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Examples of insurmountable in a Sentence
They were faced with several insurmountable obstacles.
the familiar story of the underdog who ultimately triumphs despite insurmountable odds
Recent Examples of insurmountable from the Web
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Needless to say, dismantling this systemic racism can feel like an insurmountable feat.
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As on campuses elsewhere, there were shock and sadness, and the instinct to lash out proved insurmountable for some.
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For Fulton, this is a question about how to communicate an insurmountable emotion—
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As New York’s Ed Kilgore explained, part of the reason the South Carolina special election was largely ignored by the national parties was that the large Republican margin in the district was seen as insurmountable.
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For decades people had sought a path to making larger primaries, but the challenge had proved insurmountable.
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With nearly a third of the country’s endemic species at risk, including its talismanic Kiwi bird, the nation has taken on a seemingly insurmountable challenge: total elimination of three invasive predators from its two main islands by the year 2050.
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The current sluggish pace has prompted frequent complaints from construction and financing companies, who say the excessive bureaucracy that surrounds major infrastructure projects can be a costly and sometimes insurmountable hurdle.
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For Kristen Irving-Jordan, director and producer of Pro-Lifetime, a forthcoming documentary that examines the history of the pro-life movement, the stigma of Planned Parenthood was at first insurmountable.
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First Known Use of insurmountable
1690
INSURMOUNTABLE Defined for English Language Learners
insurmountable
playDefinition of insurmountable for English Language Learners
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of a problem, difficulty, etc. : impossible to solve or get control of : impossible to overcome
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