ineffable

Example Sentences

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"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

It’s a performance that requires O’Connor to hint at an ineffable void.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

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