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We were in an almost unbearable state of excitement.
this heat is unbearable—when are we going to get air-conditioning?
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With temperatures soaring above 100 degrees, our home felt like a sauna — an unbearable environment, especially for a newborn at risk of heat stroke.
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Omaid Homayun, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Even her description of chemotherapy—her stomach outlined, her internal organs individually asserting themselves—suggests that what her ordeal gave her was a kind of unbearable self-awareness.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
Deterioration from rabies can often bring unbearable brain dysfunctions such as anxiety, confusion, agitation and hallucinations, the CDC says.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
Since then, her family has experienced pure anguish and sorrow, which somehow became even more unbearable after the death of Kobayashi's father over the week.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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Omaid Homayun, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Even her description of chemotherapy—her stomach outlined, her internal organs individually asserting themselves—suggests that what her ordeal gave her was a kind of unbearable self-awareness.
—Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
Deterioration from rabies can often bring unbearable brain dysfunctions such as anxiety, confusion, agitation and hallucinations, the CDC says.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
Since then, her family has experienced pure anguish and sorrow, which somehow became even more unbearable after the death of Kobayashi's father over the week.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbearable. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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unbearable
adjective
un·bear·able
ˌən-ˈbar-ə-bəl 
ˈən-,
-ˈber-
: greater than can be borne
unbearable pain
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