Sentence examples for he was once able from inspiring English sources

The various competitive advantages that he was once able to exploit — valuing, say, on-base percentage over batting average — no longer exist.

He was once able to tout his work with Democrats on pension reform as his signature achievement, and it was regarded as one of his strongest talking points in a potential run for the White House in 2016.

And while Jay-Z was once able to rap about "Money, Cash, Hoes" without apology or excuse, now he's less comfortable talking trash.

Mr. Lipsitz was once able to navigate through narrow underground tunnels with ease, but no longer.

I was once able to alert my wife at 9 a.m. that her 3 p.m. flight was canceled.

But now, they have to petition in the courts and at city councils for what they were once able to demand at the bargaining table.

Where I was once able to fully immerse myself in Mathers' albums, I can't bump this song in front of people.

Where I was once able to watch the majority of what Netflix offered, over the course of the year, I had to become more and more selective.

Where I was once able to stand on my own two feet, I succumbed to a cold and crawled into bed.

These changes, though popular, have necessarily made insurance more expensive, because they mean insurers must pay medical bills they were once able to avoid.

When Liberty fired him, he was once again able to move on without word of his misdeeds and personal demons following him.