How to Use unsinkable in a Sentence

unsinkable

adjective

• Amos said the new boat spans 28 feet and is believed to be unsinkable.
  — Daniel I. Dorfman, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2020
• That makes a lot of sense, but sunken living rooms seem downright unsinkable in the design world.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2021
• This unsinkable city, just two hours away from Dublin by train, makes for a fascinating day trip.
  — Rick Steves, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2020
• Harland and Wolff, the company that designed a little, nigh-unsinkable ship called the Olympic.
  — Cara Michelle Smith evan Allgood, The New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2019
• And now, China has what the navy sometimes refers to as a few unsinkable aircraft carriers in the South China Sea.
  — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2019
• The ribbon of land on the western side had room for miles of runway—an unsinkable aircraft carrier.
  — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 15 June 2022
• But what affected her the most was the unsinkable friendship between Sam and Frodo.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 19 Dec. 2021
• The Chinese government tried for years to take down this unsinkable pirate queen.
  — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 22 July 2022
• For now, the prime minister seems unsinkable (wooden objects tend to be).
  — The Economist, 12 July 2018
• The foam molds keep them light and virtually unsinkable.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 21 Jan. 2020
• The unsinkable Sutton Foster and undimmable Hugh Jackman star.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2021
• The luxury passenger ship, touted as unsinkable, was famous from its inception, known as the largest and one of the most lavish of its kind at the time.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
• The message was received by the Titanic -- which was advertised as unsinkable -- but did not reach the main control center of the vessel.
  — Amarachi Orie and Christian Edwards, CNN, 28 Sep. 2022
• The latest broken record: Black Panther has passed the once-unsinkable Titanic.
  — Emma Stefansky, HWD, 8 Apr. 2018
• Aided by a prosthetic foot, an infectious smile and unsinkable resolve, Brown is making the most of his second chance at life.
  — J.c. Carnahan, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 June 2018
• But at the University of Rochester, scientists have defied the gods and created a clever, simple device that seems to indeed be unsinkable, at least in the lab.
  — Wired, 22 Nov. 2019
• The Crimean Peninsula juts into the sea like an unsinkable aircraft carrier.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 13 May 2021
• The unsinkable ocean liner went to its doom, along with most of its passengers on its maiden voyage — the victim of a disastrous collision with an iceberg.
  — Harvey MacKay, Star Tribune, 9 May 2021
• Carlton and a team of fellow scientists realized the Pacific Northwest faced a flood – not of water but borne by it, of unsinkable junk caked with marine life.
  — Ben Guarino, Alaska Dispatch News, 29 Sep. 2017
• When the Titanic plunged headlong against a wall of ice at 10:40 p.m. on Sunday night, her fate established that no modern steamship is unsinkable, and that all of a large passenger list cannot be saved in a liner’s small boats.
  — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• This unsinkable reclining chair supports up to 250 pounds and resists water.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Forbes, 3 June 2021
• Old, new, unforeseen, but always unsinkable, always forever, just beneath the surface, where the soul lies.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 25 June 2022
• The Titanic didn’t just have lower-class stowaways sketching nudes and falling in love with first-class passengers—the unsinkable ship also had a 784-square-foot gymnasium.
  — Greg Presto, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022
• Designed with a double bottom, it was regarded as unsinkable.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• Not only can Neptune batteries strike farther and harder than any gunboat can do—they’re unsinkable, too. Follow me on Twitter.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
• Cathcart carries Kitty’s journey of self-discovery with unsinkable charm, making for a breezy binge-worthy watch that feels as comforting as snuggling up with your fave YA novel.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
• Furiously, the sea rushed in, flooding one watertight compartment after another of the ship's supposedly unsinkable hull until the bow was submerged and the tail stood upright against the black sky.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
• Yet the resonant themes, centered on an unsinkable family’s resilience during trying times, are what tie them together.
  — Courtney Howard, Variety, 17 Mar. 2022
• Uncontacted tribes and an unsinkable aircraft carrier The Andaman and Nicobar Islands may seem an unlikely target for international espionage.
  — Andrew Raine, CNN, 17 Feb. 2023
• Many landowners feel besieged by the $700 billion outdoor recreation industry, whose high-tech tools, including highly maneuverable and all-but-unsinkable rafts, enable increasingly audacious forays into remote areas.
  — Ben Ryder Howe, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024