How to Use irreversible in a Sentence

irreversible

adjective

• The crisis has done irreversible harm to the countries' relations.
• He suffered an irreversible loss of vision.
• The sun’s rays can be genuinely harmful and the damage can be irreversible.
  — Field & Stream, 26 Feb. 2021
• Canvas is highly shrink-prone, and the heat from a dryer, even on the coolest setting, can cause irreversible shrinkage.
  — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2024
• Years of delays have allowed global warming to progress so far that many of its impacts may soon become irreversible.
  — Bill Ritter Jr., Quartz, 13 Jan. 2021
• Or to stop using a service that’s already become an irreversible part of our pop culture lexicon.
  — Jenn Harris Senior Food Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2021
• Lead damages the bird's nervous system, resulting in irreversible damage to the brain.
  — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021
• When ingested by children, the heavy metal can cause irreversible brain damage and behavioral issues.
  — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
• Researchers suspect the salt marshes may be an ecosystem that could survive a climate crisis without irreversible damage.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2021
• Lead poisoning can cause irreversible damage to the nervous system and the brain and poses a specific risk to infants and children.
  — Reuters, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2024
• This transition of power is built into their biological code and is irreversible.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 20 Jan. 2021
• First, a fast-acting bolus of toxins temporarily freezes the fish; a second wave induces irreversible paralysis.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2021
• Scientists have warned that anything above that threshold could cause irreversible changes to the planet, resulting in more drought, more extreme weather and other climate distress.
  — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, 14 Jan. 2021
• Scientists, however, have said mining the deep seabed could cause irreversible damage to ocean ecosystems, raising questions as to whether the seafloor’s wealth of critical minerals is worth the risk.
  — Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 5 Mar. 2021
• This condition may be acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term) and indicates a decline in kidney function that does not necessarily lead to irreversible damage or kidney failure.
  — Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 17 Oct. 2024
• Last year essentially tied with 2016 as the hottest year ever recorded, and scientists say the planet is speeding toward irreversible damage.
  — Author: Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2021
• But the lives lost are an irreversible price of this war.
  — Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022
• For many of them, the cult exacted an irreversible toll.
  — Hannah E. Meyers, National Review, 10 Sep. 2023
• They were exposed to a pathogen that goes by the name Logan Roy, and that disease is irreversible.
  — Vulture, 29 May 2023
• And what’s the cap on a comeback when so much of the public tide outside the core fanbase has seemed irreversible?
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 June 2022
• At this point, the heat has done irreversible damage that can leave the victim disabled for years to come.
  — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
• Changes could happen to my body that would be irreversible.
  — ELLE, 8 Mar. 2022
• However, the ice ages that drove us out of the trees, condemning us to a life that isn’t ours, were irreversible.
  — Ann Goldstein, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
• The good news is, not all damage caused by poor childhood habits is irreversible.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 2 Aug. 2023
• Many of the factors that lead to worsening floods in cities are irreversible.
  — Camille Squires, Quartz, 19 Apr. 2022
• His irreversible loss of hope plays as a counterpoint to Martha’s.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2024
• This shift has already been set in motion and its changes are irreversible.
  — Nicole Silver, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• But so many things have happened that are irreversible.
  — Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
• And the report says many changes to the oceans and sea level are irreversible for centuries to millennia.
  — ABC News, 31 Oct. 2021
• Leonard responded a few moments later with a quick left jab to the jaw that seemed to mark an irreversible turning point in the fight.
  — Matthew Allan, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024