How to Use enable in a Sentence

enable

verb

• These choices are part of what enabled the company to be successful.
• Be sure to enable your computer's firewall.
• The machine enables us to create copies without losing quality.
• The system enables students to access class materials online.
• And more abusers will be enabled.
  — Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
• In that setting, she was enabled to reach out to those in need.
  — courant.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• The parent needs to launch this adult, not enable them.
  — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 6 Apr. 2026
• Healthy sleep will enable you to feel more refreshed and less stressed.
  — Sonja Marie, Essence, 30 June 2020
• There wasn’t a moment in his prep that wasn’t enabled by a woke brand.
  — Cam Wolf, GQ, 21 June 2018
• This mix would enable the animal to take flight at horse size.
  — Michael B. Habib, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2021
• This will enable you to do chores or enjoy some downtime.
  — Literary Hub, 5 May 2026
• There’s a lot that UCP will enable.
  — David Moin, Footwear News, 11 Jan. 2026
• The answer comes down to what the battery enables.
  — New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026
• Sörensen even enabled the ride to swap between front-wheel, rear-wheel, and four-wheel drive.
  — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Apr. 2026
• Does the shorthand and trust the two of you have built up now enable you to take more risks on-screen?
  — Olivia-Anne Cleary, Variety, 28 July 2023
• The huge width is what enables the boat to harness so much power from the wind in its sails.
  — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 7 May 2026
• The device enabled her to go home from the hospital to wait for her new heart.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
• Mueller enabled this distortion of the facts.
  — David Frum, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
• Standing on one leg also enables the other one to warm up tucked against the body.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2019
• This enables the whole brain system to return to a state of balance.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2025
• The two slots on the sides enable users to mount extra flashlights when needed.
  — Toby Grey, BGR, 15 Sep. 2022
• That enabled him to avoid capture by staying on the run for days in rugged mountains.
  — Beth Warren, courier-journal.com, 25 Nov. 2019
• Moves were toward the basket, which one time enabled him to follow with a dunk.
  — Duane Rankin, azcentral, 12 Jan. 2020
• Here’s how to enable the updates for Bard and some advice to keep in mind.
  — WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023
• Citi enables us to see the world from a financial standpoint.
  — Reuters, Fortune, 21 June 2017
• The affordances of sticks, pedals and things to hit with them enable our sound.
  — Peter Rubin, Longreads, 2 Mar. 2023
• This man enabled the rape of dozens of women, destroying many lives.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 28 Aug. 2017
• This mechanism also enables group traits to evolve in the yeast.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 28 June 2018
• Just doing that can ground us, and enable us to stay engaged, resilient and calm.
  — Dolly Chugh, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2022
• The city must enable access to the stations for at least 12 hours each day.
  — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 30 Dec. 2021