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Example sentences for "sufficient for"

  • But if they seek to betray thee, God will be all-sufficient for thee.

  • God, and such of the faithful as follow thee, will be all- sufficient for thee.

  • One dram is sufficient for a pipe of liquor.

  • Buy the oil ready-boiled; a pint will be sufficient for a cape or pair of overalls.

  • A pint of this fining will be sufficient for a cask of twenty gallons.

  • The best way is to stack them up in straw in the following manner:--One load of any sort of dry straw is sufficient for an acre of fifty tons' weight.

  • And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for My strength is made perfect in weakness.

  • The Lord said unto me, 'My grace is sufficient for thee.

  • Since all is done for each of us, and since none of us can do sufficient for himself to break the bond, then what we should do is to trust to Him who has broken every chain and let the oppressed go free.

  • My grace (not shall be, but) is sufficient for thee.

  • For in the weakness of the creature, the power of God is exalted, as the Lord declared unto Paul: "My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness.

  • And he is mindful always of that saying: "My grace is sufficient for thee.

  • Therefore this was the answer of God to St. Paul: "My grace is sufficient for thee.

  • To this the Lord himself answers thee, "My grace is sufficient for thee" (2 Cor.

  • If, however, he were unable to do so, the will to pay back would be sufficient for gratitude.

  • For, seemingly, a thing is sufficient for salvation, if it is a means of attaining the end of virtue.

  • Virtue is said to be sufficient for itself, because it can be without even these external goods; yet it needs them in order to act more expeditiously.

  • Commandant Hattingh (Kroonstad) informed the meeting that he still had much cattle, sheep and grain, sufficient for a year.

  • I think that this ought to be sufficient for you on such a complicated matter.

  • In order that Stoneman might get off without delay, I told Thomas that three thousand men would be sufficient for him to take.

  • It is sufficient for you to know that it involves a departure from our present base, and a long and difficult march to a new one.

  • This is sufficient for a moderate-sized dish of lettuce.

  • A minute or two will be sufficient for this.

  • One or two figs eaten fasting is sufficient for some, and they are especially good in the case of children, as there is no trouble in getting them to take them.

  • It is sufficient for us that their interest is opposite, and that religion and liberty may be preserved by their mutual jealousy.

  • St. Paul, who thrice besought the Lord to relieve him of the sting of his flesh, was told: “My grace is sufficient for thee.

  • Mere intellectual assent to the existence of God, immortality, and retribution would not be sufficient for salvation, even if elevated to the supernatural sphere and transfigured by grace.

  • It is sufficient for us that it is revealed in the Holy Scriptures: we have only to believe and to obey.

  • He had to ponder the meaning of those words, "My grace is sufficient for thee" ere he could "take pleasure in infirmities.

  • Christ is sufficient for God, let Him be sufficient for thee likewise.

  • Cideville, "it is to you we look for her being taken care of, and for seeing that she wants for nothing: do you think your louis will be sufficient for this?

  • No, but you wish to prove to her, as well as to every one else, that you are better than she is; for it does not seem to be sufficient for you to know this yourself.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sufficient for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    already knew; although only; constant pressure; date from; last lecture; many geologists; necessary being; only three; standing here; sufficient depth; sufficient evidence; sufficient for; sufficient force; sufficient grace; sufficient importance; sufficient number; sufficient proof; sufficient quantities; sufficient quantity; sufficient reason; sufficient size; sufficient time; sufficient water; sufficiently high; thickly wooded; turned over