inconsolable

Example Sentences

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Several groups of young men looked utterly inconsolable.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

Shakespeare offers what has become the defining portrait of this inconsolable experience in “King Lear.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

"I'm a slow reader but I read it cover to cover and I was crying. Completely inconsolable," says Andrea.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

Hopefully England will be inconsolable and that will give them plenty of motivation.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

And perhaps, one day, a grandmother, arriving in America laden with hand-knit sweaters and gifts, leaving, a month or two later, inconsolable, in tears.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri