 July 2017
  • Even amidst the horrors of the real world, horror remains the most exciting genre, and one of the most bankable.
    Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Dec. 2021
  • So having a South Asian cast without any bankable star was the hurdle.
    Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 16 June 2021
  • Thus setting the twosome up as a bankable pair that audiences might be ready to watch fall in (and out) of love over and over.
    Meredith Woerner, Variety, 25 Feb. 2024
  • In recent years, podcasts have grown to become one of the most bankable industries in the world.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 9 Sep. 2023
  • That sort of bankable traction and a trusty rudder are priceless.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
  • But maybe, as this weekend suggests, there is still something to be said about bankable stars.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 Oct. 2022
  • This and other assertions proved bankable for Mailer in the 1970s, which saw the book sell millions.
    Nathan Smith, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2022
  • With the help of stars like Willis, who has more than $3 billion in global box office receipts to his name and is one of most bankable stars of all time.
    Carol Motsinger, Cincinnati.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • Those were also breakthrough films for Statham, who has since become one of the world's most bankable action stars.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Those are the people who need to feel all of this is leading somewhere more convincing and bankable.
    Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022
  • For years, Domingo has been the opera world's most bankable star, with the celebrity power to fill seats in an era of dwindling ticket sales.
    NBC News, 3 Oct. 2019
  • For years, Domingo has been the opera world’s most bankable star, with the celebrity power to fill seats in an era of dwindling ticket sales.
    Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Will Smith is hoping to make a big-screen comeback with one of his most bankable franchises.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
  • In a world of cinematic stars, the most bankable clout belongs to those who can make or break movie careers.
    Jeet Heer, New Republic, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Fifty years ago this month, with Vegas in desperate need of a bankable star, Elvis arrived with his hat in his hand.
    The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • That could be read as a sign that the film academy is finally starting to give in to the era's most bankable box-office force.
    Jake Coyle, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • That could be read as a sign that the film academy is finally starting to give in to the era’s most bankable box-office force.
    Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
  • But to deviate from his bankable genre and make an intimate character piece for stars Tom Hiddleston and Chiwetel Ejiofor, the 46-year-old filmmaker had to return to his indie roots.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024

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