Sentence examples for no more serviceable from inspiring English sources

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Scolding Octavius, dismissing Lepidus as no more serviceable a soldier than his horse, acknowledging an order from Caesar, greeting the conspirators with the grave affection that masks a poisonous vitriol, he conveys a casual potency.

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Of the desserts ($5 to $6), tartuffo, tiramisù and the like, I'll just say that they are no more than serviceable.

Even if Charles Hart's lyrics – with phrases such as "If someone gets the glory, why shouldn't it be me" – are no more than serviceable, Howard Goodall's score is delightfully eclectic.

His prose style is no more than serviceable, with some slightly Pooterish asides on postwar British cultural history – "The LP with its much larger size enjoyed a higher status than the CD initially" – and there is none of the simulated indignation and mock bewilderment that have turned his panel-show appearances into an art form.

Something more practical, more serviceable — something more down to earth — seemed the way to go.

As a collection, nervous buyers are likely to gravitate to the more serviceable knee lengths.

They are also more serviceable, since they can be used on wall or floor — and quite a bit more affordable.

The Lagerfeld-designed outerwear was more serviceable and streamlined, with mesh as a front panel of a puffa jacket.

Lighter, more serviceable reds (even slightly chilled, the way Loire vintners recommend) are really only tweaks away.

But with the exception of a couple of those roof raisers, the songs in "Sister Act" are more serviceable than memorable.

The New Yorker, June 15 , 1935P. 18 Father buys a dog cart, though Mother argued that a buggy would be more serviceable.

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