unutterable

Example Sentences

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“Have the merciless persecutions and unutterable tortures of the dark ages not yet opened their eyes and enlarged their heart for the alleviation of their fellow men’s woes?”

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2025

Soon after the Rwanda policy was announced, he issued an Easter message about the "unutterable tragedy" of those who had been "forced to flee their country and seek shelter far from home".

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2022

He feared his heirs might become "unutterable snobs."

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2021

To my mind, these experiences rub our faces in the unutterable weirdness of existence, which transcends all our knowledge and forms of expression.

From Scientific American • Jun. 25, 2021

They were hard and black and contained unutterable sorrow.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs