How to Use irreplaceable in a Sentence

irreplaceable

adjective
  • But perhaps the hardest part, Stauer said, was losing the things that were irreplaceable.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 29 Oct. 2019
  • The left-back is irreplaceable and his role in the team remains untouchable despite one poor display.
    SI.com, 20 Sep. 2019
  • In such a circumstance, the hard ticket is irreplaceable.
    Steve Rushin, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • And regardless of cost of transport, many of the instruments are delicate and irreplaceable.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The beauty of the Americans is that no matter how irreplaceable someone is, there is always someone who can replace her.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 4 July 2019
  • Because flight hardware is expensive and irreplaceable. Banging a flight core stage into the side of the test stand would be a disaster.
    Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 27 Aug. 2019
  • Rookie Justin Skule gets first crack at the replacing the irreplaceable Staley.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Miss Manners does not mean to suggest that your husband’s behavior is not rude, she is only caught off guard by the notion that your meals are seemingly irreplaceable.
    Judith Martin, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Brockway, an accountant, said his wife had taken up extra work to help mitigate expenses in the meantime, and both are unsure about what has become of their irreplaceable items.
    Marc Ramirez, Dallas News, 27 July 2019
  • Lucito echoed the sentiment, describing how seeing a field burning will get her heart racing and conjure up reminders of baby photos and other irreplaceable items lost.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 29 Oct. 2019
  • And each use of meth or crack is a dice roll with the irreplaceable faculties of the brain.
    Wilson M. Sims, Longreads, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Why 'Meet the Press' has been irreplaceable for 75 years.
    Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • But the photos — most of them irreplaceable — were spread far and wide.
    Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2021
  • San Diego lost Seidler and, in the process, a huge and irreplaceable part of itself.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Jon Rahm, the No. 2 player in the world, said Woods was, to some extent, irreplaceable.
    Bill Pennington, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2021
  • To avoid losing any irreplaceable pieces, your best bet is to leave them at home.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Mike is irreplaceable, and he will be greatly missed not only by us but the fans as well.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2021
  • Lynch proves that no one, not even Craig, is irreplaceable.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Utah didn’t lose any players to the NFL Draft and those who transferred aren’t irreplaceable.
    James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2021
  • LaVine and Ball fill irreplaceable duties for the Bulls.
    Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 23 Jan. 2022
  • The original—and irreplaceable—Magic Wand is marked down as part of the sale too.
    Sarah Madaus, SELF, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The point of a copy is to remind us how much better, and irreplaceable, the original is.
    Irina Dumitrescu, Longreads, 17 Nov. 2021
  • His presence brought an irreplaceable joy and laughter to the set, and his absence is deeply felt by all of us.
    Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But Forbes’ gumption was irreplaceable in the first half.
    Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2024
  • What if my nose starts bleeding on one of these irreplaceable pages?
    Olivia Campbell, The Atlantic, 13 July 2021
  • Talbert broke a bone in his right foot, which is in a boot, and had irreplaceable qualities for the Spartans.
    Matt Goul, cleveland, 20 Mar. 2021
  • His presence in the locker room and his production on the floor would have been irreplaceable.
    Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 21 June 2024
  • There’s an adage in business that no one is irreplaceable.
    Benjamin Rasmussen, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2020
  • That means losing elders to the virus could wipe out irreplaceable pieces of culture.
    Author: Christine Fernando, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Dec. 2020
  • Simple tricks to ensure your irreplaceable items aren't lost, stolen, or broken while in transit.
    Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 May 2023

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