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.
• People on both sides of the aisle said the episode did irreparable damage to the country.
  — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 30 Oct. 2018
• There has to be a lot of concern over irreparable harms.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• This guy is going to do irreparable damage to the soul of the country.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2020
• 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.
  — Dallas News, 9 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.
  — Mark Stevenson, Star Tribune, 8 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
• The avatar was shattered, its jagged pieces irreparable.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2019
• 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
• The tribe is concerned about the danger of irreparable damage to one of its most sacred places.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2024
• His loss, the father said, has left an irreparable void in the family.
  — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2022
• In some cases the damage done can have irreparable costs to nature and wildlife.
  — The Economist, 18 Sep. 2019
• Depp has denied all claims of abuse and said the op-ed caused irreparable damage to his career.
  — Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2022
• By then, the lack of oxygen to his brain had caused irreparable damage, his brother said.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2023
• How about the irreparable harm to other clean athletes?
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022
• Some believe the damage to the Globes as a brand, however, could prove irreparable.
  — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2021
• But this does irreparable harm to the Olympics, to sports in general, and the anti-doping movement.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2022
• 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
• Keep in mind that restarting may cause irreparable damage to the engine.
  — Gary Robbins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 8 July 2018
• Infrastructure providers have the power to let a site go down, and maybe even do it irreparable damage in the process.
  — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 5 Aug. 2019
• The suit alleged that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, was causing irreparable harm to the mental health of young adults.
  — Jason Seher, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024
• That freeze was lifted Wednesday when the court ruled that the commission did not prove that irreparable harm was likely to result from the resumption of election betting.
  — Wayne Parry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Nov 2024