How to Use unknowable in a Sentence

unknowable

adjective

• And even then, some things about the past are unknowable.
  — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2021
• The fate of the Warriors’ dynasty now hinges on the unknowable.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 10 June 2019
• Maybe the truth is that this coaching stuff is kind of unknowable.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2019
• There's the unknowable, and then there's the not-worth-knowing, and both may seem to be unworthy of the chase.
  — Philly.com, 5 July 2017
• Their tastes may be the same, but the circumstances are close to unknowable.
  — The Economist, 12 Oct. 2019
• Every hour spent in the garden, on the other hand, is awash in the unknowable.
  — Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
• Even 25 years ago, many of these things were unknowable.
  — Wired, 3 Dec. 2019
• As the last 10 years show, there is a lot that is just unknowable about the forces that will buffet the economy.
  — Neil Irwin, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
• The hill is above all that, Intractable, unknowable, serene.
  — Colm Tóibín, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
• The next step is preparing for the knowable and unknowable that lie ahead.
  — Jose Luis Castro, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
• Then, as now, Europe was at war, and the outcome was unknowable.
  — Matthew Taylor King, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2023
• Maybe this is just Ice Spice being cool and unknowable again.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
• The biggest question mark for any of us comes from the unknowable future.
  — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017
• That was the unknowable quality Napoleon couldn’t get hold of.
  — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• Set in 1975, Still Wakes the Deep puts you in the shoes of a rig worker trying to survive some unknowable horror.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 11 June 2023
• The number who have had cases blocked is unknowable but could be vast.
  — NBC News, 12 Nov. 2019
• Since 1945, the answer to that question has been unknowable.
  — Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2024
• The finished work lingered in Prince’s vast, prodigious, unknowable vaults for the next decade.
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2021
• This was the most absurd play of the game, as three Jazz dudes just let this rebound fall to the floor for reasons unknown and unknowable.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Jan. 2022
• First, a racist mob stripped an almost unknowable amount of wealth from Black Tulsans overnight.
  — Aaron Morrison, Chron, 1 June 2021
• The ultimate facts of the case are right at our fingertips and unknowable.
  — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 9 Oct. 2019
• My heart felt stirred and shaken up, as if massaged by some great, unknowable force.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 13 May 2021
• Trump is leaning down to talk with Pence, and while their exchange is unknowable, there is a slight tension.
  — Julius Constantine Motal, NBC news, 15 June 2020
• That blond head, that muddy face, those unknowable dreams.
  — Erin McKittrick, Alaska Dispatch News, 15 Sep. 2017
• From the start there’s something unknowable, handed down through the centuries.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2021
• Philippe is remote, unknowable, even to those closest to him.
  — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
• As a whole, they are united by a fascination with the unknown, and the unknowable.
  — Neelam Bohra and Aj Willingham, CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
• Each time, there is a story: a terrorist, a lone wolf, a thug, a psychopath, a great unknowable evil.
  — Vogue, 2 Oct. 2017
• Shows like these — full of wonder for the unknown and unknowable — keep art alive and intriguing.
  — Sharon Mizota, latimes.com, 10 Mar. 2018
• The columnist was making a two-pronged point that past performance is a lousy predictor of the future, and that the future itself is unknowable.
  — John Tamny, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024