How to Use drivable in a Sentence
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If the area that’s holding elk has drivable roads, fill up the tank and start driving.
—Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 24 Jan. 2023
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That number may be out of reach four decades later, but the car is said to still be drivable.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2025
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Bump-outs or curb cutouts were added to some streets resulting in the removal of drivable lanes.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2024
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Due to that work, the car is drivable 24 years after its time in the spotlight.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2025
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One of the cars was drivable with no injuries and left the scene after police’s approval.
—cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
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With the Old Course playing hard and fast all week, many of the par 4s have been drivable.
—Chris Lehourites, ajc, 17 July 2022
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Someone that does tinkering might be able to alter the car and yet the car is still fully drivable.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2021
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The ground would need 12-24 hours after the last rain to become drivable, we were told.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2023
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On a map, Crane Creek Road, where I was bitten, looks drivable.
—Kyle Dickman, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
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The only drivable route near Camp River Glen now is a one-lane dirt back road.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
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Some familiar roads, like the 101, have been flooded and are not drivable.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 Jan. 2023
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Plus, the Big Ten schedule is also drivable from his hometown.
—Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2021
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From November through April, roads are drivable and downpours don't last all day.
—Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2023
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To draw publicity and tourism to the country’s public lands and to push for drivable roads that connect them.
—Jacqueline Kehoe, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2026
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Meronk hit his 3-wood to just in front of the green on the drivable par-4 16th to set up a birdie that gave him a one-stroke lead.
—Andrew Dampf, ajc, 7 May 2023
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Police said Milne’s vehicle had bottomed out on the terrain and was not drivable.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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Kleinman couldn’t salvage much from his home but did find that his vehicle, which had melted headlights, was still drivable.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2025
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The 11th hole is a drivable par 4 measuring 348 yards.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
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Maria was seven months pregnant with our first child and will never forget both of us walking to the store because none of the roads were drivable.
—Michael Brunker, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022
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Roads should remain drivable, but bridges and ramps could become icy, the Weather Service said.
—The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2021
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The drivable 18th ranks as the easiest par 4 on The Open rota.
—Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 29 June 2022
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The officer was out of the car during the accident and was not injured, but the other person’s car was not drivable after the crash.
—Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2021
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While there are a number of ferries that travel back and forth, there has never been a drivable route from the island to the Italian mainland.
—Justin Klawans, The Week, 8 May 2023
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Baslall, the driver, had accidentally struck the curb and damaged the Jeep, which was not drivable, said the release.
—Brian L. Cox, Chicago Tribune, 31 Oct. 2022
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My neighbors canceled their big out-West experience and opted for a drivable beach trip with three kids under age 6.
—Beth Collums, AJC.com, 3 Apr. 2026
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The last chance for McIlroy to force a playoff was to make an eagle on 18, which Young had just proven was drivable.
—New York Times, 17 July 2022
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The drivable par-4, 350-yard closer has been a pushover this week, even with the Valley of Sin guarding the green.
—Steve Dimeglio, USA TODAY, 16 July 2022
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Chief engineer Tony Fong said that the car is in a drivable state but still undergoing final adjustments.
—Shubhangi Dua, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2024
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It was built to a singular purpose—to be a daily-drivable car capable of 250 mph in the hands of anybody who had enough road (and guts) to try.
—Byron Hurd, The Drive, 22 Jan. 2026
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More important for anyone patiently waiting for the game to hit the major consoles next month, the 911 is fully drivable in-game.
—Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 18 Oct. 2020
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