CAPABILITY in a Sentence

Learn CAPABILITY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
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.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of CAPABILITY
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.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
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.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
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.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25. The Unknown.
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.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
5  In past years Mr. Jones, although a hard master, had been a capable farmer, but of late he had fallen on evil days.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
6  I've never met the man yet who was capable of intimacy with a woman, giving himself up to her.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
7  Yet Daniele was still a man capable of a man's free allegiance.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
8  'Perhaps only people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the universe,' said Connie.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
9  Her heart was sore and angry, and she was capable only of angry consolations.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
10  The place deserves it, and you will find yourself not satisfied with much less than it is capable of.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
11  But it is capable of much more.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
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.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
13  You cannot suppose me capable of trying to persuade you to marry against your inclinations.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
14  I could not preach but to the educated; to those who were capable of estimating my composition.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
15  That a girl so capable of being made everything good should be left in such hands, distressed her more and more.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
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.