CAPABLE in a Sentence

Learn CAPABLE 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 CAPABLE, 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. I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself, thank you.
5. Only the Democratic Party is capable of running the country.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of CAPABLE
capable
 a.  (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability
 a.  (followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for
Classic Sentence: (135 in 10 pages)
1  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
2  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
3  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
4  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
5  '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
6  Her heart was sore and angry, and she was capable only of angry consolations.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  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
8  But it is capable of much more.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
9  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
10  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
11  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
12  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
13  But he was young, and did not know what strong minds are capable of, under trying circumstances.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
14  I have considered, ever since I have been capable of serious reflection.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
15  She was a benevolent, charitable, good woman, and capable of strong attachments, most correct in her conduct, strict in her notions of decorum, and with manners that were held a standard of good-breeding.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
Example Sentence: (37 in 3 pages)
1  Ability is what you're capable of doing.
2  By the age of seven, children are capable of thinking in abstract terms.
3  For skilled occupations the supply of labour is typically fairly inelastic, because few workers are capable of doing the work.
4  He's quite capable of lying to get out of trouble.
5  It is perfectly capable of wiping out even the largest enemy unit.
6  The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
7  He appeared hardly capable of conducting a coherent conversation.
8  Only the Democratic Party is capable of running the country.
9  She was surprised to discover he was perfectly capable around the house.
10  Even in a highly skilled workforce some people will be more capable and thus better paid than others.
11  The will to survive is extraordinary and at times overwhelming, capable of fashioning some form of normality even out of the darkest hour.
12  It is hard to imagine Lineker capable of anything so extreme.
13  There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
14  I'm perfectly capable of doing it myself, thank you.
15  She has an aged parent who's capable of being very difficult.