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beyond the power to describe
the indescribable immensity of Mount Everest
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Recent Examples of indescribable
Drowning in an indescribable emptiness, Day chases Dusk to the throne room and beats the ever-living hell out of him, but Dusk has something Day doesn’t — nanites.
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Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
The emotional and spiritual endpoint for most Camino routes in Santiago de Compostela—the overwhelming sense of accomplishment—is indescribable.
—Hayley Domin, AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025
In Europe, there is indescribable frustration and fear over the U.S. stepping back from leading the Western alliance—to the incredible point of seeming to actually align itself with the West's authoritarian enemies (as Trump did in recent elections in Romania and Poland).
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
It’s been such a privilege to compete here, and to be in the final is just indescribable.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
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Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
The emotional and spiritual endpoint for most Camino routes in Santiago de Compostela—the overwhelming sense of accomplishment—is indescribable.
—Hayley Domin, AFAR Media, 10 Sep. 2025
In Europe, there is indescribable frustration and fear over the U.S. stepping back from leading the Western alliance—to the incredible point of seeming to actually align itself with the West's authoritarian enemies (as Trump did in recent elections in Romania and Poland).
—Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
It’s been such a privilege to compete here, and to be in the final is just indescribable.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indescribable
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Obviously, Coop — incredible player and somebody who can play really anywhere in the secondary.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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The shop brings the soul of Long Island’s incredible deli culture upstate, with a menu packed with hot Italian heroes, cold subs, and bagel breakfast sandwiches.—
Cat Sposato,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
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Below, Deadline speaks to Victor about their directorial debut, building a loving friendship and getting through the unspeakable hardships that life can throw at you.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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Many of the most damaging storms of recent years caused unspeakable devastation while being far weaker than Category 5.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
29 Oct. 2025
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If everything is systematically interlinked, then life’s transcendent beauty is inextricable from its inexpressible horrors and outright silliness, like the jarring swings between slapstick and tragedy in a Wile E. Coyote cartoon.—
Jack Denton,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Instead, there were chuckles to hold back anger and carefully chosen words to express what felt inexpressible.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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These dishes have been there for generations, like the ineffable energy that seeps from the walls of this special Bay View nook.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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What else is there to say in the face of the ineffable?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Two high voices — LACO features soprano Amanda Forsythe and countertenor John Holiday — intertwine with the orchestra turning this hymn to the Virgin Mary’s suffering into unutterable sweetness and treating death as life’s engenderment.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2024
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In between loads of cartoonish ultraviolence and B-movie horror ephemera came some honestly unutterable lyrics, which Bill fought his faith to perform.—
Jonathan Rowe,
SPIN,
28 June 2022
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For all Sacks’ efforts to remain an indefinable cult figure outside the mainstream, he has lately been caught in Hollywood’s tractor beam, with several film scripts in advanced stages of development.—
Julian Sancton,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Aug. 2025
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This East Coast city earns high marks year after year for its various dining options, museums, and the indefinable, electric energy of the city that never sleeps.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025
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