ACCEPTABLE in a Sentence
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406 example sentences for ACCEPTABLE, such as:
1. It comes, too, in such an acceptable moment.
2. Such behavior is just not acceptable in this school.
3. He knew it to be his due, but his due was acceptable.
4. They may hesitate as to an acceptable wedding present.
5. Soldiers and sailors are always acceptable in society.
2. Such behavior is just not acceptable in this school.
3. He knew it to be his due, but his due was acceptable.
4. They may hesitate as to an acceptable wedding present.
5. Soldiers and sailors are always acceptable in society.
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Meanings and Examples of ACCEPTABLE
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acceptable
a. adequate for the purpose
a. judged to be in conformity with approved usage
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He knew it to be his due, but his due was acceptable.
2 If the same annual compliment would be acceptable there, why, I see nothing to part us, unless you do.
3 Friend Wamba," said he, "of all those who are fools enough to serve Cedric, thou alone hast dexterity enough to make thy folly acceptable to him.
4 To her cousins she became occasionally an acceptable companion.
5 Soldiers and sailors are always acceptable in society.
6 It comes, too, in such an acceptable moment.
7 Let him have all the perfections in the world, I think it ought not to be set down as certain that a man must be acceptable to every woman he may happen to like himself.
8 They may hesitate as to an acceptable wedding present.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
Context Highlight In VII. THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON
9 The mules could not be spared to go off to war, even if they had been acceptable for the Troop, which they emphatically were not.
10 That was about the only excuse that was socially acceptable for not nursing these days.
11 The young lady was treated by her hosts with corresponding deference; and she was in the mood when such attentions are acceptable, whatever their source.
12 She acceded to the suggestion of bouillon, which was grateful and acceptable.
13 The coffee and the biscuit accompanying it proved very acceptable to Edna, who had declined refreshment at Madame Lebrun's and was now beginning to feel hungry.
14 The crouching servility, usually so acceptable a quality in a slave, did not answer when manifested toward her.
15 I was so fully aware that only serious moods and occupations were acceptable, that in his presence every effort to sustain or follow any other became vain: I fell under a freezing spell.
Example Sentence: (196 in 14 pages)
1 Students who achieve an acceptable standard will progress to degree studies.
2 Such behavior is just not acceptable in this school.
3 Smacking is not an acceptable way of punishing a child.
4 We must come up with a solution that our shareholders will find acceptable.
5 Where our children's education is concerned, no compromise is acceptable.
6 As already mentioned, the legislation does not consider low pay as an acceptable reason for turning down a job.
7 This validation process ensures that the data conforms to acceptable formats.
8 Criminal libel is unlikely to occur other than rarely, but is available to define the limits of acceptable behaviour.
9 We eventually arrived at a figure that was mutually acceptable.
10 Advertising is a potent force in showing smoking as a socially acceptable habit.
11 The use of the split infinitive is now generally acceptable.
12 Farmers are struggling to maintain a level of productivity that generates an acceptable income.
13 The quality ranged from acceptable to worse than useless.
14 Commonly, both are used consistently to help replace an undesirable behaviour with acceptable behaviour.
15 On the far side of the street was a restaurant that looked acceptable.