Examples of 'she had been able' in a sentence

Meaning of "she had been able"

she had been able: suggests that she possessed the capability to do something in the past

How to use "she had been able" in a sentence

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she had been able
Sure she had been able to put it out.
But she clearly rejoiced in what she had been able to do on the ice.
If only she had been able to defend herself.
Luckily, a friend of his had stopped by, and she had been able to slip away.
She had been able to eat by herself.
You could say that she had been able to come back later.
She had been able to understand that there were others in the vicinity.
Stephanie was grateful that she had been able to hold them in for so long.
She had been able to touch her mystery lover for the first time.
During the summer she had been able to hear Cecile.
If she had been able to move she would have run from the room.
Maybe two chunks of my skin, she had been able to remove parent.
If she had been able to.
Most important, she had been able to guarantee the succession.
She had been able to read the thoughts of others once, too.

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At least she had been able to spare one life.
She had been able to prioritize matters according to date and time-frame.
Is it because she had been able to avoid his voice commands?
If only she had been able to talk to her mother before she died.
The movements she had been able to do as a teenager were now almost impossible.
For years she had been able to be happy only by forgetting happiness.
If only she had been able to bring a flint!
All she had been able to get was a chambermaid 's job.
What if she had been able to call an ambulance?
What if she had been able to write her own presentation?
If she had been able to see herself in a mirror, she might have screamed.
I think that if she had been able to speak, she would have given charity.
Although she had been able to forgive him before, this time felt different.
Otherwise, she had been able to drop you off here 20 minutes ago.
What if she had been able to talk, Roger?

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