How to Use survivable in a Sentence

survivable

adjective
  • That choice is part of what makes this outbreak survivable.
    — Craig Spencer, STAT, 13 May 2026
  • All three versions of the fighter are as survivable as planned.
    — Loren Thompson, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • But we’ve been told that this type of cardiac event is, in most cases, not survivable.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Western tanks are far more survivable for the crew, are not much more resistant.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Bochsler said one down year would be survivable for the event, but two could be devastating.
    — oregonlive, 17 June 2020
  • All of it points to a single goal, making the voyage faster, safer, and survivable.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Four interceptions in the first half won’t be survivable again.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Once the airspace became more survivable, the war moved on to a broader and cheaper footing.
    — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The Army… is struggling with how to make the vehicle light and survivable at the same time.
    — Noah Shachtman, WIRED, 15 Nov. 2007
  • Set against this rise is the fact that, in rich countries, cancer is becoming more survivable.
    — The Economist, 16 Sep. 2017
  • Gao was ordered to report to another camp, which was harsh but survivable.
    — Ian Johnson, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
  • The also figured out that smaller holes were more survivable than larger holes.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 14 June 2018
  • The virus is here to stay; the goal continues to be to make that reality more survivable.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2022
  • While the numbers may seem grim, bladder cancer is highly survivable.
    — Rachel Murphy, Verywell Health, 4 June 2024
  • Wright emphasized that part of the draw is not just to build a home that is survivable, but also one that is insurable.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
  • In parts of the world, contradiction is survivable; an artist can be luminous and flawed in the same breath.
    — Steven Gray, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But over the next five to ten years the era of personalised medicine could see enormous progress in making cancer survivable.
    — Aaron Mak, Slate Magazine, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The trick is knowing which sacrifices are survivable.
    — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Ventura described the injury as a large, gaping wound that was not survivable.
    — Sergio Candido, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • The crashes would have otherwise been survivable, the agency said.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 11 July 2024
  • Butler said evidence showed the wreck was survivable and the Hills died because they were crushed by the truck’s roof.
    — Alia Malik, ajc, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Heartbreak is survivable, and possibly a key to self-knowledge.
    — Jill Spivey Caddell, Longreads, 26 May 2022
  • History shows that abrupt changes at the top of a network or studio are disruptive but survivable.
    — Yvonne Villarreal, latimes.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • And the ailments that patients arrive with, such as neck and lower-back pain, are universal and survivable.
    — Lauren Larson, Men's Health, 25 July 2023
  • If not, a holdout should be survivable — Bolts were 4-0 without him last season.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 23 July 2019
  • The researchers focused on the Delta wave because the virus had become more survivable and predictable by that point.
    — Maya Goldman, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Such mobility is seen as a way to make the missile system more survivable in a conflict, the report added.
    — Ryan Chan, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The Iranian regional project suffered a blow then, but a survivable one.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • First of all, there’s the question of whether reintegration is survivable, because, so far, the survival rate of it is zero on the show.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Later, a man with survivable gunshot wounds showed up at Hennepin Healthcare.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 May 2026

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