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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Rejane Faria brought a powerful sense of truth to this character, delicately balancing all the nuances of a woman carrying an unbearable grief, yet still searching for a way to keep going and reconcile with herself.
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Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 28 May 2026
Not just because the grief was unbearable.
—Nitin Murali, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
With the tension by now unbearable, the final went to penalties.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 May 2026
The scale of Palestinian-civilian suffering is unbearable, and the restraint expected of a democratic state at war must be higher, not lower.
—Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
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Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 28 May 2026
Not just because the grief was unbearable.
—Nitin Murali, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
With the tension by now unbearable, the final went to penalties.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 23 May 2026
The scale of Palestinian-civilian suffering is unbearable, and the restraint expected of a democratic state at war must be higher, not lower.
—Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
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“Unbearable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unbearable. Accessed 4 Jun. 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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