How to Use irreparable in a Sentence

irreparable

adjective

• The oil spill did irreparable harm to the bay.
• The damage to their relationship was irreparable.
• This guy is going to do irreparable damage to the soul of the country.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2020
• But, as with the response to the virus itself, the delays mean that irreparable harm may already have occurred.
  — Amanda Taub, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2020
• The government will suffer irreparable harm absent a stay.
  — Charlie Savage, New York Times, 7 May 2020
• Their actions have done irreparable harm to this institution.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, 13 Dec. 2019
• But concern about the irreparable harm of flights’ carbon emissions is causing a growing group of travelers to change its habits.
  — National Geographic, 21 Apr. 2020
• But can their war on the U.S. economy be halted in time to prevent irreparable damage?
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 9 Apr. 2020
• Chalfant said the property owners would not suffer irreparable harm since the council would address the matter.
  — Marissa Wenzke, CBS News, 26 June 2024
• The plaintiffs met the burden for an injunction by showing the likelihood of success on the merits, the judge wrote, and the likelihood of irreparable harm.
  — Jennifer Smith, WSJ, 16 Jan. 2020
• Needless to say, none of her rings are perfectly intact — there’s always a stone missing here, an irreparable ding there, a scratch, a tiny pearl that will never, ever be replaced.
  — Tara Duggan, SFChronicle.com, 30 Mar. 2020
• Less than 20 years later, the social problems the blocks seemed to have spawned were deemed so irreparable that the buildings were imploded by the local authorities.
  — Sam Rigby, Quartz, 2 Nov. 2019
• Doctors in Detroit performed a double-lung transplant on a vaping illness victim with irreparable lung damage.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 12 Nov. 2019
• Experts say the damage unfolding in several Brazilian states is causing irreparable harm to the Amazon.
  — New York Times, 18 Nov. 2019
• The longer relief is delayed, the more things will unwind and disconnect, and the more irreparable the damage will be, turning what could be a three-month shock into a potentially years-long depression.
  — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2020
• Pipes appeared eager to have the vehicles returned to the Smith men after agreeing with defense attorneys that the seizure of the trucks was causing irreparable harm to the company.
  — Christopher Harress | [e-mail], al, 4 Nov. 2019
• There has to be a lot of concern over irreparable harms.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• Sure, there will be those who say the owners and players did the game irreparable harm.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Mar. 2022
• The grief is an acceptance that the loss is irreparable.
  — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2020
• Patrons, some of whom show up in the zoot suits of the 1940s, say the loss to the city's social and cultural life would be irreparable.
  — Mark Stevenson, Star Tribune, 8 Sep. 2020
• Patrons, some of whom show up in the zoot suits of the 1940s, say the loss to the city’s social and cultural life would be irreparable.
  — Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2020
• WeChat ban last week, citing its effect on free speech and the irreparable harm that the ban would cause to the business.
  — Fortune, 28 Sep. 2020
• All rides except the train were deemed unsafe and irreparable by the city and were removed.
  — Paige Eichkorn, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2023
• The social damage amongst the EU for the British who loved being part of the wider union is almost irreparable.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
• If so, this could be a sign of a larger problem that may be irreparable.
  — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Mar. 2023
• The concrete matter of the play is the irreparable harm Emma does to anyone who trusts her.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
• Failla said, though, those claims by the unions fell short and did not show how the release of these records would put them in irreparable harm.
  — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2020
• Citing a threat of immediate and irreparable harm, the group asked the judge to stop the 20-day project while the lawsuit moves ahead.
  — Russ Bynum, Star Tribune, 20 May 2021
• His loss, the father said, has left an irreparable void in the family.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2022
• Moreover, the Court’s decisions on immigration, such as Trump v. Hawaii (2018), have led to the separation of families, causing irreparable harm to mental health and well-being.
  — Steven Delco, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2024

Last Updated: 20 Sep 2024