beyond description

idiom

: so as not capable of being described : to an extreme degree
The landscape is beautiful beyond description.

Examples of beyond description in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Preventing and treating disease is a critical defense against famine risk, but Gaza’s health system has been devastated almost beyond description. Hardin Lang, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2024 The scenes of devastation in Israel’s south on October 7 were almost beyond description. Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 28 Oct. 2023 The devastation in Israel’s south is almost beyond description. Joshua Leifer, The New York Review of Books, 12 Oct. 2023 But Greer’s is the performance that keeps you riveted — at times flinty, elsewhere emotionally wrung-out or hollow or exhausted beyond description, a bleeding wound for which there likely is no Band-Aid. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 June 2023 Watching close up is horrifying beyond description. Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022 The scene is lavish beyond description, with endless panning shots. Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2022 The pressure can be excruciating, the rewards satisfying beyond description. Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 July 2021 The prospect of life without him is saddening beyond description. James Rosen, National Review, 15 June 2021

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“Beyond description.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beyond%20description. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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