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
• Many of them were unaware the surgery was irreversible.
  — Raquel Reichard, refinery29.com, 20 Oct. 2020
• This time, an irreversible silence fell around the city of Naples.
  — SI.com, 6 Nov. 2019
• The scientists said that while the damage done to the oceans is in many ways irreversible, there is hope for the future.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 13 Jan. 2020
• These are big, rapid shifts that occur in response to small changes, and may be irreversible, at least in the short term.
  — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019
• 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
• The damage that these vapes do to people's lungs is irreversible.
  — Corey Williams, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2019
• The damage that these vapes do to people’s lungs is irreversible.
  — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 12 Nov. 2019
• 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
• And the prince, who turned 40 in September, wrote about some of those irreversible moments in his book Spare.
  — Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
• 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
• The sun’s rays can be genuinely harmful and the damage can be irreversible.
  — Field & Stream, 26 Feb. 2021
• The imprint Robinson has left on the sneaker market is irreversible.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 18 Feb. 2025
• She’s warned that filing the complaint will be an irreversible decision.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 10 Mar 2025