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
Something ineffable in posture or spirit gave them away.
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Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
If Liu is a conduit, so too, in some ineffable sense, is Costanzo.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Read: The rise of anti-liberalism Annihilation is another conversion novel, this time about a secular Frenchman’s awakening to that same ineffable cosmos.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
In Bradley’s work, cosmetic spoons or spatulas exist primarily for hygiene reasons, but also lend an ineffable sense of… something.
—Brennan Kilbane, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024
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Greg Jackson, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
If Liu is a conduit, so too, in some ineffable sense, is Costanzo.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Read: The rise of anti-liberalism Annihilation is another conversion novel, this time about a secular Frenchman’s awakening to that same ineffable cosmos.
—Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
In Bradley’s work, cosmetic spoons or spatulas exist primarily for hygiene reasons, but also lend an ineffable sense of… something.
—Brennan Kilbane, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for ineffable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ineffable
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The Iowa product laid out and brought in an incredible one-handed grab for the score to put Detroit in front 14-10.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
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Inside her was the growing awareness that Sebastien had only been writing her, Dani, out of a sense of duty, all the while hotly suffering a much more grownup correspondence with the incredible Yvonne.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The challenge for the festival will be how to meet the demands of change while holding onto that certain indescribable something that makes the festival so special.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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Celebrity Style The actor posed with his co-star, Elle Fanning, in an almost indescribable look and demonstrated his great sense of humor.—
María Munsuri,
Glamour,
14 Dec. 2024
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One of last year’s most controversial horror movies was the Spanish director Caye Casas’s taboo-breaking psychological drama about the aftermath of an unspeakable act.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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So yeah, these two gorgeous creatures are about to do unspeakable things to each other on the pool table at Jack’s bar.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
19 Dec. 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
Adjective
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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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