unbearably

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Recent Examples of unbearably There was an unbearably long pause. Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025 Read more about this unbearably adorable two-month-old baby pygmy hippopotamus at the link in bio. Brian Bennett, Time, 1 Oct. 2025 The production, directed by Simon Godwin from a version by David Eldridge, takes a while to find itself, perhaps because Ibsen dumps exposition into an unbearably clunky first scene or because the play doesn’t introduce its heart, Hedvig, for nearly half an hour. Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 18 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 The fact that calls here are so unbearably real adds an extra gut punch to an already distressing scenario. Damon Wise, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025 Ok, today is now unbearably slow. R29 Team, Refinery29, 3 Sep. 2025 That’s pleasant compared to Mediterranean Europe, where the summer months are increasingly dry and unbearably hot, with temperatures regularly surpassing 40°C (104°F) and devastating wildfires a constant threat. Big Think, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbearably
Adverb
  • In other words, under the law of nuisance, a property owner can’t unreasonably use their property to damage another property, whether the damage is caused by ashes or by sound.
    Christopher A. Combs, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Biden believed, not unreasonably, that his experience and temperament had uniquely positioned him to steady the ship.
    Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Most of the obscenely immense rules governing eduction should also be given the heave-ho.
    Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • These activists have obscenely defaced this beloved institution.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Instead of keeping the ball tucked, Mitchell tried to extend it and inexcusably lost the ball.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • After the storm, attempts to rescue people trapped in their homes and to get them out of town were inexcusably slow.
    Nicholas Lemann, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Many have noted that the health care system in the United States is an inefficient, unconscionably expensive, gawd-awful mess.
    Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Unbearably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbearably. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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