How to Use conceivable in a Sentence

conceivable

adjective
  • It is conceivable that she will refuse to go.
  • They discussed the question from every conceivable angle.
  • The idea was to record images of all different sizes and types of deer, from every conceivable angle, running, walking and standing.
    Neal Boudette, The Seattle Times, 19 Sep. 2017
  • The only catch, Lynn said, is there are now five startups instead of one for every conceivable tech category.
    Erin Griffith, Fortune, 19 July 2017
  • And there are hundreds of Android phones: big, small, cheap, expensive, good, bad, something for every conceivable taste.
    Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 21 Sep. 2017
  • And the rape and death threats started to feel terrifyingly real now that every conceivable detail of my life was at the mob’s disposal.
    Zoë Quinn, Time, 11 Sep. 2017
  • By every conceivable metric, Donald Trump is still Donald Trump.
    Alex Shephard, New Republic, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Now, there’s a prestige show for every conceivable viewer, which means smaller audiences and fewer truly original stories.
    TIME.com, 30 June 2017
  • Also interesting: it’s Obama, the younger man, and seemingly the more modern in every conceivable respect, who’s the throwback.
    Lili Anolik, Vanities, 19 June 2017
  • Like any scientific theory, inflation need not address all conceivable questions.
    Scientific American, 26 June 2017
  • Freeman entered last season on every awards watch list conceivable, and his departure for the NFL after three seasons appeared likely.
    Andrew Greif, OregonLive.com, 12 Aug. 2017
  • The end was that close—and by virtue of playing in a Game 7, that conceivable.
    Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 29 Apr. 2018
  • For now, that seems like the best conceivable outcome, and even that isn’t a sure thing.
    Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020
  • The only conceivable end to the nightmare is to find the boy and get over the border to Thailand.
    Kyle Smith, National Review, 6 June 2019
  • There was still no conceivable way to get up the driveway.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Is that something that is conceivable to you in the future?
    Ankush Khardori, The New Republic, 5 May 2021
  • That stands in contrast to the golfers, dressed in every conceivable hue.
    Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022
  • Life, which is now the most painful ordeal conceivable, was happy then, the same life.
    Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2024
  • At this point, there’s no conceivable way Big Baller Brand could come back and succeed.
    Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 16 July 2019
  • There just seemed no conceivable way Curry would fall to No.
    Erik Malinowski, Esquire, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The result is that there is no longer any conceivable path to a two-state solution.
    Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 28 July 2023
  • At Crissy Field, a long walk was required from any conceivable parking place in a land far away.
    Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 4 July 2020
  • There may be a more conceivable way for these actors to don their wizard robes once again.
    Alison Wild, EW.com, 13 June 2019
  • And just about every conceivable style of gown was on grand display.
    The Masked Observer, al, 1 Mar. 2022
  • And since Jackson won't play in this game, that outcome is conceivable.
    Jake Lourim, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2018
  • Is the whole issue of a Trump-Kim summit and President Xi's conceivable role in that, is that part of trade talks?
    Fox News, 20 May 2018
  • At least that outcome is conceivable, while $179 is not.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 5 June 2020
  • There is no conceivable way for things to change for the better within the next 20 to 30 years, short of a national divorce.
    Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Esprit’s ultimate fate is unclear at this point, though a deal to sell the IP rights is conceivable.
    David Moin, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Yet some of Horowitz’s conduct seemed to me beyond any conceivable industry practice.
    Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024

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