inconsolable

Example Sentences

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"I know I'm a football fan and a Wrexham lifer because I'm inconsolable when we lose," said Reynolds.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

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

An inconsolable woman said she had lost family members in the quake, while an old man appeared dazed and lost, unable to speak to anyone.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2025

In the days after the unexpected loss, the family mourned, but Elizabeth’s father, Judge Daniel Cady, was inconsolable.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling