How to use "enough" in a sentence

This might take away enough of the rock to free my hand

Chipping is not enough

The rope is not tight enough.

I feel strong enough to survive the fear of death, but not my body's need for water

Can I eat them, I wonder? Even if I could, it wouldn't be enough to keep me alive.

I didn't try hard enough the last time

It's still not sharp enough to do the job.

There's not enough water in my body to produce any tears

Brion had waited long enough.

Something about the visions tells me that I have not given the people I care about enough attention

But it's still not enough

"Don't worry! The ocean isn't big enough for both the sea monster and me

I had enough information to write a new book

Isn't that enough?"

Oh, God, enough!"

'It was difficult enough for me just to remember where our goal line was.'

I wasn't clever enough at the lessons, and there was nothing that anybody could do about it

But the murder of Elizabeth Stride was not enough

'I haven't enough food.'

'Does the child have enough clothes?' the man asked.

All the children in Montfermeil had gazed with wonder at this doll, but nobody in the village had enough money to buy it.

He did not earn very much money, but it was enough for the rent and simple meals

In fact, they were attracted by his good looks, but he was not confident enough to realize this

Perhaps he'll give me enough for a dinner

'That's enough food for two days

This was enough to fill his hate-filled heart with sudden joy

He took the thirty francs and, helping Valjean to lift Marius on to his shoulders, he put the key in the lock and opened the gate just wide enough for Valjean to pass through

At first, I think that maybe I am quick enough, but then I hear the snap of the gun and feel the explosion in my back.

"What is this?" he says, and he looks nervous but not nervous enough.

"Not if there's a big enough distraction," he says

But is that enough?

This is far enough

Most do not see anything, but one always sees something, and one is enough.

Then he is near enough, and he looks at the man

Yes, it is heavy enough

He is almost quick enough, but the knife still cuts him, and he screams and falls to the floor

That's enough time for them to get the money from Banff but not enough to do anything else like phone the cops

That was when he decided he was good enough and clever enough and lucky enough to play at my table

You shouldn't have bought us such an expensive present - I mean, it's wonderful, but you don't have enough money

"I had enough money for one, and you just had to say you were interested in Pod Life

I'm not old enough yet, though

The government controls us enough already

Sure enough, the dolphins set off, their smooth, strong bodies sliding through the ocean

That's enough

It wasn't really fair to give you such a tough decision to make, but I knew you'd be strong enough."

Sorry just wasn't enough.

I'm sure Cham's parents are good people, but we don't know them well enough."

The woman wore a bright yellow bag on her back, so at least she was easy enough to follow, but she walked rapidly, and Sala was soon breathless.

"We don't know enough about the pods yet

"We've talked enough

It wasn't enough

"Not enough fruit to make more

'You haven't got enough to do and so you are doing nothing,' she said unpleasantly

'I have enough evidence to hang you, Max.'

'Aren't those holes in the boat enough proof for you?'

That piece of paper was enough to hang Maxim.

Maybe he'd only suffered a mild head injury, just severe enough to give him..

It must have been a large object because, though muffled by the intervening walls, the sound was loud enough to rouse her.

It didn't last long enough for Tina to identify the source, but there was a stealthiness about it

She and Michael hadn't yet begun to raise their voices to each other; their disagreements had been conducted in normal tones, sometimes even in whispers, yet Danny probably had heard enough to know they were having problems.

She had at least enough time to make a start, box up the boy's clothes, if nothing else.

She prayed that she would remain healthy enough to continue working and living on her own until, at last, her time came and all the little windows on the machine of life produced lemons.

She would have been lovely enough if her eyes had been dark, in harmony with the shade of her hair and skin, but they were crystalline blue

Neither window was open, and even if one had been raised, the night wasn't frigid enough to account for the chill.

Her original intention had been to accuse him of ripping apart Danny's room; she had been prepared to come on strong, so that even if he didn't want her to know he'd done it, he might be rattled enough to reveal his guilt

He was happy being a blackjack dealer; his salary and his good tips were enough for him, and he was content to coast through the years

But merely drifting along in the currents of life wasn't enough for Tina

But we can take care of two easily enough, and maybe we'll get lucky and have one boy and one girl

Oddly enough, I don't really hate you anymore

She'd had enough gloom in her life

"It's warm enough in here," Tina said.

Suddenly, as the screen began to fill with the same seven-line message that had just been wiped from it, Tina had enough

I can't think of anyone I know who'd be capable of this sort of thing even if they did hate me enough to contemplate it

They probably won't think it's serious enough to waste their time

I'll admit I don't know you all that well yet, but I think I know you well enough to say you wouldn't react that way

She hesitated, trying to hear how it was going to sound before she said it, wondering if she really believed it enough even to give voice to it

You need to spend time with the deceased, enough to accept that the body is never going to be animated again."

Maybe he'll be willing to slip into the courthouse long enough on Friday to review my exhumation request and rule on it

We simply don't have enough judges or enough money

There were too many attorneys and not enough civilians to make the bash interesting

The gun wavered, but it didn't move off target far enough to give Elliot a chance.

They looked and acted like organization men, even though the big one was rough enough at the edges to pass for a common thug

She closed the door long enough to slip off the security chain

She had trouble holding the magazine steady enough to read.

Tina passed a leafy green plant, a four-foot-high schefflera that she had owned since it was only one-fourth as tall as it was now, and she had the insane urge to stop and risk getting caught in the coming explosion just long enough to pick up the plant and take it with her

He wheeled around another corner, and then another, trying to disappear from the men in the van long enough to leave them with so many choices of streets to follow that they would have to give up the chase in confusion

And in a small local election like the one Kennebeck won, stacking the deck would be easy if you had enough money and government muscle behind you."

"They probably couldn't provide enough protection to stop it."

He risked a quick look, shifting his attention from the road, but there wasn't enough light in the car for him to see what she held

"I thought you said we had enough to interest a good newsman

"That might be enough

Maybe we've already got enough to convince them it's big news

Even a primarily good government, when it's big enough, has some pretty mean sharks swimming in the darker currents

"Maybe a glimpse was enough to condemn them."

But it's the kind of theory that almost any smart, ambitious reporter will go for in a big, big way - if we can come up with enough facts that appear to support it."

"It's proof enough for me," she said

"And it would be proof enough for you, if you'd had the same experience back there in the diner, if you'd felt what I felt

Danny was barely old enough to understand the rules, but he'd never played before

He certainly wasn't old enough to remember all the cards that were dealt and calculate his chances from that, like some of the very best players can do

He can't handle a deck well enough to stack it while he's shuffling

"It was proof enough for Danny

"Maybe he doesn't feel close enough to Michael to try reaching him

He reached into a pocket of his leisure suit and took out a tiny aerosol can that was only slightly larger than one of those spray-style breath fresheners, small enough to be concealed in Bruckster's hand.

If Stryker could be believed, the woman's motivations were innocent enough

"You don't have enough manpower to follow up all those possibilities," the judge said

But citizenship was a big enough carrot to keep him motivated

Never enough of a variation to threaten the boy's health

"They scare me sure enough

The hole in the wall was not wide enough for him to step through, into her passageway; he could only thrust one arm at her, and his long, bony fingers were an inch or two short of her

A dozen times, she passed chinks in the wall, and Death glared out at her from every one of those apertures, screamed and cursed and raged at her, but none of the holes was large enough to allow him through

But he startled me, and I guess even the little bit of resistance I offered was enough to push him away

Then maybe I'll be relaxed enough to make this automatic writing work."

They were no more than six or eight feet from the lighted shack, close enough to see the guard's face as he scowled at them through the large window.

"Someone, some damn turncoat on Project Pandora, must have revealed enough about its location for them to find it with just a little help

"They can get inside easily enough if they have a friend in there."

Elliot ducked, but not fast enough

If they were discovered and confronted by a squad of angry security men, Elliot's one pistol might not be enough to discourage an assault

"If that's not good enough for you, I can shut you down the same way I did that damn machine

if you're lucky enough to beat it the first time

That wasn't good enough for Bollinger, and he got hysterical

Each time that he personally killed someone, he felt as if he were establishing another link to the world beyond this one; and he hoped, once he had made enough of those linkages, that he would be rewarded with a vision from the other side

I wish I'd had enough guts to do it a long time ago."

They'll have enough trouble believing that I did it alone..

If I had enough money, I'd take her away now.'

So I went straight back into the Blue Boar and was lucky enough to see Dr Stone.

Old Hall goes to me, but Lettice can choose enough furniture for a small house, and she will have enough money to buy one.'

'Quite enough,' said the woman

That was all, but it was enough

The robbers had had enough and were moving away.

I knew my cousin was brave enough for any emergency, but he was not the sort of man to understand danger quickly and do something about it

It was nearly eleven o'clock before we felt brave enough to go out again

The hole was only big enough for one of us to look through, so I had to stop watching them for a time while he had his chance.

'I have been still too long,' he said, loud enough for the Martians to hear, 'and now I must tell the world

I thought that it might not be long enough to reach me

After sunset I struggled on along the road towards Putney, and in a garden I found some potatoes, enough to stop my hunger

'Well, we have to invent a life where people can live and have children, and be safe enough to bring the children up

But I believed in him enough to work with him all that morning at his digging.

I do not think that nearly enough attention is being paid to this

In that case, the cylinder could be destroyed before it was cool enough for the Martians to come out, or they could be killed by guns as soon as the door opened

'Watson,' he said, 'if you should ever think that I am becoming too confident in my powers, or that I am not working hard enough on a particular case, please whisper "Norbury" in my ear, and I will be infinitely obliged to you.'

She knows it will take some time before she'll be brave enough to ask for things like that from him

'But what? It's my fault - is that what you're saying? I didn't do well enough in the exams, so I can't be a teacher

And I believed her because I know what they pay her is just not enough to live on

It was in his 'I-am-old-enough-to-be-your-father' voice

Handsome, maybe not rich like this man here, but with enough money to afford a fast car

Mrs Catherick told him that she wanted to put Anne in a private asylum, but she did not have enough money

While my wife lives, I get three thousand pounds a year, but that's not enough to pay my debts.'

As soon as Miss Halcombe and my wife are well enough, they'll go to stay with their uncle in Cumberland

I'll stay until Miss Halcombe is well enough to leave, but then I must go.'

I also heard that you were foolish enough to try to save him

But men scientists in France gave Marie a lot of problems, and she never got enough money for her work