Able to in a sentence

For a moment or two I sat breathless, hardly able to believe my ears.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I prayed, as I walked back along the grey, lonely road, that my friend might soon be freed from his preoccupations and able to come down to take this heavy burden of responsibility from my shoulders.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

It was not until later, when Sir Henry had gone to his room, that I was able to follow the trend of his thoughts.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I understand that you think out little puzzles, and I’ve had one this morning which wants more thinking out than I am able to give it.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

In these days of nouveaux riches it is refreshing to find a case where the scion of an old county family which has fallen upon evil days is able to make his own fortune and to bring it back with him to restore the fallen grandeur of his line.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I shall soon be in the position of being able to put into a single connected narrative one of the most singular and sensational crimes of modern times.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

We talked little, and I for one was glad when the meal was over and we were able to retire into the modern billiard-room and smoke a cigarette.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

I’ll be able to tell you more clearly then how this thing strikes me.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

The only other kinsman whom we have been able to trace was Rodger Baskerville, the youngest of three brothers of whom poor Sir Charles was the elder.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

She was sorry, and she knew he would probably not be able to understand, but might some day forgive her, and be grateful to her, and she expected, absolutely unexpectedly, to be married in the spring.
Ernest Hemingway, In Our Time

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1 use of ‘able to’ in In Our Time, by Ernest Hemingway
25 uses of ‘able to’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle

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