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Recent Examples of inexpressible Some people also use wills to try to express the inexpressible or unsaid. R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2025 Lana’s murder at 40 fills me with an inexpressible grief because in many ways, my 40th year was when my own life began. Meg Pillow july 31, Literary Hub, 31 July 2025 Saunders, who wanted to be recognized not only as a Black artist but as an American artist, believed art was a way of expressing the otherwise inexpressible. News Desk, Artforum, 30 July 2025 Another thing that has stayed the same, much to fans’ emotional detriment, is Wiegman’s preference to make substitutions as late as feasibly possible, yet all the while begetting the same inexpressible result. Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for inexpressible
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexpressible
Adjective
  • But Crow-Armstrong, through an incredible early-season approach adjustment combined with tweaks to his stance and hand placement, keeps putting on a show with his power production.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • With stunning use of practical effects and an incredible lead performance, this is one of the best horror films of the 2020s.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Playing college football has made an indescribable impact on my life.
    The Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Her life and legacy of joy and creativity had an indescribable impact on the world.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Inspired by ineffable nature Dillard’s virtuosic, visionary style isn’t for everyone.
    Amy Cannon, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Another is to see them not as concrete objects but as ineffable, fluid, and sometimes paradoxical mental states.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The expressions of dissent were silenced with unspeakable violence.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Mom and mental health advocate Meghan Cliffel wonders why others only seem concerned about the condition in the wake of an unspeakable tragedy.
    Deborah Becker, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • An idle scroll through any social media feed will reveal violent language against Jewish people that was considered widely unutterable a few years ago.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 1 May 2026
  • Stripped of orchestral arrangement, the emotion in Ross’s voice provokes that unutterable connection that makes singer and listener one in a desire to act in the present for the present.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • But because some crucial part of artistic expression is always slipping toward the incommunicable, the most powerful art is sometimes less a dialogue than a soliloquy.
    Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 May 2026
  • Margaret would whisper in the dark and laugh quietly, entertained by her own incommunicable thoughts.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Our movie tastes are determined by some indefinable electrical current of enthusiasm or joy or deep, radiating sadness, or some combination of the three.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Of course, beauty is subject to taste and culture and all sorts of indefinable things.
    Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The movie has since become an unexplainable piece of comfort for a spooked generation.
    Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Still, there was a wide and largely unexplainable range of geographical variety.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 3 Sep. 2026

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“Inexpressible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexpressible. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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