insuppressible

Example Sentences

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It came in July, when Ryan Stamper, the former Florida linebacker and current Buckeyes player-development coordinator, witnessed a surpassing workout of pained screams and insuppressible tears.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2015

I started at Slate as an intern 2½ years ago, and a colleague recently informed me that my superiors surreptitiously nicknamed me “Sparky” due to my insuppressible exuberance.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2015

Her mother felt very sorry for her, although she was full of joy and of an insuppressible exultation.

From Absolution by Viebig, Clara

The great nullifier perceived at once the insuppressible nature of the Abolition movement and early predicted that the spirit then abroad in the North would not "die away of itself without a shock or convulsion."

From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry

He was a dark, Spanish complexioned young man, remarkably handsome, with an officer-like assurance, and an insuppressible volubility of assertion.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Lamb, Charles