unimaginable

ˌən-ə-ˈmaj-nə-bəl
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Recent Examples of unimaginable But what ultimately saves the film is Hathaway's remarkable restraint in conveying Kym's deep pain and remorse over an unimaginable family tragedy. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026 After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Republicans took a victory lap, rightly noting that the Soviet collapse was unimaginable when President Ronald Reagan first took office. Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026 Five 17-year-old friends were killed when their vehicle plunged off a cliff and down a steep Colorado hillside, leaving their families and community grappling with an unimaginable loss just as a new school year begins. Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026 At its center are the unimaginable deaths of three young children and a mother whose mental state has become the subject of intense legal, medical, and public scrutiny. Jamie Maguire, STAT, 12 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unimaginable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unimaginable
Adjective
  • Spot an incredible variety of wildlife, including sea lions, sea otters, porpoises, bald eagles and puffins.
    Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
  • What excited us about the Daisy Chain Reaction was the opportunity to give Olivia Rodrigo’s incredible community of fans that extra invitation to take that first step.
    Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Besides, there are tree branches to bundle, coupons to clip, guacamole to toss out, incredulous news reports to run through Snopes and at least 20 spam texts to block.
    Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • His incredulous response opens the door to a fight that escalates quickly.
    Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Tottenham Hotspur’s Lucas Bergvall has also featured during discussions, but Newcastle baulked at the asking price and a move for the 20-year-old seems unlikely.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Simon Baughen, Professor of Shipping Law at Swansea University, said the path toward claiming Hormuz as a US territory was unlikely to come to fruition.
    Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Riccardo Fabiani, Project Director for North Africa for the International Crisis Group, says the mass crossing seen in Ceuta on July 30 is by nature impossible to blame on a single actor or state.
    Miguel Macias, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
  • In the film, an impossible snowfall in a Ugandan village becomes a political allegory, echoing colonial intrusion.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • After already undergoing two Tommy John surgeries to repair his UCL, Antone would now need an inconceivable third.
    Cal Phillips, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Sometimes, my mind wanders to a question that feels inconceivable.
    Ayana Lage, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Westbrook walks away as the undisputed Triple-Double King with 209, blowing past Oscar Robertson's once-unthinkable record of 181.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • An intimate and cinematic story, Under Salt Marsh takes audiences into the heart of a community bound by nature and fractured by an unthinkable crime.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Matthew Stafford has an unbelievable ability to get the ball out of his hand fast which is hard to get home on.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Yet the procedural is so formulaic and the twists so unbelievable that even the most lackadaisical viewer will likely solve the mysteries long before the truth is revealed.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Unimaginable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unimaginable. Accessed 20 Aug. 2026.

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