How to Use unattainable in a Sentence

unattainable

adjective
  • There are so many things in this world that are unattainable.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • York has fallen in love with the process of reaching for the unattainable.
    Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
  • And Zazie has been the top, most unattainable assassin in the world.
    Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 8 Aug. 2022
  • So while Utah’s meet was special, the score doesn’t seem unattainable by many teams in the Top 10.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The more unattainable the itinerary, the more valuable.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • And the second brings the recognition that the atmosphere on the ground is the same as in the blue sky that seems so far away and unattainable.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Cutler often thinks about the pursuit of the unattainable.
    Megan Armstrong, Billboard, 1 July 2022
  • What would have seemed unattainable five, ten, or twenty years ago?
    Sophy Chaffee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2022
  • Some researchers believe this to be decades in the future, if not unattainable.
    Karen Hao and Miles Kruppa, WSJ, 29 June 2022
  • Such care will presumably be unattainable for many more in the coming years and decades.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The gilded world of Felix and his acolytes seems unattainable, but then fortune smiles.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Couture week is not known for being relatable; the clothes are unattainable for most of the world.
    Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 July 2023
  • This is the time to open your heart to those seemingly unattainable dreams and desires — the ones that thrill you and scare you in equal measure.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 30 Dec. 2021
  • The notion of reaching the school’s first state championship game would have seemed unattainable.
    The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Swift has never been the type to walk into the studio in head-to-toe drip that’s entirely unattainable for her fans.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 June 2023
  • These conditions can make it so that the usual routes for weight loss are unattainable to someone.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Many of Bargeld’s lyrics describe journeys with unattainable goals.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
  • It’s a scenario that was unattainable for Saraland a little more than a dozen years ago.
    al, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Williams was of another world, out there, unattainable.
    Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Love doesn't cost a thing, and happiness isn't some unattainable, elite achievement.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Certainly, bringing a country song to The Beach Boys seemed once an unattainable task.
    Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • The exciting, if alarming, news is that Elvis, the most unattainable of stars, has swung into her orbit.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Everyone wants a sport with no deaths, but those within horse racing know the goal is unattainable.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2023
  • Housing might be unattainable, but my ticket to see Swift was only $100.
    Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The verses tell of yearning for someone unattainable, and then attaining them—yet this is no fairy tale.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Yet many are only one emergency away from poverty and the idea of building wealth seems like an unattainable dream.
    Susan Williams For Cnn, CNN, 31 July 2023
  • Particularly in the last year, things might have felt unattainable at first.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The Ramones stood on stage not as rock gods or unattainable heroes, but as weirdos, misfits, and fellow outcasts in torn jeans.
    Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 27 June 2022
  • Her goal of going to graduate school feels unattainable.
    Anisha Kohli, Time, 12 Nov. 2022
  • When a better future feels unattainable no matter the sweat on our brow, that system is broken.
    WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023

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