ineffable
Example Sentences
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So much of attraction exists in the realm of the ineffable, but if I had to articulate what drew me to her, the answer might be the image of her smile.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 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
With Frankenstein, he worries he’ll jinx the monster by talking too much about him, snuffing out the ineffable thing that he says fueled his performance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025
This trend is often blamed on an ineffable consumer preference, or Americans’ being fat, but that isn’t exactly true.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025
He sat in the middle of the seat, holding the repaired flower upright in his fist, his eyes serene and ineffable.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
Vocabulary lists containing ineffable
The Great Gatsby
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
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