Example sentences for: passable

How can you use “passable” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Knowing that the stairway was initially passable from at least the 91st floor down, we can conclude that it was likely open from top to bottom, on floors farther removed from the impact.

  • The film achieves "not much more than the level of a passable TV movie" (Jay Carr, the Boston Globe ) and "never quite catches fire" (Robert Koehler, Daily Variety ). (Click here for more info on Usher and here to visit the official site.)

  • As a consequence-and in contrast to the situation in the NorthTower-one of the stairwells (A) initially remained passable from at least the 91st floor down, and likely from top to bottom.

  • The final kilometer or so is passable only by motorcycle or on foot.

  • Once the South Tower was hit, civilians on upper floors wasted time ascending the stairs instead of searching for a clear path down, when stairwell A was at least initially passable.


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