inexpressible

Example Sentences

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Let’s hope it works, because the alternatives are literally inexpressible.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2023

“It’s an exorcism of sorts, to put into words and symbols this almost inexpressible anguish. That was why I started, to try and alleviate the despair.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2022

Like those pilots, in Vietnam I connected and cried with people I'd never met, people who live on the other side of the world and who endured inexpressible suffering.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2022

And we were all sustained there with a savour inexpressible which satisfied us.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019

Certain common ideas become inexpressible; other, previously undreamt-of ones spring to life, finding miraculous new articulation.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt