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

Laughing, for instance, is particularly contagious among young folks and is especially likely to be insuppressible when they wish to be particularly solemn.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

There is a scurry of feet along a dark alley, a scuffle at the end, and the genial rotundity of Brother Lippo Lippi's face, impudent, brilliant, insuppressible, leers into the torchlight.

From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)