unbearable

Example Sentences

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And the fact it came so late in a tense, high-stakes game made the wait near unbearable for those with a vested interest.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Now we are four confused people bobbing up and down in this cauldron of unbearable repetition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Not an iota of care for Mathew Shurka, “an amicus who received conversion therapy as a child,” who is a living example of the unbearable price paid for framing talk therapy as nothing but speech.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 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

Even José Arcadio Buendía himself considered that Melquíades’ knowledge had reached unbearable extremes, but he felt a healthy excitement when the gypsy explained to him alone the workings of his false teeth.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez