How to Use manageable in a Sentence

manageable

adjective
  • The conditioner makes your hair more manageable.
  • They divided the students into three manageable groups.
  • We bought smaller, more manageable suitcases.
  • Belle lives 18 miles down I-80, a manageable drive most of the time.
    St. John Barned-Smith, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2023
  • This build needs the egg to keep the sweetness manageable.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2023
  • But there is a way to slow the flow, at least to a manageable trickle.
    wsj.com, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Dream big, and at the same time create a manageable plan for your day to day.
    Komal Minhas, Fortune, 10 May 2023
  • That will both speed production and keep the cost on the manageable side.
    Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The key to a great road trip is keeping it manageable for a single day.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Bruce Pearl has Auburn at a place few thought was manageable a decade ago.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 18 Mar. 2023
  • With the right planning, health care costs can be manageable.
    Kate Ashford Of Nerdwallet, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The good news is that these habits are best added with small, manageable changes over a period of time.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 7 Apr. 2023
  • There is still lechón, rice, black beans and yucca but the portions are much more manageable.
    Jessica Perez, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • That payment would have been $4,500 a couple of years ago, which was much more manageable.
    Lance Lambert, Fortune, 20 July 2023
  • Paul said that the rain was manageable, but crops don’t grow without sunlight.
    Jeff Campagna, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2023
  • This set is designed to make the task of dog teeth cleaning more manageable for pet owners.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2023
  • The book gives easy and manageable steps to making life feel a little lighter and easier.
    Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Maybe not a deal breaker in lower-cost counties where the tax rates are more manageable.
    Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • My hair has never been this bouncy, shiny, soft, silky, and manageable.
    Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 13 Apr. 2023
  • From that vantage point, the firefighters found a more manageable path: over a 5-foot berm, under some trees and across a side yard of snow drifts.
    Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2023
  • When they’re cooked and slightly cool, chop them into more manageable pieces.
    Chris Morris, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023
  • Is the hope that making content for those platforms will feel more manageable?
    David Marchese David Marchese, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The unofficial and optional last step is to smoosh the whole thing down a bit to break the chips up a little and make the beast of a sandwich more manageable to bite.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2023
  • So time to give it a nudge in a manageable direction with a cup of stimulation.
    Ed Silverman, STAT, 17 July 2023
  • Seeing and smelling dough rise can be as restorative as eating the warm loaf, but only if the process feels foolproof and manageable.
    Genevieve Ko, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2023
  • After just one use, hair looks and feels softer, shinier, and more manageable overall.
    Kaleigh Fasanella, Women's Health, 31 Aug. 2023
  • It’s believed Swift dropped the five regular setlist songs that were presumably filmed in L.A. but not used to keep the running time for the movie manageable.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The whole package weighs 2.65 pounds, which should be manageable in a bag, assuming your laptop is light enough.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2024
  • The blade measures in at seven inches, a manageable size that's also the perfect length for carving up a rib roast.
    goodhousekeeping.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • At the very least, my hair is certainly softer and more manageable in the mornings, thanks to fewer dry patches and knots.
    WIRED, 7 Oct. 2023

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