How to Use solvable in a Sentence

solvable

adjective

• I'm sure that the mystery of what happened to the missing pizza is solvable.
• This is a solvable problem, and now is the time – not in a year.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 9 June 2019
• But the problems were not all the same; some were solvable and some were not.
  — Joseph T. Hallinan, Discover Magazine, 20 May 2014
• Still, this is said to be solvable for the rest of the performances.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2021
• This is a solvable problem, there can be an end to this?
  — Eben Shapiro, Time, 14 Mar. 2021
• These are solvable problems, in terms of the amount of production.
  — Brad McMillan, Forbes, 21 May 2021
• For the most part, these problems are solvable – at least the ones within our own borders.
  — Jill Filipovic, CNN, 20 Sep. 2022
• The problem is likely solvable, if the world unites together to try to fix it.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 28 Dec. 2021
• The Paul Problem, though, doesn’t seem solvable, even after all these years.
  — Dallas News, 2 May 2022
• The books were frightening, but in a new way, cool and arch, evil reduced to a solvable puzzle.
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
• With that said, this is a very solvable problem, Crimmins said.
  — Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 21 Feb. 2024
• At least the Wildcats believe the problems are solvable.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 29 Dec. 2022
• Twannette Rousseau said this crime is solvable and is calling on police to step up their game.
  — Amber Hunt, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2020
• The logistical problems, those are solvable and could be overcome with the will to do so.
  — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 4 June 2020
• At least the old brainteaser, the one where one guard always lies and the other always tells the truth, is a solvable problem.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
• It’s a stage play of familiar faces and solvable problems.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2021
• All that said, figuring out how to wear booties with jeans is the most easily solvable style rut out there.
  — Whitney Perry, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2020
• This is easily solvable, though: Just take more care to remove it.
  — Kathleen Hou, The Cut, 13 June 2018
• Two-body problems, like mapping the movement of one planet around one star, are solvable.
  — WIRED, 30 Aug. 2022
• Sure, wind is tricky—wind loads have a lot to do with bridge stiffness—and offer challenges, but these are all solvable issues.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 9 June 2020
• But all of these problems are solvable by a programmer with access to the source code, the code in which the algorithm was written.
  — Thomas T. Hills, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2018
• Honest to a Fault Dear Honest: These solvable dilemmas are the beating heart of this column.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2019
• In the big picture, the climate problem is, in principle, solvable.
  — Adam H. Sobel, CNN, 2 Sep. 2021
• Not all problems seem to be solvable by scale, however.
  — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 26 June 2019
• Grab a notepad and write out a list of solvable problems and possible solutions.
  — Susan Moskop, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
• Lead exposure is a solvable problem; the challenge is getting the government to do more to solve it.
  — Emily Atkin, New Republic, 14 Feb. 2018
• And the good news for pollsters is that with a little creativity, this issue might be solvable.
  — Kristen Soltis Anderson, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
• This is a pretty solvable problem, though, if cities decide to limit the number of dockless bikes.
  — Clive Thompson, WIRED, 13 May 2018
• Unlike so many other types of gun violence that plague the U.S., this appears, on paper, to be a solvable problem.
  — Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 3 July 2024
• In all cases, the problems were designed to be easily solvable by people, but also to require the ability to look ahead to understand how current moves might alter what’s possible later.
  — Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024