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Grammar : Adj

Spell : kuhl-er-uh-buh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌl ər ə bəl

Définition of colorable

adj plausible

Example sentences :

He intended to play just enough to give a colorable reason for his presence.
Extract from : « Steve Yeager » by William MacLeod Raine

Now Myra and Mr. Lawanne are definite, colorable entities to me.
Extract from : « The Hidden Places » by Bertrand W. Sinclair

Yet they could not dare to exercise this power except for a cause which was at least colorable in each case.
Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II » by John T. Morse

Then she began to seek some colorable ground for what she had heard as she went past the screen behind which he had been working.
Extract from : « The Emperor, Complete » by Georg Ebers

The enclosed paper, No. 9, is the only colorable evidence of this which has come to my knowledge.
Extract from : « The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. I (of 9) » by Thomas Jefferson

For no colorable dede or deceytful trompery can serue the excuse of any notable wyckednesse.
Extract from : « The Palace of Pleasure » by William Painter

What colorable reason could be assigned, in a country so situated, for such vast augmentations of the military force?
Extract from : « The Federalist Papers » by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison

Sports satisfy these requirements of substantial futility together with a colorable make-believe of purpose.
Extract from : « The Theory of the Leisure Class » by Thorstein Veblen

If he asks, I shall contrive to find some colorable pretext, probably that you were jealous of me!
Extract from : « Letters of Two Brides » by Honore de Balzac

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