unthinkable

Example Sentences

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According to Cedar Point, as all of this verbiage is, Millennium Force “shoots riders over hills, past lagoons and through tunnels, all at unthinkable speeds.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Placing the concerns of the entertainment industry at the center of the city’s mayoral race would have been unthinkable even in the last election cycle.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

Before the war, strikes by the Gulf states on their large and heavily armed neighbor and rival for power in the Middle East would have been unthinkable.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

In these kinds of cases, family members are often left asking an unthinkable question: Would their loved one still be alive if they’d received the necessary care?

From Salon • May 15, 2026

In our early days at the Cottages, the idea of not finishing our essays would have been unthinkable.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro