Sentence examples for the debatable from inspiring English sources
adjective
Controversial. Not fully proved, open to debate, sometimes used humorously.
- Those data are debatable, no one has been able to replicate them.
The debatable motivation was never presented for debate.
Students can prepare for the debate on these of other issues by working in groups to complete the Debatable Issues handout (PDF).
The debatable point is whether it is a playoff team.
Don't skip the debatable list of the top 100 speeches.
The debatable one is the 1992 Democratic race, when Paul Tsongas won the New Hampshire primary.
Give each pair the Debatable Issues handout (PDF) to track their arguments and facts supporting their position.
Without the debatable two-spade opening, declarer would probably have gotten home anyway, but the bid certainly made reading the lie of the cards easier.
The hungering quest to know, in short, and the debatable right to pry were already being stirred in the public mind.
The debatable nature of the penalty itself, the arguably boring quality of the game, the impossible task of the referee, the reprehensible anger of Felipao - that's not football?
The debatable merits of bouncing four fat men on your belly — because how fat were they, really, and how high did they bounce?
Considering the debatable nature of the late penalty conceded to Arsenal on Saturday, it was a welcome change of fortune for Southampton.
