13 example sentences using durable.
Durable used in a sentence
Durable in a sentence as an adjective
You say: Replace that duct tape with something more durable.
If the clicking mechanics on the Steam controller pads are made bomber, they should be very durable!
It's like building a house out of sticks, proclaiming "users don't care if my house is durable", and complaining when it falls apart.
This is a case where our perceptions of what is durable and high-quality can actually lead us to buy something that won't last as long!
I thought his main criticism was that MemSQL isn't durable by default, and that when you enable that it becomes incredibly slow.
What would make this a more durable statement is if you could say "I don't have to get approval to take 20% time, and I work with a number of people on their 20% projects.
Our foams are poured and crafted in California, and 3 different layers provide a blend in density that's proved to be comfortable and durable.
Should the movement take hold, manufacturers may very well respond by making stuff even cheaper, as the effort to make things so inexpensive it utterly undermines the movement is easier than making things robust and durable.
Whenever one sees a claim about new database technology outperforming standbys like MySQL and Postgres by factors of 10x or more, it's a good idea to suspect the out-of-the-box configuration isn't really durable.
One rule to live by:Never use 3rd party javascriptIn the 15-odd years I've been doing client-side web development, I've seen precisely one piece of script on the internet that worked as advertised and was durable enough to consider including in one my projects.
Because it was based on the right to privacy, and not some definition of when life begins or doesn't begin, or when a person is or isn't a person, it has been very durable at being applied against a number of other laws that would seek to overturn it.
This article is spot-on, but 10gen did one more thing they probably shouldn't have: marketed their not-very-scalable, not-very-durable database as a solution to problems companies were having with scalability and durability.
"In most [industries], the cost of invention is low; or just being first confers a durable competitive advantage because consumers associate the inventing company's brand name with the product itself; or just being first gives the first company in the market a head start in reducing its costs as it becomes more experienced at producing and marketing the product; or the product will be superseded soon anyway, so there's no point to a patent monopoly that will last 20 years; or some or all of these factors are present.
Durable definitions
existing for a long time; "hopes for a durable peace"; "a long-lasting friendship"
See also: lasting long-lasting long-lived
capable of withstanding wear and tear and decay; "durable denim jeans"
See also: long-wearing
very long lasting; "less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys"; "the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent"
See also: indestructible perdurable undestroyable