as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
continually encountered unspeakable beauty in their travels through the Alps
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Recent Examples of unspeakable
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.
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Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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
Eldritch Horror pits players against one of the Great Old Ones in a worldwide hunt for cursed tomes, cult temples and unspeakable monsters.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
No family or community should ever endure such unspeakable heartbreak.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
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Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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
Eldritch Horror pits players against one of the Great Old Ones in a worldwide hunt for cursed tomes, cult temples and unspeakable monsters.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
No family or community should ever endure such unspeakable heartbreak.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 19 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for unspeakable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspeakable
Adjective
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Made to be lightweight, these jackets provide incredible warmth without being bulky.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Williams will be making his first-ever All-Star game here which is an incredible accomplishment for the young player.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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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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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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Aquarius teaches us about community and friendship by showing us which friends support our individuality while offering the incredible, ineffable experience of losing ourselves in something greater and more communal.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
16 Jan. 2025
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This spiritual path has given rise to a rich tradition encompassing poetry, music, dance and visual art, all of which seek to articulate the ineffable experiences of the soul’s journey toward God.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes,
1 Jan. 2025
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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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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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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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