How to Use irreversible in a Sentence

irreversible

adjective

• The crisis has done irreversible harm to the countries' relations.
• He suffered an irreversible loss of vision.
• But the lives lost are an irreversible price of this war.
  — Serhiy Morgunov, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022
• For many of them, the cult exacted an irreversible toll.
  — Hannah E. Meyers, National Review, 10 Sep. 2023
• They were exposed to a pathogen that goes by the name Logan Roy, and that disease is irreversible.
  — Vulture, 29 May 2023
• However, the ice ages that drove us out of the trees, condemning us to a life that isn’t ours, were irreversible.
  — Ann Goldstein, Harper’s Magazine , 14 Dec. 2022
• The good news is, not all damage caused by poor childhood habits is irreversible.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 2 Aug. 2023
• But so many things have happened that are irreversible.
  — Dorany Pineda, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
• Leonard responded a few moments later with a quick left jab to the jaw that seemed to mark an irreversible turning point in the fight.
  — Matthew Allan, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2023
• What happened next would launch the country onto an irreversible course to war.
  — David W. Blight Max-O-Matic, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• The key insight is that chromosome fusion and mixing is as irreversible as the mixing of milk in a cup of tea.
  — Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 17 May 2023
• His antics and statements have done a good deal of irreversible damage.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 21 Feb. 2024
• And Lebanon itself would move closer to the brink of absolute and irreversible collapse.
  — Asher Kaufman, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2023
• Lead is a neurotoxin that can cause irreversible damage to the nervous system and the brain.
  — Coral Davenport, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Some effects, like the collapse of ecosystems, will be irreversible.
  — WIRED, 20 Mar. 2023
• High temps can lead to irreversible organ damage or death.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 4 July 2022
• Even low levels of lead in blood can impede a child’s performance in school and lead to irreversible brain damage.
  — Joshua Partlow, Scott Wilson and Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023
• Damage to the lungs, caused by COPD, is irreversible and can be devastating.
  — Herb Yardley, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2022
• White doctors refused to treat the convulsing child, so by the time Mama made it across town to a Black doctor, the damage was irreversible.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
• There’s irreversible damage from the thick pillows of fog that roll onshore, blanketing the bridge in salty moisture.
  — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 4 Jan. 2024
• Among the most irreversible effects of the government’s efforts to crush the uprising has been the blinding of people taking part in them.
  — Cora Engelbrecht, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
• The odds of paralysis and death are low, with one in 200 infections leads to irreversible paralysis.
  — Shelby Denise Smith, Essence, 24 Aug. 2022
• The two workers, a 38-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman, were detained after causing irreversible damage to the wall, police said.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2023
• Some of those changes are reversible, some are partially reversible, and some are irreversible.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2022
• Some observers fear that the effects of displacement may be irreversible.
  — William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 9 Oct. 2022
• Remember that a refusal to fund is not final and irreversible.
  — Elena Volotovskaya, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
• Swarup added that syphilis is curable with the right antibiotics, but the infection can still cause irreversible damage.
  — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 4 May 2023
• Trying to revive dead nerve cells challenged a basic belief that the death of neurons is irreversible.
  — Ron Winslow, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2022
• Eleven days later, the team determined that the damage was irreversible and removed him from life support.
  — Kenneth R Miller, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2022
• Is Musk distressed that his pricey $44 billion purchase may be in an irreversible meltdown?
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 17 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024