as in unquenchable
incapable of being satisfied
an insatiable need for the approval of others
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Recent Examples of insatiable
Appetite for the races has become insatiable.
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Ben Goggin, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Thomas Jefferson’s failed attempts at cultivating European vines on the Monticello plantation only amplified his insatiable taste for importing French bottles.
—Osayi Endolyn, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
The shifts mark how insatiable demand for new technologies requires entire businesses and financial systems to evolve with it.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Tom Hulce portrayed the musical prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a petulant, bratty young genius with a distinctive laugh, insatiable appetite and endless talent.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
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Ben Goggin, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2025
Thomas Jefferson’s failed attempts at cultivating European vines on the Monticello plantation only amplified his insatiable taste for importing French bottles.
—Osayi Endolyn, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
The shifts mark how insatiable demand for new technologies requires entire businesses and financial systems to evolve with it.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Tom Hulce portrayed the musical prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a petulant, bratty young genius with a distinctive laugh, insatiable appetite and endless talent.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for insatiable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insatiable
Adjective
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Sterling Glass had many health problems as a child—swollen feet, night sweats, nausea and vomiting, unquenchable thirst, and fatigue that often left him too exhausted to go to school.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
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This cardinal fire sign isn’t afraid to live life to the fullest, often with an unquenchable thirst for a challenge.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Sep. 2025
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Singing this material with players who improvise — solos changing, every version being a little different — taught me about that urgent live-ensemble space where everyone’s living and dying by the next player onstage.—
Shirley Halperin,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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This urgent political thriller about Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh opened the 2025 Venice International Film Festival before moving on to Telluride, Toronto, New York and London.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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An avid pool-player, Rogan has interviewed Gorst on his show twice, including this summer.—
Jeremy Herb,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Spooky season has come and gone, which means its time for some avid readers to begin making their winter reading lists.—
Cailey Gleeson,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Insatiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insatiable. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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