as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
an ineffable beauty descends upon the canyon as the sun begins to set
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Recent Examples of ineffable
In the face of the ineffable, A’s fans have been grasping for metaphor.
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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
These establishments are more alchemists than curators, distilling the ineffable qualities that once drew masters to their locations.
—Paul Jebara, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
But even though the family looms large in Egyptian society, so, too, do religious impulses, neighborliness, patriotism, and a certain ineffable warmth and lightheartedness.
—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
Though there is a playfulness to the track, with lyrics celebrating Ibiza party culture and designer clothes, Sophie’s passing lends an ineffable melancholy to even the most upbeat tracks on the record.
—Juan Velasquez, Them, 23 Sep. 2024
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Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
These establishments are more alchemists than curators, distilling the ineffable qualities that once drew masters to their locations.
—Paul Jebara, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
But even though the family looms large in Egyptian society, so, too, do religious impulses, neighborliness, patriotism, and a certain ineffable warmth and lightheartedness.
—Lisa Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2019
Though there is a playfulness to the track, with lyrics celebrating Ibiza party culture and designer clothes, Sophie’s passing lends an ineffable melancholy to even the most upbeat tracks on the record.
—Juan Velasquez, Them, 23 Sep. 2024
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On top of the track views, the space also features incredible food options and entertainment space.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Next, explore the Colson Cayes, a magical collection of mangrove islands home to manatees and dolphins, and experience incredible snorkeling on untouched reefs.Patricia Johnson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2024
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By Sam Reed Chalamet attended this event with an almost indescribable style that, at first glance, called his aesthetic taste and the veracity of his new blond hair into question.María Munsuri, Glamour, 14 Dec. 2024
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Many who’ve just been released report indescribable killings and torture in hellish living conditions.John Fund, National Review, 9 Dec. 2024
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For a start, there is Emily (the tirelessly comic Amy Di Bartolomeo), who is the keeper of the flame of all things Miranda as assistant numero uno, and is frankly horrified at Andy’s nondescript clothes and unspeakable hair.Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
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Today, some 101 Israeli hostages remain in unspeakable Hamas captivity in Gaza.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.Erin Maglaque, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2024
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Indeed, there is something more cosmic, spiritual and inexpressible about what is missing —a poignant reminder of the profound void left by SOPHIE’s departure from our astral plane.Juan Velasquez, Them, 23 Sep. 2024
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An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers.Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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Abstract images composed of indefinable light and inky darkness recur as well, even in his later multiscreen video installations, which are more narrative-driven.Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
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Two high voices — LACO features soprano Amanda Forsythe and countertenor John Holiday — intertwine with the orchestra turning this hymn to the Virgin Mary’s suffering into unutterable sweetness and treating death as life’s engenderment.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
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In between loads of cartoonish ultraviolence and B-movie horror ephemera came some honestly unutterable lyrics, which Bill fought his faith to perform.Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 28 June 2022
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Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable.Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020
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And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life.Washington Post, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022
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“Ineffable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffable. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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