CAPABILITY in a Sentence
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172 example sentences for CAPABILITY, such as:
1. But it is capable of much more.
2. Ability is what you're capable of doing.
3. He's quite capable of lying to get out of trouble.
4. Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.
5. Only the Democratic Party is capable of running the country.
2. Ability is what you're capable of doing.
3. He's quite capable of lying to get out of trouble.
4. Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.
5. Only the Democratic Party is capable of running the country.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CAPABILITY
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capability
n. the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment
n. an aptitude that may be developed
Classic Sentence: (135 in 10 pages)
1 Chloe had pertinaciously insisted that the very bills in which her wages had been paid should be preserved, to show her husband, in memorial of her capability.
2 Stowe, then of Lane Seminary, Ohio, with regard to emancipated slaves, now resident in Cincinnati; given to show the capability of the race, even without any very particular assistance or encouragement.
3 Dantes, struck with the beauty and capability of the little vessel, applied to its owner to transfer it to him, offering sixty thousand francs, upon condition that he should be allowed to take immediate possession.
4 It was, indeed, high time that someone capable of giving advice and help should come to the aid of the sturdy old farmer and his adopted daughter.
5 In past years Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days.
6 I've never met the man yet who was capable of intimacy with a woman, giving himself up to her.
7 Yet Daniele was still a man capable of a man's free allegiance.
8 'Perhaps only people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the universe,' said Connie.
9 Her heart was sore and angry, and she was capable only of angry consolations.
10 The place deserves it, and you will find yourself not satisfied with much less than it is capable of.
11 But it is capable of much more.
12 But a parish has wants and claims which can be known only by a clergyman constantly resident, and which no proxy can be capable of satisfying to the same extent.
13 You cannot suppose me capable of trying to persuade you to marry against your inclinations.
14 I could not preach but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition.
15 That a girl so capable of being made everything good should be left in such hands, distressed her more and more.
Example Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
1 Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.
2 Their military capability has been reduced because their air force has proved not to be effective.
3 People experience differences in physical and mental capability depending on the time of day.
4 Recently, a non-programmer friend pointed out that there is no simple explanation of capability available on the web.
5 Ability is what you're capable of doing.
6 By the age of seven, children are capable of thinking in abstract terms.
7 For skilled occupations the supply of labour is typically fairly inelastic, because few workers are capable of doing the work.
8 He's quite capable of lying to get out of trouble.
9 It is perfectly capable of wiping out even the largest enemy unit.
10 The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
11 He appeared hardly capable of conducting a coherent conversation.
12 Only the Democratic Party is capable of running the country.
13 She was surprised to discover he was perfectly capable around the house.
14 Even in a highly skilled workforce some people will be more capable and thus better paid than others.
15 The will to survive is extraordinary and at times overwhelming, capable of fashioning some form of normality even out of the darkest hour.