How to Use incalculable in a Sentence

incalculable

adjective
  • The extent of the damage is incalculable.
  • The future consequences of their decision are incalculable.
  • The collection is of incalculable value to historians.
  • The cost of rape may be incalculable—but this wasn't supposed to be part of it.
    Celeste Katz, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2018
  • For the families — and the state — the loss from the war on terror is incalculable.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2021
  • My heart goes out to him for the incalculable loss of his beloved mother.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The costs of this alone were incalculable, quite aside from the widespread failures and fraud.
    James MacKintosh, WSJ, 27 May 2021
  • But the benefits will be incalculable, and all of New York will own a share in them.
    New York Times, 8 June 2021
  • In many ways, the Wolverines say, the loss is incalculable.
    Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2020
  • In that way, the true toll of empty seats is incalculable.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2022
  • And the impact is going to be incalculable on the lives of women.
    ABC News, 8 May 2022
  • Sports are games, and games are charted with numbers, and the numbers from the past year are incalculable.
    Tim Reynolds, Star Tribune, 11 Mar. 2021
  • An incalculable cost is the time spent on the road away from family.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The amount these speeches have added to the sum of human dullness is incalculable.
    New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The depth of the loss of these talented and beloved teammates, classmates, and friends is incalculable.
    CBS News, 28 May 2023
  • The loss of revenue here to the state government right now is incalculable.
    Joe Dziemianowicz, Bloomberg.com, 12 Mar. 2020
  • But the results of trying to box it up are incalculable.
    Crispin Sartwell, WSJ, 1 June 2018
  • And if Harbaugh leaves Michigan, as well, the coaching carousel could spin for weeks and cause incalculable damage on the West Coast.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The toll on the family, friends and colleagues of those who lost their lives itself is incalculable.
    Howard County Times, 26 July 2017
  • The dangers of giving up one’s moral judgment to a group are incalculable.
    Amber Scorah, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The sense of incalculable loss and destruction worsens when much of their hope for the future is removed.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 27 June 2017
  • The total cost of such a war in treasure and in blood is both incalculable and unacceptable.
    Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018
  • This incalculable debt starts to feel like a chokehold when the sisters fail to make the most of their opportunities.
    Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • Of course, all three are clients of agent Scott Boras, whose influence on the market is incalculable.
    Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The damage this leak did — both to the operation and the trust between our two countries — was incalculable.
    Marc A. Thiessen, The Denver Post, 22 May 2017
  • For so many of us who loved her dearly, the feeling of personal loss is incalculable.
    Ryan Park, The Atlantic, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Great Photo is ultimately about the incalculable value of truth, and the pains that might be required to reach it.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Smith and the union got creamed in that CBA, giving away concessions such as the rookie wage scale that cost the players an incalculable amount of money and leverage over the past decade.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
  • That would do incalculable damage to the world economy.
    Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Meanwhile, the ordinary Iranians who have confronted the regime in street protests for months despite incalculable risks are paving the way for a different future for their country.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023

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