How to Use incapable in a Sentence

incapable

adjective
  • Why was he deemed incapable to proceed?
    — Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Ozzy seemed at once incapable of death and hopelessly in search of it.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 25 July 2025
  • The stroke left him paralyzed in all four limbs and incapable of speech.
    — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Not that the Rays are incapable of putting the baseball off and over the wall.
    — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • Just as in years past, those players looked incapable of doing so.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • That's when the man asked the victim which of his two cars was incapable of being tracked.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 16 May 2022
  • But if someone is incapable to proceed, that doesn’t mean the case gets dropped.
    — Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Not that either of them is incapable of that or unwilling to do it.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Kevin seems incapable of emotion and appears to feel no remorse for the killings.
    — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
  • The males are incapable of stinging, but can be a bit more aggressive.
    — Shacamree Gowdy, Houston Chronicle, 25 Aug. 2020
  • Each was incapable of consent when they were assaulted, the judge said.
    — CBS News, 25 June 2019
  • That’s not to say Duvall was incapable of going big.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2026
  • But as soon as the lights got bright, why were the Celtics incapable of handling their own business?
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
  • Society is incapable of meeting all the needs for all of its members all of the time.
    — Sylvia A. Harvey, The Root, 27 Mar. 2018
  • James Outman seems incapable of fielding a fly ball.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The Austrian seemed to be incapable of sticking with one colour for any length of time.
    — SI.com, 10 July 2019
  • Austin is incapable of timely responding to a victim shot in the head.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 24 May 2021
  • Austin is incapable of timely responding to a victim shot in the head.
    — Julia Jones, CNN, 25 May 2021
  • Billy Bob is incapable of a false moment.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The apartment belongs to Booth, who doesn’t work and seems incapable of holding down a job.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025
  • For the past several years, Green was incapable of even doing that.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • On the one hand, the stories went, Clinton is incapable of emotion.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2019
  • The Rebels are looking good, but the Gators aren't incapable of pulling off that upset.
    — Chase Goodbread, The Tennessean, 20 Nov. 2024
  • If students are now incapable of writing 500 words of their own thoughts, that’s just progress!
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As a result, large shares of those still working at age 62 will be incapable of working even two more years.
    — John F. Wasik, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Politicians, the saying goes, are incapable of seeing past the next election.
    — Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Domino is incapable of the former and beyond the latter — alert to it, but beyond it.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
  • The plant would be incapable of self-pollination, and would not need to be detasseled at all.
    — Julian Epp, The New Republic, 5 Nov. 2021
  • In future cases, guardians will have to prove that a person is incapable of voting — not the other way around.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The Twins needed to bang their way to victories, but were incapable of doing so.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025

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