Example Sentences

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But nothing I have read in the scientific literature explains longevity better than the lives of my incorrigibly social parents, Benjamin and Marsha Emanuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

To head that off, he dangled a $15 billion loan that Yanukovych — by then the legitimately elected but incorrigibly corrupt president — accepted.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2022

We think of our northern neighbors as incorrigibly polite, their politics as moderate and their capital city — when we consider it at all — as boring, the Sacramento of the north.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2022

I am incorrigibly nosy, and reading essays is a socially acceptable outlet for it.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2022

This family was so, well, incorrigibly miserable, one might easily conclude that they too were under a curse.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood