tenantable
Example Sentences
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At the close of the month it is stated on reliable authority, that the number of buildings actually tenantable was greater than before the conflagration.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 by Various
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
Scarcely had they begun to construct their cabins, when they were surprised by the rigors of an untried climate; their habitations being enveloped in 367 snow before they were tenantable....
From Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 by W. O. (William Odber) Raymond
The famed temple of the Goddess of Liberty, is not tenantable enough to cover the Babel Deity from the peltings of the midnight storm.
From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Sir John Carr
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
