How to Use unapproachable in a Sentence

unapproachable

adjective

• Farley: Fundraising can seem unapproachable to those who are new to the craft.
  — Shannon Farley, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2021
• On the surface, Michelangelo’s David seems so unapproachable in size (as does the size of the line outside the Accademia Gallery).
  — Laura Dannen Redman, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2018
• Her goal is to help break down stereotypes that scientists are men and are cold and unapproachable.
  — oregonlive, 10 June 2023
• The physics around black holes is something very abstract, very unapproachable.
  — Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
• For those of us with a resting, uh, grumpy face, this is the one night of the year that people will actually find your unapproachable look charming.
  — Garrett Mitchell, azcentral, 28 Oct. 2019
• Even today his work is not widely known, and the idea persists that Canetti is unapproachable.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
• Even today his work is not widely known, and the idea persists that Canetti is unapproachable.
  — Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. 2022
• Although a resort with this much prestige could be stuffy and unapproachable, The Breakers is anything but.
  — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 24 Mar. 2024
• In the past, her self-defensiveness has made her look selfish and unapproachable.
  — Eve Barlow, GQ, 19 Apr. 2018
• At the time, the rock in Little Cottonwood Canyon had been considered unapproachable.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• The foil to Julien's friendly but unapproachable persona, the public relations maven-in-the-making is known for being unfriendly, even to her own crew at times.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• CEOs are often too unapproachable and so high up that there is a disconnection between them and the employees.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 May 2022
• Ahead of her last time needing people who need people, the Glee alum is reflecting on the role made iconic, and nearly unapproachable, by Barbra Streisand.
  — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2023
• The room itself feels something like beatnik-chic, draped in lavish vintage touches that feel lux but not unapproachable.
  — Adam Lukach, RedEye Chicago, 18 Oct. 2017
• Like Kratochvilova’s record in the 800, it is considered unapproachable by many.
  — JerÉ Longman, New York Times, 15 June 2017
• For the general public, this rhetoric could be unapproachable.
  — Anjulie Rao, Chicago Reader, 13 Sep. 2017
• But as obscure as that may seem, there’s nothing unapproachable about this charming and inviting restaurant.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2023
• The psychic catastrophe of unapproachable canyon houses, windows that functioned as one-way glass, rooms locked in abutment, like coffins.
  — Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
• The lack of inventory has kept prices at unapproachable levels.
  — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2023
• By petitioning, they could be heard in the corridors of power that were otherwise unapproachable to them.
  — Bright Alozie, Quartz Africa, 7 Aug. 2020
• The value of having Fools in a leader’s life cannot be over-emphasized because, like kings, today’s leaders are often seen as above reproach and unapproachable.
  — Paul Glover, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
• Originally built in 1865, The Lodge has the every element of an elegant country house but manages never to feel stuffy or unapproachable.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2017
• Some community members may feel that officers are unapproachable on the street.
  — Staff Report, Houston Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2018
• Years ago, players would blame the media for biased All-Star voting, some would accuse media members of denying votes because the player did not want to cooperate or were unapproachable.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
• There was a time when the Internet, social media, and smartphone technology also seemed unapproachable.
  — Glenn Gow, Forbes, 5 June 2022
• Their extreme difficulty, combined with an initially limited availability in print, led readers to construe Pound’s mind as the unapproachable source of an orphic craft.
  — Kathryn Winner, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023
• Leaders without a good dose of self-awareness will appear arrogant, unapproachable and unconnected.
  — Joanna Swash, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
• That experience led Cahn to realize the majority of crowdfunding platforms were unapproachable for women and people of color.
  — NBC News, 5 Oct. 2020
• Today, hawkish politicians and corporate media have made modern entanglements — Covid and the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine — unapproachable, inviolable movie subjects.
  — Armond White, National Review, 17 May 2023
• Those situations are not always the most effective times for relationship building with the community, and some community members may feel officers are unapproachable on the street.
  — Ramona Sentinel, 6 June 2018

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024