ineffable
Example Sentences
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The bigger half is that ineffable star-stuff: the essence, the soul.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026
"We are grateful for her passion, her wit, her ineffable style, and all the summers she spent in the tent."
From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026
Its first was led, as if filled with some ineffable perfume, by Mira Nadon alongside Peter Walker, who deftly attended his counterpart.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
She wasn’t so much superstitious as obedient, devoted to making the ineffable routine and mysticism accessible even to the uninitiated.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2025
“The ineffable happens, things do take a turn,” he said.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
Vocabulary lists containing ineffable
The Great Gatsby
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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