mention
verb (used with object)
to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of.
mentionable
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a word derived from
mention.
Example Sentences
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“One thing that he said is, ‘What’s mentionable is manageable.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2020
As Chris Loggins, supervising producer for “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” put it, they are following one of Fred Rogers’s guiding principles: “He would say, ‘What’s mentionable is manageable.’”
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2020
"Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable," he famously said.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2018
Or, as Mr. Rogers says, ‘If it’s mentionable, it’s manageable.’
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2016
Snakes were not mentioned now, were not mentionable.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
