How to Use teachable moment in a Sentence

teachable moment

noun
  • Have patience and find a more fruitful teachable moment.
    — Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • The program ended with the kind of teachable moment that could — and should — happen at any kind of film fest.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Voters should use the shutdown as a teachable moment in which turkeys need to be voted out.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Parents can turn this feature off to let a decline become a teachable moment.
    — Christine Michel Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Steve Hartman reports on an election campaign that could be a teachable moment.
    — CBS News, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Given his reputation as a health and wellness icon, Page used his own health scare as a teachable moment.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Moreover, Burks says that holiday planning is a big teachable moment.
    — Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Probst’s attempts to address the incident at the reunion with a teachable moment only made the show seem more tone-deaf.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Turn 'no' into a teachable moment Think about a curious one-year-old who's putting sand in their mouth, pulling the dog's tail, or standing on a chair.
    — Kelsey Mora, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Patrick, who is prone to gentle didacticism, tried to turn the conversation into a teachable moment.
    — Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • When a difficult issue arises, our research shows that educators in all grade levels and subject matters often freeze, punt to buy time or forgo the teachable moment altogether.
    — Boaz Dvir, The Conversation, 14 Mar. 2026
  • My vain hope today is to convince my newfound anti-Trump allies (who have disliked my years of writing against progressive policies) to view the current national nightmare as a teachable moment.
    — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Salvation Army Major Rachel Stouder said the process was a teachable moment in how to work with the community to preserve historic buildings while meeting development needs.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Staff characterized the incident as a teachable moment for autonomous vehicles learning to navigate complicated or congested roads.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2025

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