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

One inconsolable father, whose daughter is still being held captive, told BBC Hausa that his family had been crying non-stop and "it's hard to go back home and look at their faces".

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

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