inextinguishable

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Next up is Danish composer Carl Nielsen's Fourth Symphony, Inextinguishable, composed at a time when the first world war was raging, which probably helps explain its timpani battle.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2013

Nielsen called the symphony "The Inextinguishable," explaining his belief that "in case all the world was devastated, then nature would still begin to breed new life again."

From Time Magazine Archive

Inextinguishable laughter were perchance the fittest result of such musing; yet somehow the heart grows heavy, somehow the blood is troubled in its course, and the pulses begin to throb hotly.

From The Nether World by Gissing, George

The distant noises of the huge city filled his ears with a murmur like a far-off sea, and abruptly, all unbidden, Hope the Inextinguishable flamed up within him.

From The Long Trick by Bartimeus

Inextinguishable laughter followed the spread of this doctrine through Arizona.

From Arizona Nights by White, Stewart Edward