inconsolable
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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
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
The most striking change in his personality was his volatility: good news triggered uncontained outbursts of joy, often extinguished only through increasingly acrobatic bouts of physical exercise, while bad news plunged him into inconsolable desolation.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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