tenantable
Example Sentences
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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 Elizabeth Miller
When the tenant had done these things, had made the land tenantable, the rent was raised.
From The New Irish Constitution by J. H. Morgan
If any rent roll was to be derived from such a property there must be, in the first place, a large outlay in many ways before the land could be made profitable, or indeed tenantable.
From British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo by Sir W. H. (William Hood) Treacher
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
Vast sums of money must be expended before it can be made tenantable.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 by Various
