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How to use suitability in a sentence

14 example sentences · noun

Suitability means the quality of being suitable. Example: “In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.”

Examples of suitability by meaning

nounThe quality of being suitable.

  • As he knows little about the particular issues, his criterion must be consistency with his other views, suitability to combine them into a coherent picture of the world.1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of...

More sentences with suitability

  • In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.From the entry sound
  • Not surprisingly, different cultures discovered the suitability of various rock types for manufacturing querns and millstones.2009, Charles D. Hockensmith, The Millstone Industry, page 212. From the entry quern
  • We reviewed a range of wikifarms for suitability for our department’s needs.2008 June, S. Shenoy, M.W. Lim, “[Scata-Esctaic 2007: Lecture Abstracts] Selecting a Departmental Wiki Solution – Cardiff’s Experience”…. From the entry wikifarm
  • PARENTS ARE continually querying me about the suitability of current movies for their children.1962 December 27, Milton R. Bass, “The Lively Arts”, in The Berkshire Eagle, volume 71, number 198, Pittsfield, Mass., page 8, column 1. From the entry horrificality
  • Even in the city, birds and animals and stockbrokers and nurses find ways of signalling their suitability as a mate.2015 April 16, Richard P. Grant, “Sex and the successful fundraiser”, in The Guardian. From the entry mate
  • Our results demonstrate the suitability of argonium as a tracer of the almost purely atomic, diffuse ISM in high-redshift sources.2015, Holger S.P. Müller, Sébastien Muller, Peter Schilke, Edwin A. Bergin, John H. Black, Maryvonne Gerin, Dariusz C. Lis, David A.…. From the entry argonium
  • Explanations for the mismatch between mother preference and host suitability can include threat of hyperparasitoids, host defence, and learning of plant-host complex cues.2015 August 14, “Aphid Parasitoid Mothers Don't Always Know Best through the Whole Host Selection Process”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry hyperparasitoid
  • One of the Druids took him to see Nechtan, as one of Nechtan’s roles was to check newcomers’ suitability for entrance to the College.2007, William Clinkenbeard, Writers at Bay: A Collection of Short Stories, →ISBN, page 183. From the entry Nechtan
  • Given that suitability of patients for peritonectomy was discussed during weekly meetings and only selected patients were offered this combined therapy, there was selection bias in this study.2015 June 26, Yeqian Huang et al., “Effects of sex hormones on survival of peritoneal mesothelioma”, in World Journal of Surgical…. From the entry peritonectomy
  • Moreover, the suitability of an investment for any particular investor depends on a variety of factors, including the investor's time horizon, risk profile and other investments.2006, Lewis & Clark Law Review - Volume 10, page 82. From the entry risk profile
  • Although English has no committee or academy or board that reviews new words for suitability, there are a few loose guidelines that will help you become a successful neologist.2002 August 25, Erin McKean, “THE WAY WE LIVE NOW: 8-25-02: ON LANGUAGE; Neologist”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on…. From the entry neologist
  • Kate wondered if their real names were Letitia and Sylvester, or Cleopatra and Mandrake; perhaps they'd gone undercover with white-bread names in quest of posh children's parties and Yankee suitability.2000, Jayne Anne Phillips, Mother Kind, page 156. From the entry Julie
  • The trials were conducted to assess the suitability of four-motor power cars on high-speed push-and-pull workings, with a view to possible operation of the electrified Waterloo-Bournemouth services by these methods.1961 December, “Talking of Trains: Push-and-pull to Bournemouth?”, in Trains Illustrated, page 707. From the entry push-and-pull

Meaning of suitability

  1. noun The quality of being suitable.

Full definition of suitability

Questions about suitability in a sentence

How do you use suitability in a sentence?
Suitability is used as a noun. For example: “In horse management a sound horse is one with no health problems that might affect its suitability for its intended work.”
What is a short sentence with suitability?
“We reviewed a range of wikifarms for suitability for our department’s needs.”
What does suitability mean?
Suitability means the quality of being suitable.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: suitability (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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