How do you use the word "adaptable" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "adaptable": This story may be adaptable for a television program. I think Tom is adaptable.

Adaptable Meaning

/əˈdæptəbəl/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjCapable of adapting or of being adapted.

adjCapable of being adapted.

Sentence Examples

This story may be adaptable for a television program.

I think Tom is adaptable.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

elastic flexible universal

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

A successful traveler must be ____ to handle different cultures and unexpected changes.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The new software is very ____ and can be used for many tasks.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptōder. Middle English *adapten English adapt Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English adaptable From adapt + -able.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"She had had to turn out of her own room to accommodate him, but if one kept an apartment-house one had to be adaptable; […]" — 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

"Joan was adaptable, and easily fell in with the prevalent tone. She played her small jokes on each, and this readily dissolved restraint, and put all on terms of easy friendship." — 1901, Sabine Baring-Gould, The Frobishers:

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