ability

Example Sentences

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Clearly, death hasn’t arrived yet nor has it robbed Fox of his ability to joke about it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Antidebt crusaders, like the personal-finance radio host Dave Ramsey, have been speaking for years about how paying thousands of dollars in interest can seriously impede a family’s ability to make progress on their other goals.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

The public has an expectation that someday we will have the ability to walk into a museum and see this stuff.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

He'll likely get his preferred faster surface but doubts have to remain over his ability to stay this trip, having struggled over a testing three miles in the past.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026

I’m not confident in her ability to sing French songs about snails.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller