unanswerable

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Duvall shades Sonny’s run from the law into a nuanced portrayal of wounded pride and unanswerable questions.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Together was a creation of the young, with their devastating and unanswerable insight: “You’re leaving—we’re coming.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

Faced with this ludicrously broad question, Kahlil either ventured his best guess as to which group memberships are relevant, or, more likely, he simply answered “no” to this largely unanswerable question.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

But the perpetually unanswerable question is whether they will be up to whatever comes next.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2025

Jody sat quietly listening, and he seemed to hear Gitano’s gentle voice and its unanswerable, ‘‘But I was born here.”

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck