unendurable
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After her parents’ divorce, when she was 9, her childhood was marked by nearly unendurable feelings of isolation and low self-esteem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Paola Marra, who had terminal bowel cancer, died on Wednesday at the Swiss clinic - where people with illnesses leading to death, or unendurable pain or disability, can end their life.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2024
Though he generally uses he/him pronouns and has reconciled himself to masculinity in most respects, the thought of being a father seems unendurable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2021
A: That tension between “I’d have to give up things I enjoy if I ended our friendship” and “our friendship is now mostly unendurable because I don’t want to be around her” is challenging, certainly.
From Slate ● Dec. 28, 2020
Helped him ... it was an almost unendurable thought now.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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