presentable

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Recent Examples of presentable Mbappe missed two presentable chances in the first half before being shut out for much of the second. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 The household staff who serve some of the wealthiest people in America are expected to be presentable, tech-savvy, skilled in caring for fine art, china, rugs, and designer clothes—plus always available and completely devoted. Emily Witt, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for presentable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for presentable
Adjective
  • Like Chef Point, Always Cooking is a stunning overachiever with a personable chef.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 May 2025
  • Pereira’s manner is more personable and less intense than Nuno’s, while his use of a 3-4-3 formation is aligned to more front-footed, high-pressing principles than the lower-block, counter-attacking approach Nuno used to such historic effect during his four years at the helm from 2017-2021.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • But overall, this affordable bed frame offers a good mix of pleasant aesthetics and practical storage solutions.
    Louryn Strampe, Wired News, 15 May 2025
  • If busier weekends someday mean parking an extra block away, that will be a pleasant problem to solve.
    Belal Aftab, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • Those who stuck around to watch the game saw a decent debut for the Hopkins native outshone by another former UConn star, Napheesa Collier, who scored 34 to equal the Lynx record for most points in a season opener, per ESPN.
    Jamie Barton, CNN Money, 17 May 2025
  • Tellez is a decent hitter — sort of dangerous but also not dangerous enough to prevent him from being let go each of the past two offseasons.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2025
Adjective
  • Flavors of light red fruit, cherry tart and sparking acidity with a lovely finish and pronounced length.
    Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
  • The plot is basic and the dialogue merely serviceable, but there are lovely scenery shots throughout, the vastness, gentle light and deep colors of the American West illustrated carefully and evocatively by Hutchins’ — and Cline’s — camera work.
    Jocelyn Noveck, Boston Herald, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • The translator need only find the right verbal stones and install them in comely sentences, in cadences that mirror the author’s own, and Mishima’s voice will emerge.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
  • This road car with racetrack roots emerged as a shot across the bow of Jaguar after its comely E-type was unveiled at the 1961 Geneva Motor show.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2024
Adjective
  • The ensemble pic led by Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan fell a respectable 55 percent from its opening weekend, compared to an average decline of 57 percent for a title in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 11 May 2025
  • These are respectable numbers for a half-ton pickup.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Their romance proceeds in soft focus with a soundtrack of accelerated heartbeats and musical interludes, as well as pretty camera shots of raindrops flashing in the sun.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
  • As a subset of flowering plants figured out long ago, many flies and some beetles are drawn to the putrid and foul over the pretty and floral.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 8 May 2025
Adjective
  • Police and fire departments have sometimes defeated disparate impact challenges over physical fitness test requirements on grounds that good fitness is essential to those jobs.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 May 2025
  • This is also a pivotal episode for Ellie and Dina, who get themselves into a good bit of trouble on their first day looking for Abby.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 5 May 2025

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“Presentable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presentable. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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