COMPARABLE in a Sentence

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273 example sentences for COMPARABLE, such as:
1. Your room's huge compared to mine.
2. A car of comparable size would cost far more abroad.
3. Its brain is closely comparable to the brain of a chimpanzee.
4. The unit is comparatively easy to install and cheap to operate.
5. Farmers were meant to get an income comparable to that of townspeople.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of COMPARABLE
comparable
 a.  similar or equivalent; being of equal regard; worthy to be ranked with
Classic Sentence: (167 in 12 pages)
1  My father Ctesius son of Ormenus, a man comparable to the gods, reigned over both.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XV
2  No guilt, no mischief, no malignity, no misery, can be found comparable to mine.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  Talking to Rhett was comparable only to one thing, the feeling of ease and comfort afforded by a pair of old slippers after dancing in a pair too tight.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
4  There is no guano comparable in fertility with the detritus of a capital.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE LAND IMPOVERISHED BY THE SEA
5  Charles Hamilton had not risen with the others and, finding himself comparatively alone with Scarlett, he leaned closer and, with the daring born of new love, whispered a confession.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  He gave up high-stake card games and stayed comparatively sober.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
7  There was no date, but the blackness of the ink proved the writing to be comparatively recent.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
8  It seemed hardly possible that by such comparatively small mouthfuls he could keep up the vitality diffused through so broad, baronial, and superb a person.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
9  They are comparatively delicate, indeed; I dare say, not to exceed half a dozen yards round the waist.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters.
10  For at that time, and indeed until a comparatively late day, the precise origin of ambergris remained, like amber itself, a problem to the learned.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 92. Ambergris.
11  As with Fedallah the day before, so Ahab was now found grimly clinging to his boat's broken half, which afforded a comparatively easy float; nor did it so exhaust him as the previous day's mishap.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day.
12  As the day approached when he was to leave her for a comparatively long stay, she grew melting and affectionate, remembering his many acts of consideration and his repeated expressions of an ardent attachment.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIV
13  Some built comparatively large ones, while others seems content with little ones.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
14  Rumour reported that Drebber had managed to convert a large part of his property into money, and that he had departed a wealthy man, while his companion, Stangerson, was comparatively poor.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
15  Transporting the stone when it was once broken was comparatively simple.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
Example Sentence: (106 in 8 pages)
1  A fire is comparable with the sun; both give light and heat.
2  Its brain is closely comparable to the brain of a chimpanzee.
3  To compare the effect of different substances on gastric acid secretion proper control solutions comparable with the test solution should be used.
4  A car of comparable size would cost far more abroad.
5  Farmers were meant to get an income comparable to that of townspeople.
6  However, it is possible to produce lexicons of comparable size that relate words to a much smaller number of roots.
7  People whose jobs are comparable in difficulty should receive similar pay.
8  One reason of the distance yet observed between us was, that he was comparatively seldom at home: a large proportion of his time appeared devoted to visiting the sick and poor among the scattered population of his parish.
9  I am optimistic enough to hope that we shall sail in comparatively smooth waters.
10  As Apple embraces streaming, the worry for artists is that comparatively lucrative download sales will make way for parsimonious streaming payouts.
11  The unit is comparatively easy to install and cheap to operate.
12  The hotel certainly compared favourably with the one we stayed in last year.
13  His fee is a drop in the ocean compared with the real cost of broadcasting.
14  Lack of exercise is also a risk factor for heart disease but it's relatively small when compared with the others.
15  Your room's huge compared to mine.