unsinkable
Example Sentences
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Yet they were unsinkable; both of them moved to England, married well and tried to distance themselves from their pasts.
When Mr. Xi visited Prague in 2016, Mr. Zeman offered his Central European nation as “an unsinkable aircraft carrier for Chinese investment expansion.”
From New York Times
Just as the hubris of headstrong shipbuilders who insisted that the Titanic was unsinkable led to an unparalleled maritime disaster, so Cameron’s overweening pride has come unnecessarily close to capsizing this project.
From Los Angeles Times
The unsinkable otters laze buoyant on their backs in the pounding white water, and the seabirds hover and settle gently on the point of a rock in the gale, balancing on thin bare legs.
From Washington Post
America stations some 50,000 troops in Japan, which provides what has been described as an “unsinkable aircraft carrier” off continental Asia.
From Washington Times
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