Acceptable

Examples

• DEAR SIR, I am glad the little book[23] proved acceptable. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• One thing it is to say that all proposals must ultimately win the acceptance of the majority; it is quite another to propose nothing which is not immediately acceptable. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• You may guess, after all these expenses, how very far we must be from being rich, and how acceptable Mrs. Ferrars's kindness is. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• These parties were acceptable to all; to avoid a family circle was even more desirable to such as did think, than such as did not. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• It comes, too, in such an acceptable moment. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• To men of every occupation and grade he was acceptable. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Pray make my compliments and best wishes acceptable to your bride. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• By thus giving a popular character to the work, to make it acceptable to the young, it is hoped that it will not be found less worthy, on that account, the perusal of those more advanced in life. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Soldiers and sailors are always acceptable in society. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It was an idea more acceptable to the German mind than to the British or French. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• And extremely acceptable it is, for we must live at a great expense while we are here. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• They were acceptable to me, because they echoed my own mind, and confirmed my own knowledge. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• They involved an assertion of the unity of God and some acceptable generalizations about righteousness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He knew it to be his due, but his due was acceptable. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• They should be acceptable as Abel's offering; and doubtless would be, if the object deserved them. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• To her cousins she became occasionally an acceptable companion. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• If the same annual compliment would be acceptable there, why, I see nothing to part us, unless you do. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• If you by the freedom of your office, makes it more likely to convey a letter to her, it would be acceptable to me. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Oh, cousin, you do not know how acceptable it is. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• They may hesitate as to an acceptable wedding present. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• But that the most acceptable service to God is doing good to man. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Friend Wamba, said he, of all those who are fools enough to serve Cedric, thou alone hast dexterity enough to make thy folly acceptable to him. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• And it is, I cannot but confess it, it is too often--hem--acceptable. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Some little present of furniture too may be acceptable then. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• On the contrary, they are most acceptable. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The insinuating softness was not more acceptable than the inquisitorial curiosity. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• It was acceptable to hear a lady address him as Martin, and not Mr. Martin or Master Martin, which form would have lost her his good graces for ever. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Please to make my best respects acceptable to Mrs. Shipley, and embrace for me tenderly all our dear children. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• These adaptations, no doubt, made the new teaching much more understandable and acceptable in Egypt and Syria and the like. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• When the lion is awakened--that is to say, when I enrage--the satisfaction of my animosity is as acceptable to me as money. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

Typist: Lottie