How to Use incapable in a Sentence

incapable

adjective

• That doesn’t mean the rest of the conference is incapable.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2022
• That's when the man asked the victim which of his two cars was incapable of being tracked.
  — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 16 May 2022
• The Rebels are looking good, but the Gators aren't incapable of pulling off that upset.
  — Chase Goodbread, The Tennessean, 20 Nov. 2024
• Even with Ohtani and Mike Trout the last six years, the Angels had proven incapable of anything close.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• But as soon as the lights got bright, why were the Celtics incapable of handling their own business?
  — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
• To call my daughter the R-word is to suggest she’s incapable.
  — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 17 Feb. 2020
• The Last of Us Part One, on the other hand, is incapable of shifting the paradigm.
  — WIRED, 3 Sep. 2022
• The Broncos seem incapable of getting off to a fast start, and this Dolphins side is built to play with a lead.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2020
• The apartment belongs to Booth, who doesn’t work and seems incapable of holding down a job.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
• The Austrian seemed to be incapable of sticking with one colour for any length of time.
  — SI.com, 10 July 2019
• On the one hand, the stories went, Clinton is incapable of emotion.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2019
• At the very last minute, Owen backs out, incapable of taking the leap Maddy's asking.
  — James Grebey, TIME, 17 May 2024
• Kevin seems incapable of emotion and appears to feel no remorse for the killings.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
• While the Chiefs struggled to extend their lead in the second half, the Seahawks were incapable of trimming it.
  — Dave Skretta, ajc, 24 Dec. 2022
• The males are incapable of stinging, but can be a bit more aggressive.
  — Shacamree Gowdy, Houston Chronicle, 25 Aug. 2020
• This is a team that seems incapable of winning by margin.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2021
• When sprayed with a strong burst of water from a hose, the larvae are incapable of climbing back up to the leaves to resume feeding.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
• When sprayed with a strong burst of water from a hose, the larvae are incapable of climbing back up to the leaves to resume feeding.
  — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
• The book on Clay Helton was that the coach was incapable of adjusting at halftime.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2021
• Domino is incapable of the former and beyond the latter — alert to it, but beyond it.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
• For the past several years, Green was incapable of even doing that.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
• As a result, large shares of those still working at age 62 will be incapable of working even two more years.
  — John F. Wasik, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• The Twins needed to bang their way to victories, but were incapable of doing so.
  — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
• The Twins needed to bang their way to victories, but were incapable of doing so.
  — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
• Austin is incapable of timely responding to a victim shot in the head.
  — Julia Jones, CNN, 25 May 2021
• Austin is incapable of timely responding to a victim shot in the head.
  — Julia Jones, CNN, 25 May 2021
• Austin is incapable of timely responding to a victim shot in the head.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 24 May 2021
• In recent years, large swaths of the electric grid in the U.S. have proved incapable of keeping up with these climate curveballs.
  — Justin Worland, Time, 18 Feb. 2021
• The choice was viewed by many at the school as the latest affront in a long history of treating the deaf as incapable of functioning without help from the hearing.
  — David Owen, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
• Rats, for example, are incapable of vomiting, which is why rat poison works so well.
  — Angela Haupt, Time, 7 Apr. 2025