How to Use irreversible in a Sentence

irreversible

adjective

• The crisis has done irreversible harm to the countries' relations.
• He suffered an irreversible loss of vision.
• But the lives lost are an irreversible price of this war.
  — Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022
• For many of them, the cult exacted an irreversible toll.
  — Hannah E. Meyers, National Review, 10 Sep. 2023
• They were exposed to a pathogen that goes by the name Logan Roy, and that disease is irreversible.
  — Vulture, 29 May 2023
• And what’s the cap on a comeback when so much of the public tide outside the core fanbase has seemed irreversible?
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 June 2022
• At this point, the heat has done irreversible damage that can leave the victim disabled for years to come.
  — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
• Changes could happen to my body that would be irreversible.
  — ELLE, 8 Mar. 2022
• However, the ice ages that drove us out of the trees, condemning us to a life that isn’t ours, were irreversible.
  — Ann Goldstein, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
• The good news is, not all damage caused by poor childhood habits is irreversible.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 2 Aug. 2023
• Many of the factors that lead to worsening floods in cities are irreversible.
  — Camille Squires, Quartz, 19 Apr. 2022
• His irreversible loss of hope plays as a counterpoint to Martha’s.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
• This shift has already been set in motion and its changes are irreversible.
  — Nicole Silver, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• But so many things have happened that are irreversible.
  — Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
• And the report says many changes to the oceans and sea level are irreversible for centuries to millennia.
  — ABC News, 31 Oct. 2021
• Leonard responded a few moments later with a quick left jab to the jaw that seemed to mark an irreversible turning point in the fight.
  — Matthew Allan, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
• Your plant’s foliage would appear to have irreversible damage, but the plant should be fine.
  — oregonlive, 3 July 2021
• What happened next would launch the country onto an irreversible course to war.
  — David W. Blight Max-O-Matic, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• The key insight is that chromosome fusion and mixing is as irreversible as the mixing of milk in a cup of tea.
  — Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
• His antics and statements have done a good deal of irreversible damage.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2024
• Keep in mind that Zelle transfers are instant and irreversible.
  — Washington Post, 21 July 2021
• If these grim realities are irreversible, though, Edzard van der Wyck, the co-founder of Sheep Inc, never got the memo.
  — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2022
• And Lebanon itself would move closer to the brink of absolute and irreversible collapse.
  — Asher Kaufman, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2023
• Lead is a neurotoxin that can cause irreversible damage to the nervous system and the brain.
  — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Some effects, like the collapse of ecosystems, will be irreversible.
  — WIRED, 20 Mar. 2023
• High temps can lead to irreversible organ damage or death.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 4 July 2022
• Even low levels of lead in blood can impede a child’s performance in school and lead to irreversible brain damage.
  — Joshua Partlow, Scott Wilson and Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023
• Damage to the lungs, caused by COPD, is irreversible and can be devastating.
  — Herb Yardley, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2022
• With each passing day, the costs — measured in human lives, irreversible carbon emissions, decreased quality of life, and dollars and cents — are increasing.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
• These frauds are often ‘long cons’ Criminals have turned to crypto more readily as an outlet for fraud because of its decentralized nature, the speed of irreversible transactions and ability to move money around the world, the FBI said.
  — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024