tenantable

Example Sentences

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When the tenant had done these things, had made the land tenantable, the rent was raised.

From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.

In view of the fact that Herrenius Capito had traced the bankrupt to Jerusalem, Jerusalem was no longer tenantable for the bankrupt.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

The shade was not comfortable and within doors those apartments which denied entrance to the sun had to be made tenantable by braziers.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth

No weapon, no matter how ingenious, is of utility in warfare unless it can be relied upon, and no vessel that is not tenantable can be expected to render any service at sea.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various

Brunow lived off Regent Street, in a garret handsomely furnished and tenantable, but stuffy and confined to my notions, used as I had been to the open-air life of a soldier on active service.

From In Direst Peril by Murray, David Christie