How to Use inconsiderable in a Sentence

inconsiderable

adjective
  • First, the not inconsiderable frame of Van Dijk, who has been one of the world’s best defenders over the past five years.
    — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
  • There is a not inconsiderable amount of overlap between members of the two academies that are based on opposite sides of the pond.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2022
  • On his own, Diehl manages the not inconsiderable feat of sounding fresh and traditional at the same time.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Of course there is the not inconsiderable matter of who, if anyone, becomes the next Black Panther.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Ku Klux Klan, a not inconsiderable force in the 1920s, even here, and members were split over — well, who knows?
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2022
  • There was also the not-inconsiderable fact that Gaumont spent $1 million on the opening party.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2022
  • People’s livelihoods are at stake here, especially when a not inconsiderable portion of said livelihood involves writing about you once a week!
    — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, 21 Sep. 2018
  • Piling all that extra cash on its balance sheet would also have raised its book value, and hence its valuation by a not inconsiderable almost 7%.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Most of his career moves were initiated about six decades ago by Andy Warhol, who had the not inconsiderable advantage of being great.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
  • That such a singular and delicate thing has survived, even thrived, in the roiling seas of television is a seemingly small but not inconsiderable mercy.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2021
  • To a not inconsiderable number of pundits, an obvious answer was taking shape, just a few weeks into Biden’s candidacy.
    — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Those are not inconsiderable bases on which to claim political legitimacy.
    — Noah Millman, The Week, 17 Aug. 2021
  • In addition to the not inconsiderable technical challenge of building a successful rocket, Beck also sees plenty of range issues.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Sep. 2018
  • Legally, financial crimes are notoriously difficult to prosecute successfully, so there is a not-inconsiderable chance that the charges could fail in court.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 30 June 2021
  • As operations have evolved, the workforce has declined to a not inconsiderable 5,000 daily personnel.
    — William Steel, Ars Technica, 11 May 2018
  • In the end, Luton spent around £12million on their upgrade, a not inconsiderable sum considering the club plans to move to a new stadium elsewhere in the town by 2028.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 14 May 2026
  • No doubt, there was the not inconsiderable challenge of turning a television piece into a print piece for a magazine whose strength is exactly the nuance and depth that can be incompatible with the structures of TV.
    — James Warren, vanityfair.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Tierney missed long periods of last season through injury, and a number of potential Premier League suitors may be put off by the prospect of spending a not inconsiderable amount of money on a player with his history.
    — SI.com, 4 Aug. 2019
  • As head chemist at the Agriculture Department, Wiley was able to offer them $5 a month, which wasn’t an inconsiderable sum for someone on a government salary, and free food—as suspect as said food might be.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The enjoyability of The Burning Girl, while not inconsiderable, is a function of its familiarity.
    — Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Paradoxically, as a number of Williams biographers have noted, Egan never went after Williams on the slugger’s personal life, in which there was a not inconsiderable amount of material.
    — Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, 14 July 2017
  • The skyscraper will rise to 210 m (689 ft), which isn't an inconsiderable height, but is nowhere near the massive Dubai buildings like the Burj Khalifa mentioned and the Tiger Sky Tower.
    — New Atlas, 21 Jan. 2026
  • This amount, little more than the veteran minimum, was hardly an inconsiderable investment for a team already facing a luxury-tax bill north of $134 million during a pandemic that threatens to keep fans away from Chase Center indefinitely.
    — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 23 Nov. 2020

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