How to Use presentable in a Sentence

presentable

adjective

• I have to make myself presentable before our guests arrive.
• One of us, at least, needs to look presentable for our son.
  — Anthony Veasna So, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
• The plants were meant to be used to make the Chamber office look more presentable.
  — Jacob McAdams, Houston Chronicle, 12 June 2018
• The combination takes the boot out of the bedroom for a presentable, on-the-go chic look.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2020
• Just running around trying to do all the things and stay presentable.
  — Marquia Walton, ELLE, 20 July 2023
• Odegaard pulled a presentable chance wide with his left foot when the ball fell to him in the box early on.
  — Joshua Law, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
• Last year, top-of-the-list items were desks and laptops – and maybe even Zoom-presentable jammies.
  — Michelle Maltais, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2021
• Two and a half years of renovations to make the place presentable.
  — David Tamarkin, Bon Appetit, 6 June 2018
• There’s not enough lipstick to make this pig presentable.
  — Michael Lerseth, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Sep. 2022
• The more presentable ones are thin and barely golden, with frilly edges.
  — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2017
• They were dressed nicely, very well groomed, fresh-faced and presentable.
  — Chuck Bolotin, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2021
• Either way, this dish is served best in bowls or dessert dishes to help keep the dessert neat and presentable.
  — Rebecca Lang, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
• Might as well get him a bunch that are equal parts comfortable and presentable.
  — Yang-Yi Goh, GQ, 5 June 2018
• The goal is for the staff to look coordinated and presentable.
  — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 6 Dec. 2022
• And, crucially, which looked most presentable without the aid of an iron?
  — Ashley Ogawa Clarke / Photographs By F. Martin Ramin/the Wall Street Journal , WSJ, 16 June 2023
• Or wear a blazer, button-down, jeans, and sneakers and still be presentable.
  — The Cut, 17 Oct. 2017
• A lot of times, there's pressure to make charcuterie boards presentable.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 20 Sep. 2022
• Some of these feelings were presentable enough to show in public; others were left to roam the attics and cellars.
  — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
• These clothes are easy-to-wear yet are also presentable, his main criteria for getting through the day.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 17 May 2021
• But the season's heat and the humidity can do a number on your quest to look presentable, let alone cute this summer.
  — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 4 July 2024
• Chirac’s idea was that, whatever happened, at least half the city would remain presentable.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• Ernie Hahn — For somehow making the Sports Arena presentable.
  — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
• But the Halloween hiccup points to a package in such flux that an all-nighter would have been insufficient to get it in presentable shape.
  — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2017
• And some of that comes to preps heritage with sportswear, in its ability to be both comfortable and presentable.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 15 Feb. 2023
• The key to getting dressed during the hot summer months is choosing versatile pieces that will both keep you cool and look presentable.
  — Eden Lichterman, PEOPLE.com, 20 Apr. 2021
• This sturdy plastic watering can comes in a rich navy blue, and while not fancy, is presentable enough to keep out on a deck or on a shelf.
  — Laura (fisher) Matta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2022
• The media demonized the players involved, and new rules about off-court dress were introduced to make the league seem more presentable.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2021
• There is this notion that kids are like, [influenced by] Kylie Jenner and this injectable [culture] and have to look presentable and glossed up all the time.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2023
• Garments that need dry cleaning and ironing to be presentable are probably not a good idea.
  — New York Times, 29 Apr. 2022
• And what if someone presentable had been driving it, rather than a guy whose unkempt appearance prompted Lamb’s daughter to scream?
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024