Sentence examples for in a serviceable from inspiring English sources

Everything is dressed in a serviceable vinaigrette.

She herself is gawky, her frizzy hair pulled back in a serviceable puff above a narrow, long-nosed face.

Two nights earlier, the guest, Jeb Bush, had put in a serviceable performance: hands clasped, a look on his face that was only slightly terrified.

Still, if any show seems guaranteed to elicit that response, it is "Annie," the 1977 musical that opened on Thursday night in a serviceable revival.

Instead, Dolgachev, in an attempt to bring something "new" to the play (in a serviceable if uninspired translation by Paul Schmidt), abandons his actors.

On Tuesday night "Don Pasquale" returned to the City Opera repertory in a serviceable production by Leon Major that was first seen at the Glimmerglass Opera in 1996.

A year later, the Mets brought in Yoshii, a serviceable right-handed starter who won 18 games in two years for Valentine.

Unfortunately, studies for a framework that can suggest a unified and consistent process in constructing a serviceable diagnosis procedure seem to be scant.

Instead, the Hawks got an emerging All-Star in Ratliff and a serviceable veteran in Kukoc.

Philippe Arlaud's production, which had its première in 2002, is a serviceable, vibrantly colored affair, placed in a vaguely Eurasian medieval setting.

At 255 pounds, Boss has the size and toughness to be a serviceable in-line blocker.