Examples of unfathomable in a Sentence
His behavior is completely unfathomable.
the unfathomable reaches of space
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Not very long ago, the notion that San Diego County would have no Republican representation in Congress seemed unfathomable.
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
People with critical illnesses—old and young—have been receiving care in their living rooms that was once unfathomable outside of a medical clinic.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
For a disaster so vast and so unfathomable, some sort of grounding feels necessary, some little point to hold on to, some faces to remember, but even the actual story of the bus and its temporary inhabitants feels a touch too small for the grand scale Greengrass is working on here.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
And the way that people marginalize and attack the Trans community, especially politically, is unfathomable to me, and so unbearably cruel.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
People with critical illnesses—old and young—have been receiving care in their living rooms that was once unfathomable outside of a medical clinic.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
For a disaster so vast and so unfathomable, some sort of grounding feels necessary, some little point to hold on to, some faces to remember, but even the actual story of the bus and its temporary inhabitants feels a touch too small for the grand scale Greengrass is working on here.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2025
And the way that people marginalize and attack the Trans community, especially politically, is unfathomable to me, and so unbearably cruel.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for unfathomable
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“Unfathomable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfathomable. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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unfathomable
adjective
un·fath·om·able
ˌən-ˈfat͟h-ə-mə-bəl 
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