unbearable

Example Sentences

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If both sides decide the costs of the war are becoming unbearable, they could cut an agreement that stops the fighting while deferring decisions on the toughest issues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

"Someone needs to do the right thing. We are in agony. We are in agony. It is unbearable," popular morning show presenter Savannah Guthrie said in an interview with fellow NBC News anchor Hoda Kotb.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

She said it was "unbearable for a family and friends and the wider community".

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

The applicant must be an adult, "have decision-making capacity", suffer from a serious or incurable illness, and "experience constant, unbearable physical or psychological suffering that cannot be relieved under conditions deemed tolerable".

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Max lay still for a moment longer, until it became unbearable.

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix