He was set on it; and the child seemed a nice, teachable little thing.

Do you think they used their stories as teachable moments?

She simply was not teachable, and retained very little from that first year.

But these schools should go further and use this incident as a "teachable moment."

Not everything has to be a "teachable moment," as educators like to say.

In every period of life these are both the new challenges and the teachable moments.

Rather,pray that God would raise up those who are teachable.

And well we should, given that 2011 was packed with teachable moments.

This is a teachable moment, and we run with it."

"It was one of those teachable moments," she said later.

It seems to be a teachable one as well.

"Crossing an unfamiliar street is a teachable moment," he said.

The ability to make people laugh is rarely a teachable skill.

The breed is willing and teachable with a very good temperament.

"This represents a teachable moment to engage people in the conversation of race."

I have tried, tried hard to be a teachable, reasonable woman.

This is the "teachable moment" to address the educational needs of our students, teachers and administrators.

And even when his daughter rolls peas off the dinner table, he see a teachable moment.

They undertook to teach me to the extent I was teachable.

And the pair were by no means easily teachable.

He sought out facts and presented them in a teachable format.

"This is a teachable moment to move further ahead the debate about how we value programs that save lives.

They remain teachable - with a few exceptions, of course."

This is - and forgive the phrase - a teachable moment for conservatives.

Perhaps this is a heritable trait, or a teachable one.