How to Use irrepressible in a Sentence

irrepressible

adjective

• She has an irrepressible sense of humor.
• In the final, the Swiss met an irrepressible Rafa Nadal, who did what Nadal does best -- win on the red dirt.
  — George Ramsay, CNN, 16 June 2017
• Even the lead-up to the weekend had tinges of that irrepressible Buffett glee.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
• Softbank’s irrepressible Masayoshi Son—is taking the lead in the race to fund it.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 26 July 2019
• The Juventus bench rose as one after Higuain slid in to turn home a deep cross in the 59th, with the irrepressible Alves again the provider.
  — Jerome Pugmire, The Denver Post, 3 May 2017
• Two games, two ties, one goal scored — and yet, irrepressible hope.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Nov. 2022
• One of them was Eruzione, the team’s irrepressible captain.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2022
• The dog was irrepressible, and his master didn’t try to repress him.
  — Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2018
• The child in you has an irrepressible desire to please your parent.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2021
• All the more so thanks to the irrepressible Racquel and Gabby and their outrageous way with a tune.
  — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
• Cohen felt the nearly irrepressible need to tell him and tell him.
  — Nicole Krauss, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
• But the only thing normal was the irrepressible joy of a new mother.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2023
• And there's going to be irrepressible ache and worry and fear.
  — NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
• Shellfish placemats from the chic and irrepressible drag queen Steak Diane (les moules, le homard, les crevettes, les huîtres, $65 each)—fruits of the sea.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2021
• Part of her wants to abide by the celebrity code of discretion, but a much more irrepressible part of her loves to tell good stories.
  — Caity Weaver, GQ, 26 Mar. 2018
• The silver kings, it is said, get in your blood and trigger irrepressible cravings for more.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 17 Aug. 2017
• The impulse to dissect a celebrity’s life, of course, is an irrepressible one.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2021
• But empiricism and artistry frequently start from the same place - an irrepressible urge to know more about the world.
  — Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2016
• As he is portrayed in the early parts of the film, Garcia is a man of irrepressible, joyful charisma.
  — Will Dana, New York Times, 24 May 2017
• His go-for-broke head-first slides and habit of sprinting to first base on a walk marked him as among the game’s most irrepressible showmen and iconoclasts.
  — Brandon Harris, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
• Indeed, Stone is an irrepressible figure in the news these days.
  — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 11 May 2017
• His fervent pleas for peace and racial justice, along with his irrepressible sense of humor, were a constant balm to a country on the edge.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2021
• But what stayed with me was the portrait of Sachiko, a woman of such irrepressible intelligence, constrained for so long and now on the cusp of a new life.
  — Anna Altman, The New Yorker, 17 July 2019
• Both films also share an irrepressible sense of humor, seen in the trailer.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 July 2023
• Even my small children had struck me, from the moment they were born, as strong and vital, as irrepressible beings.
  — Sarah Stewart Johnson, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2020
• Next year, the irrepressible flutist, Claire Chase, takes the music director reins.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
• Carey Driscoll, May 15, 72 Advertisement A big bear of a man with a mane of white hair and an irrepressible passion for music.
  — U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
• The popular and irrepressible Gerald McFaul stayed on the job far too long.
  — Phillip Morris, cleveland.com, 1 Sep. 2019
• George Spiro Dibie was an irrepressible, once-in-a-generation leader whose warmth and good will touched the lives of all those who knew him.
  — Bruce Doering, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2022
• First, the irrepressible Melvin Laird, who had served as secretary of defense during the Vietnam War and was no stranger to long and difficult missions.
  — Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024