How to Use sustainable in a Sentence

sustainable

adjective

• And the ratings spike did not prove sustainable for the rest of the evening.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 30 Aug. 2024
• Is the 5:2 diet sustainable for weight loss in the long-term?
  — Good Housekeeping, 15 June 2020
• But the debate is over how sustainable its growth will be in the long run.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 14 Sep. 2020
• Now's the time to see how sustainable that power can be.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 11 Jan. 2018
• So what the Heat have to decide is whether this is sustainable.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 19 Nov. 2019
• There might be a more sustainable way of doing it in the sense of having a small team.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Mar. 2020
• Once on the trail, the hiking is rhythmic, and for most, sustainable for many hours.
  — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 27 June 2020
• Looking for a gift that's sustainable and gives back to a good cause?
  — Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
• With these goals the Ford site can be both livable and sustainable.
  — Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 1 June 2017
• But the idea wasn’t as sustainable as the company thought.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 30 Sep. 2021
• This is where the quest for sustainable change must begin.
  — Munachim Amah, CNN, 3 Nov. 2017
• That made for an easy and fair question to ask: Is that sustainable?
  — Fletcher Page, Cincinnati.com, 3 Nov. 2019
• But the truth is that only sustainable growth will lift all boats.
  — John D'anna, azcentral, 15 Dec. 2019
• Instead the plan is for planes and ships to run on sustainable fuels.
  — WIRED, 6 Jan. 2023
• The model was one of the first to try to make public pensions sustainable.
  — The Economist, 8 June 2019
• The challenge is finding ways of putting the region on a more sustainable course.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2019
• The method is also not sustainable for large-scale use.
  — Popular Science, 12 Oct. 2023
• With the economy ground to a halt, those plans are not sustainable.
  — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2019
• The next step is for this to become a sustainable business model for more than just the lucky few.
  — Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2018
• Burberry is here to show the world that high fashion can be sustainable too.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Dec. 2020
• The second is that the terms are too generous to be sustainable.
  — The Economist, 27 July 2019
• Nevertheless, to be sustainable is to do less to it and get more out of it.
  — Lynlee Austell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2022
• That was a gift, not something to suggest that kind of play was sustainable.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Nov. 2021
• While that won't be sustainable to make a run in the playoffs, that defense alone might be good enough to get there.
  — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2020
• And even these might not be that sustainable after all.
  — Laura Millan Lombrana, Bloomberg.com, 22 July 2015
• The hope is the improvements will make the course sustainable long into the future.
  — Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 9 June 2024
• Fishing of those species is not banned, but any trade now must be sustainable.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2019
• In her eyes, the business of tunnel boring needs to get faster and more sustainable.
  — Wired, 13 Aug. 2022
• In ceremonial pomp and circumstance, the Oviedo, Spain-native was honored for her contributions in the arena of sustainable design and took to the podium and presented her theory of hybridization.
  — Sofia Celeste, WWD, 24 Oct. 2024
• At the same time, small-scale farmers and cooperatives are working to restore soil health by reintegrating cows and other grazing animals into sustainable farming practices to produce more high-quality, environmentally friendly meat.
  — Hannah Cutting-Jones, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024