How to Use readable in a Sentence
readable
adjective- The travel guide is very readable.
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The shapes were all well-formed, and the text readable to the smallest size.
— PCMAG, 30 Apr. 2024 -
The first readable draft [from Ian Stokell and me] was bad.
— Lesley Paterson, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023 -
Khan wrote in the prologue to the highly readable book.
— Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 18 Sep. 2019 -
Plotkin didn’t have a readable pulse at the time, Ryan confirmed.
— Fox News, 4 Sep. 2022 -
Sure, the block letters are meant to be readable (pardon the pun), but is that all?
— Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 23 June 2017 -
After all, that is the only place where the content of the chats is readable.
— Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 11 May 2022 -
One of the only readable books in your isolated space pod is a copy of The New Pharaohs.
— Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 28 June 2018 -
The temporary tag in the window was torn and not readable.
— Joan Rusek, cleveland, 4 May 2022 -
The short answer is that Logevall’s book is smart and very readable.
— Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2020 -
That makes sense — but our data should be readable by us, too.
— New York Times, 16 May 2018 -
People receiving the messages had to use the same lists as the senders for the messages to be readable.
— Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 4 Dec. 2020 -
The student writer’s goal should be mastery of the readable style.
— Valerie Strauss, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2017 -
And snippets are readable from nearby rooftops, a height of around 130 feet.
— Rob Copeland, WSJ, 26 June 2020 -
And patients must stay still in the machine for about 1 hour to ensure a clear, readable scan.
— Rebekah Tuchscherer, Science | AAAS, 18 Sep. 2020 -
This is a handy, brief, readable guide to selecting a college worth the cost.
— Robert Verbruggen, National Review, 22 May 2021 -
And yet the argument is made with force and gives this book the shape of a (irresistibly readable) tragedy.
— Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2023 -
The language, clearly readable on lips, that would melt paint.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2019 -
Krug says the printouts are as readable as the original emails.
— Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2019 -
Those who tried to make the Bible more readable could actually be put to death.
— Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 May 2018 -
But that was just too many words for a simple, readable design.
— Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 11 Aug. 2020 -
The answer to that question lies in this highly readable book.
— Michael B. Arthur, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023 -
The graphic and bold text, readable or not, makes a collective point.
— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2023 -
As for whether these exercise views are more readable: yes and no.
— Brandon Widder, The Verge, 16 Dec. 2023 -
As for whether these exercise views are more readable: yes and no.
— Quentyn Kennemer, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2024 -
Having readable eyes will work in non-conference play, but not in the Big 12.
— Dallas News, 26 Oct. 2022 -
Hollande wanted the book to be readable, and widely read.
— Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2018 -
The system would then complete the hash, and everything would look fine, even though the passwords were readable on the log.
— Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 3 May 2018 -
In some instances, websites have gobs of readable material that explain what IQ is and how to manually determine yours.
— Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 -
And its existence as a finished, bound, actually readable object is thanks largely to years of efforts by Harlan’s friend, partner in crime and the executor of his estate, J. Michael Straczynski.
— Jason Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
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