How to Use insurmountable in a Sentence

insurmountable

adjective

• They were faced with several insurmountable obstacles.
• Over the past few years, the world has carried an insurmountable amount of grief.
  — Ebony Joseph, Good Housekeeping, 17 Dec. 2022
• Should that be the case, a multi-score cushion for the Ducks could prove insurmountable.
  — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022
• By then, the deficit was 14-0—far from insurmountable, but still a steep climb for a team that has struggled to score in the second half of games.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 9 Oct. 2022
• The deficit seemed insurmountable at 6-3 after Lawrence North hit its third home run in the top of the fifth off the bat of Kaci Kirkpatrick to lead off the inning.
  — Rich Torres, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2023
• His absence has left a void in my life that feels insurmountable at the moment.
  — Variety, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2024
• Beal scored all 10 of her points in the first half, when South Carolina opened an insurmountable 10-point lead over the Bruins.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
• But a 12-0 Knights run, fueled by a pair of 3-pointers by Tyler Ammann — his first points of the game — proved insurmountable.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2021
• The Hoosiers were outclassed to start the game, digging itself into what proved to be an insurmountable deficit.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Dec. 2022
• But there was an insurmountable problem: the school day started at 9 a.m. or so, and my husband and I both had to be at work by then.
  — The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
• Or the big second half at Arizona that led to a nearly insurmountable lead late.
  — oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2023
• If the desire to know is insurmountable, so too are the consequences.
  — Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic, 5 July 2022
• With the offense potentially stalled on the Dolphins side, the Bills may get out to an early, insurmountable lead and choose to pump the brakes.
  — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
• The defending in front of him was useless at times, and the knock-on effects of that led to an insurmountable 3-0 lead by halftime.
  — Pat Brennan, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2022
• The 73 yards between Cowart’s team and the end zone felt almost insurmountable.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2022
• The truth is, unpacking and rewriting the rules of the game that have governed us for so long does feel like an insurmountable challenge.
  — Yec, Forbes, 22 June 2022
• The trade-off was nearly insurmountable, but humans found a way.
  — Stephen Wooding, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
• Ivan, and here the show moves from what seems like an insurmountable high point to another, is all about depth and harmony.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 26 Feb. 2022
• By the third quarter, Sierra Canyon had built an insurmountable lead.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
• And that was a nearly insurmountable hurdle in this case.
  — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2022
• While the outlook may seem bleak, the obstacles are not insurmountable.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 17 Aug. 2023
• As the race pivots to Super Tuesday, the vast map seems tailor-made for Trump to roll up an insurmountable lead on Haley.
  — Nicholas Riccardi, The Denver Post, 29 Feb. 2024
• While the lead proved insurmountable, Redzic said Estévez had a positive message for him and the rest of the squad at the interval.
  — Jon Arnold, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2022
• With the Nationals leading 9-1 and the Sox offense mired in a woeful stretch of three runs scored in 20 innings, that gap seemed insurmountable.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
• Trump has a huge, possibly insurmountable lead; the only way to win the nomination is to slash that lead.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
• Despite a life of victories, the loss of his son was almost insurmountable.
  — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2023
• While the chemistry is apparent, the distance is insurmountable and the two are unable to reunite.
  — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
• With just a few weeks until the beginning of the 2024 primaries, Trump now has what looks to be an insurmountable lead in the G.O.P. race, a lead that has only risen with each new case filed against him.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2023
• His club was facing an early but hardly insurmountable two-run deficit.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
• Things most people never think about — textures, noises, crowded rooms — could feel like insurmountable hurdles.
  — Marina Watts, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024