Examples of unbearable in a Sentence
We were in an almost unbearable state of excitement.
this heat is unbearable—when are we going to get air-conditioning?
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Levi feared that the translator would mutilate the text by cutting any passages that struck him as unbearable or too shameful for future readers.
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Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
When even that began to feel unbearable, Steve stopped going altogether.
—Geoffrey Cain, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the head of the office, noted that despite security advances in certain areas of downtown Port-au-Prince, where security forces have intensified operations since December, the violence by armed groups remains a daily and unbearable reality for many Haitians.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 May 2026
But Jefferson found the experience of sitting there while lesser writers messed with his prose unbearable.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
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Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
When even that began to feel unbearable, Steve stopped going altogether.
—Geoffrey Cain, Vanity Fair, 11 May 2026
Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the head of the office, noted that despite security advances in certain areas of downtown Port-au-Prince, where security forces have intensified operations since December, the violence by armed groups remains a daily and unbearable reality for many Haitians.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 May 2026
But Jefferson found the experience of sitting there while lesser writers messed with his prose unbearable.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for unbearable
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbearable. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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unbearable
adjective
un·bear·able
ˌən-ˈbar-ə-bəl 
ˈən-,
-ˈber-
: greater than can be borne
unbearable pain
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