insupportable

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Insupportable were the long stoppages at the stations; the carriage was never ready to start under two hours; it took eleven weary days and nights of shaking and bruising to get from Cleves to Berlin.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav

Four Insupportable Things   Under three things the earth quakes,   And under four it cannot stand.

From The Sceptics of the Old Testament: Job - Koheleth - Agur by Dillon, Emile Joseph

Insupportable to pass into the future without a closer sign of her!—insupportable even though the sign proved one that should reward his temerity by sealing her forever from his lips.

From The Happy Warrior by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)

"Insupportable old bore!" muttered Maitland, as he waved his hand from the window, and smiled his blandest salutations to the retreating party.

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James

Insupportable creature! tell a lady of her faults!

From The Contrast by Moses, Montrose Jonas