How To Use Good enough In A Sentence
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The story of the guilt-ridden woman who knows she can never be a good enough mother is beautifully judged in its mixture of comedy and depression.
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The Australian was interested in Iroquois Falls because the Paper Company owns the whole town; they have made the streets and the municipality, and the stores, and they were good enough to rent premises to Dr. Monteith for his liquor store, to make some revenue.
Northern Ontario
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But by golly, if you believe it, that's good enough for me.
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He left with few regrets, happy that his game on clay had never been better, although disappointed that, yet again, his best was not good enough to beat a slightly underdone Nadal.
Rafael Nadal boxed clever to beat Roger Federer in French Open | Kevin Mitchell
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An aioli aromatic with coriander seed and lemon (mayo at its most celestial) makes for a strange and interesting contrast - not to mention the fact that it is good enough to eat straight.
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Let me be quite candid with you: your work is not good enough.
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Inside, it takes a big jump forward with a cabin featuring new instruments which look good enough for a sporty coupé.
The Sun
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The offer of further employment is dangled before them like a carrot, if their work is good enough.
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I m good enough to share Richard's bed, she thought bitterly, hut he doesn't want to be seen in public with me.
YELLOW BIRD
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This is a good enough size to play movies on but not too large to stop you gaming or browsing the web.
The Sun
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I m good enough to share Richard's bed, she thought bitterly, hut he doesn't want to be seen in public with me.
YELLOW BIRD
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Other coloring materials were prepared in approximately the same way: mixing the coloring source with a fondant and perhaps other ingredients to improve its qualities, followed by multiple melting, cooling and regrinding steps, until the coloring material was determined to be good enough for use.
The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
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The time may come when synthetic stones or simulants may be good enough to require sophisticated laboratory instruments to separate them from natural stones, but it isn't necessarily here yet.
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This isn't good enough, and a current court case may end this cosy little arrangement.
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I'd spent a good enough deal of my life being picked on - I'm short, I have kind of a high-pitched voice, both things that will get you made fun of by other kids in school.
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Unfortunately, because I was so worried that my art work would not be good enough, I wasn't really concerned about what I was supposed to be learning.
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Meanwhile, its conventional forces are plenty good enough to banish the nuclear option to the realm of the theoretical.
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To produce hyperpure silicon, then, good enough for computer chips and solar panels, another step is needed.
The Case for Mars
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She had been good enough to send written instructions in advance regarding what questions she could, and could not, be asked (nothing anent The Gathering Place documentary film).
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Fewer than 60 now reside in his Cotswolds yard and fewer than ten are good enough to run this week.
Times, Sunday Times
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Is it good enough in this day and age to accept it as an insoluble problem and allow it to continue?
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No need to read this sheet and personally I believe that this jujement redned by a corrupted court under a corrupted judge and ploted by an industry of criminal parasites is beraly fgood enought to be use aas toilet paper.
Pirate Bay verdict online: depth and detail
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A DVD drive doesn't need 150 mb/sec of bandwidth, so parallel ATA performance is good enough.
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Head-reaches of the Tanana is good enough for me from now on, and mark my words, when the big strike comes, she'll come down river.
Chapter X
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Alongside his courage sits the suspicion, encouraged by Boycott, that he baled out because he knew he was not good enough to wear an England shirt.
Amateur psychologists to be avoided in delicate Michael Yardy debate | Paul Hayward
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Those who quiz the chief executive on the anaemic performance find a man willing to shrug his shoulders and admit that results have not been good enough.
Times, Sunday Times
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And they accept that mediocrity is good enough.
Smithsonian Mag
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Fine and dandy when the going was easy, but not good enough now.
Times, Sunday Times
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Some of my Irish friends had not yet settled, and I asked one of them if he would be good enough to take my money and get me a ticket when he was getting one for himself, and he quickly replied "yes sir, I will get you a tacket.
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself
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If any barber is good enough to shave your neck, and then I am, too.
CHAPTER V
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Personal opinions and speculation Just isn't good enough.
Times, Sunday Times
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Being able to work dogs and being good enough to afford them is to have respect.
Times, Sunday Times
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Marry, she says your dog was a cur, and tells you currish thanks is good enough for such a present.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
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They have players back from injury and are good enough to claim a sixth draw from the last nine Merseyside derbies.
The Sun
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Elaine Castillo was the leading apprentice rider with 62 victories, good enough for tenth overall in the jockey standings.
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If a measure of devolution is good enough for the Scots, Welsh and Londoners, then it's good enough for us as well.
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It was fast, mostly downhill, and mother nature was good enough to hold the rain off and afford us a light tailwind.
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I have a penlight, but that's not good enough, right?
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Driving erratically is a good enough reason — the cop “saw you” cross over the center line.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Kobach on Arizona’s Immigration Law
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The playing is good enough, and the engineering is better, yet the final peroration does remind me of a rush hour traffic jam in New York City.
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It's alien to us to man-mark players, It wasn't good enough on the night.
WalesOnline - Home
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My pee was just not good enough for the elitist pissoir.
Alan Black: The See-Through Curtain Between the Flying Classes
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There was no mother in me good enough or ready where was she?
Mothers who Leave
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Although she was an anthropologist, she'd had a minor in exobiology, which was good enough for the school administrator.
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After the war, I started racing motorcycles and riding in trials, but while I was reasonable I wasn't good enough to satisfy myself, and so I concentrated on my business.
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So it's not good enough for us to sit back in Westminster and simply try to shout them down.
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The autogyro didn't make a true vertical takeoff and landing -- it did have to be pushed forward a little before lifting off, unless there was a stiff wind blowing -- but it was good enough for his purposes.
State Of War
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Just because someone knocks on your door, phones you or stops you in the street is not good enough reason to change your mind.
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I don't expect to keep all five vows but, say, three out of five would be good enough.
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I m good enough to share Richard's bed, she thought bitterly, hut he doesn't want to be seen in public with me.
YELLOW BIRD
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The status quo is good enough for those who do not care about the suffering of others
Obama speaks with Gates' arresting officer
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At some point after that summer, it wasn't good enough to have your single go in at number eighteen.
THE LAST PARTY: Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock
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Being able to work dogs and being good enough to afford them is to have respect.
Times, Sunday Times
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People feel that communication has not been good enough, but in my view there is no magical solution to this.
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If they weren't good enough we wouldn't be where we are in fifth place in the table.
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In the report compiled by the players' union, the attack coach Brian Smith is described as "indecisive, out of his depth, difficult to talk to and simply not good enough" and accused of looking to the Romania team for inspiration.
Lewis Moody and England coaches heavily criticised in leaked report
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It trades at a 40% discount to its book value, yet has prospects good enough to warrant a climb in its share price.
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She competed regularly in junior tournaments throughout Ohio and was good enough to play in national events.
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He had thought that he was good enough to become a professional stage designer, and Dinah had disabused him.
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If you can put up a good enough case, the board will provide the finance.
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She doesn't come "very close" to grace alone, and even if she does, in this case, close isn't good enough. That "allein" makes all the difference in the world (and the next) to brother Martin, brother, John and to the rest of the Protestants. para.
Heidelblog
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At the moment there is not a good enough deterrent to stop these vicious, painful and dangerous attacks.
The Sun
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They are not a million miles away from being good enough to lift a trophy or break into the top six or seven in the league.
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The commision is negotiable, 6% for the 1st 100k and 1 or 2% for the rest is good enought for these do nothings.
Real estate agents are next « BuzzMachine
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They call it basuco, filthy stuff, not good enough for export, and too many of my workers indulge.
Clear and Present Danger
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No; I have it in -- you know, what you call the inner sanctuary -- the light here is not good enough.
The Artist
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When they send back the usual pat answers, tell them it's still not good enough, and ask again for their plans to release the children by any date.
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Bubbles of negative stiffness material embedded in a more ordinary material may lead to composites with very high stiffness - perhaps good enough to improve airplane wings.
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Why isn't one signature and swearing a blood oath good enough?
Times, Sunday Times
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It is better than most people might think, but not good enough to be a sleeper hit.
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While the unions representing them have broadly welcomed the packages offered and advised acceptance, the workers believe it is simply not good enough.
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It finally reads and sounds good enough to stop pondering the alteration of either. btw, in my recording I pronounce Wissant "WESson" and Bruges "BREW jiz," as I believe once, across the Channel, their names were spoken.
Enciclopedia dantesca, gen. ed. Umberto Bosco, 6 vols (Treccani, 1970-1976)
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This has been tried before and failed, but maybe the technology and connectivity ubiquity is finally good enough to make it reality.
Google's Microsoft Moment - Anil Dash
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Is the light good enough to take photographs?
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Despite the better ball format it took the Americans nine holes to produce a birdie, which was only good enough for a half.
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The sugar and honey scrub smells good enough to eat.
Times, Sunday Times
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Let me be quite candid with you: your work is not good enough.
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No transfer is good enough to mask the soft effects shots and jerky stop-motion clips.
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But these problems, the ones that preoccupy people in their daily lives, are to do with the fact that the transport system isn't good enough.
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There is no song you can sing good enough for this.
Times, Sunday Times
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I assured him that I had none of the above, but my word was not good enough.
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They have played only six games so far, one less than all the others excepting Cork Constitution, who should be good enough to take the points from their Belfield visit to UCD and push themselves back into the top half of the table.
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We are good enough and the club is big enough.
The Sun
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His quickness is very much good enough to do what we want to do defensively," Brown said.
Darnell Carter 'becoming a big part' of Virginia defense
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To his surprise it was good enough to take third place as his peers found the going tough.
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This also needs to work because the Falcons' defense, though improved from last year, still isn't good enough to overwhelm opponents.
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Why isn't one signature and swearing a blood oath good enough?
Times, Sunday Times
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Yet, while George confutes the morality of the landowner's original title, he does not regard this as good enough reason, in itself, for overriding the claim of the present incumbent.
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I have been thinking I'm not good enough.I'm not perfect,but I'm complete.
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That attitude is just not good enough.
Times, Sunday Times
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That would have been good enough for a point in any of the other fourball matches in progress.
The Sun
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Aggreko's was good enough to squeeze all those bears betting against its share price.
Times, Sunday Times
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If he's good enough, it's guaranteed they'll find him and he'll be directed in a way that maximises his potential.
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Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough. Brene Brown
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This is a good enough size to play movies on but not too large to stop you gaming or browsing the web.
The Sun
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The sugar and honey scrub smells good enough to eat.
Times, Sunday Times
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None but the best is good enough for my child.
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The desserts - a tall ice-cream sundae, wedges of cheesecake, Key-lime pie, and fat, flaky strudel - are all good enough, provided you have the room.
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But that is not good enough; not by a long chalk.
Times, Sunday Times
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It is not good enough for managers to say that the player did not mean harm.
Times, Sunday Times
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At the moment there is not a good enough deterrent to stop these vicious, painful and dangerous attacks.
The Sun
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So I determined I would not send it, indeed, I promised them I would not send it; but, notwithstanding, as I know Miss Russell will be good enough to comply with my conditions, I will send it directly; for, as it is a good likeness, every one except the family knowing it instantly, and Mr. Allston saying that it is a _very strong likeness_, it will on that account be a gratification to her.
Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume I.
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And their professed adhesion to the economic formula of Socialism would not of itself be good enough to alter my attitude towards them.
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Surely that thought is a good enough companion as we take our first faltering steps into the new century and the third millennium.
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For instance, I can't read this website, or even verify that it is in fact about Udmurt poetry, but this post says so, and that's good enough for me.
Languagehat.com: MITHRIDATES.
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In fact, last night with elbie_at_trig and thingo I made a Bold Assertion: a year from now, I'll be in good enough shape to go climbing at the campus bouldering wall.
Theatre Review: "Arcadia" by Tom Stoppard
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If your premise is actually good enough to read, making it clear to us can only help you.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » A Vast List of Storytelling Blunders
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He presupposes that personal liberation, however delightful, is not good enough for the public weal.
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Reyes runs at defenders with directness and explosive pace and he is not good enough defensively to be regarded as a long term wing solution.
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At the moment the sky is blue with sun shining on the frosted garden and everything, even the deadest stems of last year's perennials, looks good enough to have a place in the winter garden.
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Balance is the key — the military must be “good enough” that no one wants to futz with you to get what you have …
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » US vs. Europe: Standard of Living
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My dad was a very fine cricketer, good enough to turn professional.
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If he gets good enough grades he'll get a scholarship to Michigan State.
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I am interested in being a good enough humanities teacher in order to be a conduit (Wordsworth's word) between subaltern children and their subaltern teachers.
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It wasn't bad enough to refuse to eat or pay for, but it wasn't good enough to entice us back.
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So Ford must come out from under the fleet umbrella and make cars good enough to compete in the real world.
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If madame la baronne will be good enough to come to-morrow, I will compose something for her in the mean time.
Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885
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A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.
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The "Monthly Review" sneers at me, and asks "if 'Comus' is not _good enough_ for Mr. Lamb?" because I have said no good serious dramas have been written since the death of Charles the First, except "Samson Agonistes"; so because they do not know, or won't remember, that "Comus" was written long before, I am to be set down as an undervaluer of Milton!
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb
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But if his work is not good enough, another hacker will immediately fill the gap.
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“We are impounding their bikes and want to take them to court so they can explain why they think wearing a calabash is good enough for their safety,” he said.
Nigerian vegetable helmets | clusterflock
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For example, I might think a low-cost family practicioner good enough to take sniffly children to, but want a top diagnostician when the sniffles persist too long.
Finkelstein on Health Insurance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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Before finding the right people, the only need to do is to make yourself good enough.
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His voice, according to Sadd, was "not good enough and not bad enough" to settle his fate, so he continued with the singing lessons he couldn't afford and, as I would platitudinize to his father, "after all, it's his life.
Working Murder
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Not feeling good enough has caused poor self-esteem.
The Sun
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It is about the supremacy of the wishes of the patient who wants that alternative when palliative care is not good enough.
Times, Sunday Times
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Not good enough, not by a long chalk.
Times, Sunday Times
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But that is not good enough; not by a long chalk.
Times, Sunday Times
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The support is good enough that I can run in this, and the fabric suctions, so any bloatedness is held in tight under sweaters and shirts.
Blog: Beaks and Bests
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Those who quiz the chief executive on the anaemic performance find a man willing to shrug his shoulders and admit that results have not been good enough.
Times, Sunday Times
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Little of the existing housing is of good enough quality.
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The players name still missing the two text Q and Z butstill good enough for me to share with other friends.
BPL and Coca-Cola league letterset/font
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You, I make no doubt, would be kenning the name of an herb in the Latin, and I have but the Gaelic for it, and that's good enough for me; but I ken the use of it as a traveller's friend whenever rains are smirring and mists are blowing.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
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It is just not good enough to say'on yer bike' to car drivers without a viable alternative.
Times, Sunday Times
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They have one or two players that he might loan to us and if they are good enough we would welcome them into our team.
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I could be assured just seeing his logo that the editors thought the book was good enough to shuck out the bucks for *good* cover art, at least.
Seanan_mcguire: A book by its cover.
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Do we have another young striker we could bring on Apr 11th, 2009 at 1: 26 pm its unlukcy that were gonna be missing our two top goal scorers, but after yesterday we showed we can score goals from all parts of our team. keogh may not of been the best player in the team, but he chases down the ball, puts players under pressure. vokes started to look very tired an maybe isnt ready to play a full match. i really hope we dont sign harewood next season, hes not a good enough striker.
Express & Star
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His roommate is a recoverng stroke victim who's been trying since June to get in good enough shape to go home.
Troisième age - French Word-A-Day
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His football pedigree is good enough for him to deserve an opportunity like this.
The Sun
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It wasn't perfect, but it was good enough, and I wouldn't have swapped it for anything on Mount Palomar.
Tales of Ten Worlds
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Last season we thought we were good enough to win the title, but maybe not mature enough.
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Inside, it takes a big jump forward with a cabin featuring new instruments which look good enough for a sporty coupé.
The Sun
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That would have been good enough for fourth place in the specialist hurdles final.
Times, Sunday Times
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The subtly billed "sparkling" libations, made with the Spanish white wine known as cava, ground their bubbles in the harder stuff of a Hemingway character and are good enough to order twice - particularly the palate-puckering punch of tequila, grapefruit juice and rosemary.
Home/News
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That this situation continues and is actually getting worse is simply not good enough.
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Chances are good enough that I will put my foot in my mouth without hazarding down the path of global politics.
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Even if his relationship with Bryant is repaired, even if they play pinochle and go bowling together on their off-nights, the Lakers simply are not good enough to compete for a championship.
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My word ain't good enough for the new guv'nor; he wants what he calls a disbursement sheet.
More Cargoes 1897
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It is not good enough for managers to say that the player did not mean harm.
Times, Sunday Times
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If it's good enough for them it should be good enough for us mere mortals.
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Here the elements had washed the tar away completely and the end of the road was only a rutty memory, but it was good enough for the Mercedes, which jounced and bucketed up a long hill toward two stone pillars.
Duma Key
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That was good enough to beat every man in a field containing a mix of former tour professionals, club pros and plus-handicap amateurs.
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Tomatoes, olive oil, aubergines, grapes, grilled fish and great earthenware jars of wine dark? well, wine, are all things that mimsy food writers have developed into a bit of a cult, but I'm not entirely sure that's good enough.
The Mediterranean 'heritage' diet
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Right well what I mean by it being overkill is that I don't think data recovery is a good enough reason, in that there are easier ways of recovering data without partitioning.
Separate Data From Windows On A Standalone Partition | Lifehacker Australia
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You should know that they didn't have any other suitable pics so my photo HAD to be good enough.
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The general concern is that security at the centre concerned is not good enough and should be rectified.
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Eventually we handed him over to two other footmen who appeared with their nightshirts tucked into their trousers, and my host was good enough to compliment me as he led the way outside.
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If you have a general idea of where your miscellaneous spending goes — shampoo and postage stamps that you don’t bother to track, for example — then maybe "miscellaneous" is good enough for you.
Define “Miscellaneous” | Impact Lab
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He is thought to be hoping to get good enough at mixing records at parties, although he is "unlikely" to ever be able to show off his newfound skills in public.
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That progressive dividend policy seems a good enough reason to hold them.
Times, Sunday Times
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[Page 205] not to go; adding, "The executioner is good enough for him.
The Ruin of a Princess
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But, the quality is good enough and, if you like trance music, its definitely trancey.
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That's why it takes me two or three years to write a batch of songs good enough to put out.
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It is not good enough for managers to say that the player did not mean harm.
Times, Sunday Times
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Even after clambering on the table, he could not get a good enough shot at the three reds clustered near the cushion.
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He can catch, he can dive, he can read the game, and his kicking is good enough to take the pressure off his defence.
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A person who struggles and flounders over lots of letters as he/she staggers through a paragraph cannot be called a good enough reader.
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He had to be content with second after recording a score which would normally be good enough to win most times.
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The visibility was good enough to work, and although I found out to my surprise that the cloud deck at 8,000 feet was a solid overcast, I blasted out the code word for go and the strike was on.
Thud Ridge
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We are good enough and the club is big enough.
The Sun
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Before finding the right people, the only need to do is to make yourself good enough.
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I m good enough to share Richard's bed, she thought bitterly, hut he doesn't want to be seen in public with me.
YELLOW BIRD
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But at the end of the day, they keep the landline because cell phone reliability isn't good enough.
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Republican Administrations have been elected to enact the dramas of ego, vanity, paranoia, bravado, resentment, and one more grand rummage through historical baggage when the material and managerial condition of the country was good enough to survive the sustained period of incompetence, ineffectuality, abuse, raging, and waste that entails.
Matthew Yglesias » What Bush Got Right
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The safety system was not good enough to cope.
Times, Sunday Times
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I also brought a Lucien Crochet Sancerre to try the acid/mineral pairing and although the wine itself was good enough, it kind of bombed with the food (I should have tried it with the kimbap though).
BREAKING: Korean feast not impossible with wine! | Dr Vino's wine blog
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If you order the thick lamb chops, have them drizzled with anchovy butter; the grilled pompano is good enough to eat alone.
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Merely to sit as a passive medium between two men who are squibbing philosophical nonsense to one another: no, it was not good enough!
The Ladybird
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Your work is just not good enough.
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With or without flowers, vases should look good enough to stand alone as beautiful objects.
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Is the light good enough to take photos? In formal language you can also say that it is adequate, satisfactory or acceptable. These words on their own may suggest that something is only just good enough and could be better. Compare:This piece of work is satisfactory and This piece of work is very satisfactory.
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What I find ironic is that even though this not-for-profit option would fulfill all the requirements and needs of people that are uninsured, it's still not good enough for the Liberal Left because it's not government run (never mind that the government doesn't have a great record of efficient operations).
Republican senator hears health-care concerns back home
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I m good enough to share Richard's bed, she thought bitterly, hut he doesn't want to be seen in public with me.
YELLOW BIRD
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A succession of four Sickert exhibitions in London should have been enough to convince us that Sickert is simply not good enough for the Fitzwilliam.
The Guardian World News
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Greater care is bestowed upon them, and the main consideration is never lost sight of -- it is the ambition of every estanciero to have his cattle graded up so that they are looked upon as "freezers," which means that they are good enough to be purchased by one or other of the refrigerating companies, who take nothing but the best.
Argentina from a British Point of View
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If a pal wai n't come to the next pub after you've been good enough to sup two of his pints -- or was it three?
THE OPEN DOOR
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To use up surplus whey he erected a piggery that produced pigs good enough to fetch top market dollar.
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It is not good enough for managers to say that the player did not mean harm.
Times, Sunday Times
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No matter how it is worded we are saddled with a system YOU think is good enough for the rest of us, just not good enough for you.
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I just wasn't a good enough writer to do justice to the idea of goblin romance.
Q&A
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As I thought about it, given a good enough tree, it seemed to me the hickory was the greatest one we could grow.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934
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Could you compete if everyone else had access to the latest admixtures while you stuck with the adage that the concrete that was good enough for your father is good enough for you?
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It is unchristian to believe that an end can justify the means. Even the Kingdom of God is not a good enough end to justify any means that causes harm to people.
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Close but no cigar is not good enough; the sky is too dark to see the silver lining.
Times, Sunday Times
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I had been good enough to promote from group accountant to group financial controller but not good enough to be paid the same as a man.
Times, Sunday Times
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Leaving our brave fighting men and women in harms way in a war that shouldn't have been waged is just not good enough.
McCain launches '2013' web ad
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Good enough for me, I dearly hope that this school doesn't end up to be a prissy school in which everyone wears khakis and blouses all the time.
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Jem Darcy (the Lord have mercy on his sowl!) left me, must go to foreign countries to airn me bread, because I'm not good enough for his reverence.
My New Curate
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He was a good enough player to hold his own against the Americans.
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And, if that weren't good enough, the Chefs have the Roast Burritos Vegetarianos, which are vegetable filled tortillas served with Mexican spices and garlic.
