unsinkable

Example Sentences

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The safety features led to Titanic being considered by many to be "unsinkable".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

They have developed a technique that makes ordinary metal tubes unsinkable -- meaning the tubes stay afloat regardless of how long they remain underwater or how much damage they sustain.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026

Yet they were unsinkable; both of them moved to England, married well and tried to distance themselves from their pasts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Now, if one of those reference librarians can just help me figure out how to fold that fitted sheet, I’ll have an unsinkable smile too.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2024

I watch through the window as he uses bright yellow paint to draw a large letter G on the back of our hopefully unsinkable, but likely very sinkable, cardboard boat.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam