How to Use capable in a Sentence

capable

adjective

• There are some pretty capable camper vans out there, but this 4×4 will leave them in the dust.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2023
• The app is capable of programming up to 4,000 lights at once.
  — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2023
• The new drone is capable of flying at speeds of 45 miles per hour and is small enough to fit into the trunk of a police car.
  — WIRED, 26 Sep. 2023
• Just young people who, with a bit of support, can be capable of a great deal.
  — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2024
• The film showed what the Warriors are capable of in transition.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
• As such, the rugged workhorse is capable of traveling to farms miles from the coastline.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
• It was propelled by four paddling appendages and might have been capable of speeds of 30 mph.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
• Today’s top-end handsets are capable of sending the same sounds to two pairs of wireless headphones at the same time.
  — David Nield, Popular Science, 28 June 2023
• Discontinue use of the pack and play once your child is capable of climbing out, as this poses a fall risk.
  — Sarah Bradley, Parents, 30 June 2023
• These are capable of hitting targets in the United States.
  — Sarah Cottrell, Parents, 7 Mar. 2024
• Kayaks are less capable of holding things like decoys and dogs, but many duck hunters in kayaks manage with a smaller spread.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 14 Dec. 2023
• That’s because the typical train tracks aren’t capable of handling the speeds that bullet trains achieve.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• The strongest storms today could have wind gusts capable of taking down trees and powerlines, hail and heavy rain.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 22 July 2023
• Due to the comfort that AI can bring, just like humans, technologies are capable of abusing trust.
  — Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
• At the camp’s peak, Auschwitz’s gas chambers were capable of murdering 2,000 people an hour.
  — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• Just take a look at what Apple’s hardware is capable of (left) compared to Meta (right) in the comparison shot above.
  — Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
• White oak acorns take only 3 months to mature, so a white oak is capable of producing a crop every fall.
  — Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 20 July 2023
• The Norwegian Gem is capable of welcoming up to 2,394 guests.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2024
• Through the day, the thunderstorms will move east bringing with them the risk for strong thunderstorms capable of damaging winds and a low risk of a tornado.
  — Kathryn Prociv, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• Slightly nasal and gritty, his voice is capable of conveying emotion in a way that’s hard to ignore.
  — Cat Cardenas, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 June 2023
• Nina’s returned to the runway, right in time to ensure the Below Deck crew members are capable of twerking in their new outfits.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 4 Aug. 2023
• Ayton is a capable center but has never been an All-Star and has been a slight disappointment.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
• Here are eight fascinating facts about one of the world’s most capable catamarans.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
• Fisker claims the Alaska is capable of accelerating to 60 mph in as quick as 3.9 seconds.
  — Car and Driver, 17 Aug. 2023
• But a nod for The Other Two would require a whole bunch of Hollywood types to actually be able to laugh at themselves and — this may shock you — not all of them are capable of that.
  — Vulture, 11 July 2023
• Some even wonder whether schools will be capable of funding these longer trips for sports not named football or basketball.
  — Jim Sergent, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2023
• Any team of major-league caliber hitters is capable of catching some mistakes over a small string of games and running into a team-wide heater.
  — Journal Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2023
• Despite health problem rumors that come to the surface every few years, Kim Jong Un is still a young dictator in his 40s, capable of ruling the regime for a few more decades.
  — Joohee Cho, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2023
• While there are few shortcuts to a great finish, one tool is capable of not only speeding up the process but also improving the end result: the foam cannon.
  — Gannon Burgett, Car and Driver, 5 Aug. 2023
• Thus far, manager Bob Melvin, a respected master of the genre, hasn’t been capable, either.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024