Examples of unknowable in a Sentence

a God whose nature is unknown and unknowable

Recent Examples on the Web Planning has to be flexible and adaptable to the reality that, even in the very short-term, the future is unknowable. — Matthew Erskine, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022 What Didion understood was that the defense of the unknowable required, unexpectedly, a kind of absurd all-knowingness, something solid enough to take down the certainty-havers. — Kerry Howley, Vulture, 25 Dec. 2021 And the shifts between cinematic styles, novel as they are, seem ultimately like a flashy and complicated way to express that Susan was unknowable to herself. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 6 Dec. 2021 Whether middlebrow or low, these works reshape Diana to their own needs, borrowing her familiar, eventful yet unknowable story to sell mere gossip as relatable real-life tragedy. — New York Times, 17 Nov. 2021 Hanks never reaches for effect and remains spiritually and physically calm: His Mr. Rogers is unknowable, unfathomable, but absolutely irresistible. — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2021 For centuries, people have turned to philosophy for guidance on how to conduct themselves in an often confusing and seemingly unknowable world. — Nicholas Earls, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2021 The consequences of such a crumbling are inherently unknowable. — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 9 Oct. 2021 The novel restores Zaza to her rightful place as a subject, presenting her as a singular being, incomparable and ultimately unknowable to the narrator herself. — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021

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