inconsolable
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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
Nineteen-year-old high school graduate, Isa Muhammed, has been inconsolable since he heard that his beloved teacher's house was washed away while the teacher and eight members of his family were inside.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025
Swiatek was inconsolable after losing in the Olympics semi-finals at Roland Garros last summer, saying she cried for "six hours" afterwards.
From BBC • May 20, 2025
Sierra hadn’t found it in herself to cry—the shock seemed to knock away all emotion and just leave her with a dull, vacant throbbing—but her brother Juan had been inconsolable.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
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