How to Use capable in a Sentence

capable

adjective

• People who are elderly, sick, or disabled may not be capable of flight.
  — Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
• Making those forces less capable is a key battlefield goal of the Ukrainians.
  — Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2023
• Excellent jump starters sell for as little as $50 and are capable of handling most cars.
  — William Miller, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
• People with depression are certainly capable of putting on a façade.
  — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 19 Jan. 2023
• Although much less capable than even a cheap DJI quadcopter, with a little work it can be assembled for half the cost.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• Applying an acne spot treatment to every zit on you back would require the kind of dexterity that only contortionists are capable of.
  — Cristina Montemayor, Men's Health, 27 Jan. 2023
• Even then, the fragility of these states means quantum computers aren’t yet capable of producing large chains of calculations accurately.
  — Robert Lea, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
• In recent months, nine new subvariants of the dominant Omicron strain have proven capable of sneaking around Evusheld’s defenses.
  — Melissa Healystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• The final winners of the night proved that the show is still capable of a plot twist.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2024
• There are some pretty capable camper vans out there, but this 4×4 will leave them in the dust.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2023
• The burden is on the left to show Biden is capable of handling himself.
  — Fox News, 6 June 2024
• That’s not to say that the Giants aren’t capable of a return to top form by a dozen or more players.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2023
• The app is capable of programming up to 4,000 lights at once.
  — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2023
• The new drone is capable of flying at speeds of 45 miles per hour and is small enough to fit into the trunk of a police car.
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
• Just young people who, with a bit of support, can be capable of a great deal.
  — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
• The film showed what the Warriors are capable of in transition.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
• Still, the wagon is capable of hauling heavy loads up to 150 pounds — plenty for all types of gear.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• The goal is to have those guys bring the best out of each other, and these three athletes are certainly capable.
  — Dallas News, 9 Feb. 2023
• One motor in the back of the car and two more in the front will be capable of producing at least 800 horsepower on their own.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 20 June 2024
• The guys coming off the bench, some of them, like Micah (Parrish), were capable of being starters.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
• As such, the rugged workhorse is capable of traveling to farms miles from the coastline.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
• Everyone who saw the debate knows that Biden isn’t capable of handling the toughest job in the world.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 July 2024
• That makes storms capable of dumping enormous amounts of rain over land.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 10 Oct. 2024
• The Pilots are part of a fantastic Marine League, where any of the teams are capable of winning the title.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
• It was propelled by four paddling appendages and might have been capable of speeds of 30 mph.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
• Turner will get most of his at-bats as the DH but is certainly capable of filling in at the corners.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Feb. 2023
• Instead, the strongest storms could have wind gusts capable of downing trees and power lines, hail and heavy rain.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 11 May 2023
• This contraption is capable of making safe passage through the Fold, so long as no one makes a sound or lights a lantern.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 16 Mar. 2023
• Plus, the Golden Eagles don’t just throw it, as shifty running back Jack Blais is capable of grind-it-out runs as well as huge bursts.
  — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
• Today’s top-end handsets are capable of sending the same sounds to two pairs of wireless headphones at the same time.
  — David Nield, Popular Science, 28 June 2023

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024