Sentence examples for than serviceable from inspiring English sources

The acting, especially by Ms. Hamilton, is better than serviceable.

It had slightly dry acoustics, but it was better than serviceable.

In the past, this Hawthorne restaurant has produced little more than serviceable pasta.

They see the conflict as an impediment to growth and an ideological distraction (rather than serviceable tool).

PETER J. BOYER: Better than serviceable response, I thought… AMY DAVIDSON: So has he helped himself with this response?

Not to say that they're bad - it's just that the Pixies should be something more than serviceable.

He was slightly more positive regarding the "Thong Song" performance, feeling that Morrison had "a slightly less overwrought vocal than Sisqó", and observed that Salling did "more than a serviceable job" on "Sweet Caroline".

At right guard will be Lance Louis, who is a slightly better athlete than the serviceable run blocker Edwin Williams and a more reliable technician than the disappointing ex-49er Chilo Rachal. Louis can play tackle in a pinch, though it will have to be a significant pinch given how much he struggled at that spot in 2011.

He took some group guitar lessons, but was never more than a serviceable player, with a strong but sloppy touch.

Gandolfini portrayed all his roles admirably, but there was no inkling that he would ever be anything more than a serviceable heavy in mainly commercial thrillers for the rest of his career.

Graphic novels, by the nature of their form, often use as little text as possible; the dialogue is sometimes hardly more than a serviceable vehicle to drive the action.