APPLICABLE in a Sentence

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131 example sentences for APPLICABLE, such as:

1. I wearied them with new applications.
2. That is internationally and universally applicable.
3. A further nine applications are bundled with the system.
4. A special subcommittee adjudicates on planning applications.
5. There are some obvious practical applications of the research.

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 Meanings and Examples of APPLICABLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
applicable
 a.  capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance
Classic Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1  Thus the most vexatious and violent disputes would often arise between the fishermen, were there not some written or unwritten, universal, undisputed law applicable to all cases.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.
2  But if the doctrine of Fast-Fish be pretty generally applicable, the kindred doctrine of Loose-Fish is still more widely so.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.
3  That is internationally and universally applicable.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.
4  After he had sufficiently extolled the property of discretion, he undertook to exhibit in what manner its use was applicable to the present situation of their tribe.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
5  Among the innumerable categories applicable to the phenomena of human life one may discriminate between those in which substance prevails and those in which form prevails.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER VI
6  In historic events the rule forbidding us to eat of the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge is specially applicable.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER IV
7  This, which is true of all great armed encounters, is particularly applicable to Waterloo.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V—THE QUID OBSCURUM OF BATTLES
8  If ever the sic vos non vobis was applicable, it certainly is to that village of Waterloo.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT
9  But how far this might be applicable to our courts, and favourites, and ministers of state, my master said I could best determine.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER VII.
10  I wish also to recall to memory an instance from the Old Testament applicable to this subject.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII — CONCERNING AUXILIARIES, MIXED SOLDIERY, AN...
11  He did not send one of his men, but rode back with her himself, taking a syringe and an old piece of carpet he kept for hot applications when our horses were sick.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVIII
12  The woman, whom long practice with the victims of brutality had made familiar with many healing arts, went on to make many applications to Tom's wounds, by means of which he was soon somewhat relieved.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
13  Then very few persons have any idea of the large number of applications for help that rich people are constantly being flooded with.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
14  And all these calls in person, to say nothing of the applications received through the mails.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XII.
15  I wearied them with new applications.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
Example Sentence: (78 in 6 pages)
16  The company has been leading the way in network applications for several years.
17  A further nine applications are bundled with the system.
18  I find it really difficult to strike the right note when I'm writing job applications.
19  There are some obvious practical applications of the research.
20  Physics isn't just about pure science with no immediate applications.
21  A special subcommittee adjudicates on planning applications.
22  There has been an increase in applications for refugee status.
23  It allows parents to specify time limits for specific devices in the household, restrict the applications vulnerable children can use and prevent access to pages with obscene language.
24  Last week, Anthony Seldon warned that privately-educated pupils were being discriminated against at the final hurdle when they make university applications.
25  The data, which covers applications from within the UK by people who declare their ethnicity, shows that 329 out of 586 white applicants were given an offer of a place, versus 190 of 412 applicants from ethnic minorities.
26  Integration of the results from the various beamlines revealed the minerals' potential applications for high-performance concretes, including the encapsulation of hazardous wastes.
27  When we advertised the position, we received a deluge of applications.
28  Marijuana's emergence as the drug of choice of the '60s had little to do with medicinal and industrial applications and everything to do with its profound power to intoxicate an entire generation.
29  An issue that arises with IT practitioners is whether to standardize their infrastructure and applications, and if so, to what degree.
30  I am pleased to tell you that your application for the post of Assistant Editor has been successful.