as in incredible
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continually encountered unspeakable beauty in their travels through the Alps
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Recent Examples of unspeakable
Separating families, deporting U.S. citizen children, and causing unspeakable chaos to our economy and country is firmly stated in his agenda.
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
There’s before unseen parent Arnold Filmore calls unseen parent Myla Townes an unspeakable name, and there’s after.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
The urgency and depth of the national crisis compelled them to create narratives addressing the intimate human consequences of the unspeakable carnage around them.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
For nearly two years, he was subjected to medieval torture techniques, rapes and beatings, and unspeakable psychological abuse.
—Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
There’s before unseen parent Arnold Filmore calls unseen parent Myla Townes an unspeakable name, and there’s after.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
The urgency and depth of the national crisis compelled them to create narratives addressing the intimate human consequences of the unspeakable carnage around them.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
For nearly two years, he was subjected to medieval torture techniques, rapes and beatings, and unspeakable psychological abuse.
—Salma Abdelaziz, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unspeakable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspeakable
Adjective
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The Iowa product laid out and brought in an incredible one-handed grab for the score to put Detroit in front 14-10.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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Inside her was the growing awareness that Sebastien had only been writing her, Dani, out of a sense of duty, all the while hotly suffering a much more grownup correspondence with the incredible Yvonne.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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Her release brought indescribable relief, but each day before her name appeared on the list revealed the agonizing uncertainty families must endure.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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My husband Jon and I, after having suffered more than 300 days of every parent’s nightmare of utter and indescribable torment, continued advocating and pushing for the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza.—
Rachel Goldberg-Polin,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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Two high voices — LACO features soprano Amanda Forsythe and countertenor John Holiday — intertwine with the orchestra turning this hymn to the Virgin Mary’s suffering into unutterable sweetness and treating death as life’s engenderment.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2024
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In between loads of cartoonish ultraviolence and B-movie horror ephemera came some honestly unutterable lyrics, which Bill fought his faith to perform.—
Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
28 June 2022
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Aquarius teaches us about community and friendship by showing us which friends support our individuality while offering the incredible, ineffable experience of losing ourselves in something greater and more communal.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
16 Jan. 2025
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This spiritual path has given rise to a rich tradition encompassing poetry, music, dance and visual art, all of which seek to articulate the ineffable experiences of the soul’s journey toward God.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes,
1 Jan. 2025
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.—
Erin Maglaque,
The New York Review of Books,
15 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, there is something more cosmic, spiritual and inexpressible about what is missing —a poignant reminder of the profound void left by SOPHIE’s departure from our astral plane.—
Juan Velasquez,
Them,
23 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable.—
Jason Kehe,
Wired,
21 Sep. 2020
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And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
31 Aug. 2022
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An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Nov. 2024
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Abstract images composed of indefinable light and inky darkness recur as well, even in his later multiscreen video installations, which are more narrative-driven.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
3 Sep. 2019
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