made passable
Example Sentences
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While Whiz Bang has never been barred from the mails, occasional issues have been held up until they were made passable; and there are sporadic brushes with local authorities over its sale.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first plan is, To attack the French retrenchment generally; the ditch which is before it, and the morass which lies on our left wing, to be made passable with these fascines.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 09 by Carlyle, Thomas
The following day the snow-ploughs and the rollers were busy, and the centre of the highway was made passable for some miles further north.
From The Land of the Long Night by Du Chaillu, Paul B. (Paul Belloni)
Nature has conveniently left narrow shelves, crevices, and less precipitous slopes here and there, which need only the application of the pick and shovel to be made passable even for pack animals.
From The Western United States A Geographical Reader by Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman)
The number of roads required to connect the various fields and subdivisions with the village, were laid out and made passable by building the necessary bridges.
From Solaris Farm A Story of the Twentieth Century by Edson, Milan C.
