inconsolable
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She told the court: "She was inconsolable, scared, just terrified."
From BBC • Apr. 27, 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
From lying in an inconsolable heap on the kitchen floor barely able to speak after being dropped by then-England boss Phil Neville in 2020 to finding her voice to take on sportswear giant Nike.
From BBC • May 30, 2025
Raising a baby—magical or not—is not without its challenges: the inconsolable crying, the near-constant runny noses, the obsession with putting very small objects into a drooling mouth.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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