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continually encountered unspeakable beauty in their travels through the Alps
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Recent Examples of unspeakable
Songbirds cried in the surrounding trees, and the girl’s heart fluttered with unspeakable sadness.
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 1 May 2025
Rose Ayling-Ellis, an English television presenter and writer of children’s books whose previous acting credits include EastEnders and Casualty, plays that lone survivor of an unspeakable incident, named Aliss.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 23 Apr. 2025
Published in 1946 and translated into 50 languages with more than 16 million copies sold, Frankl’s account follows his time in the Nazi concentration camps and his exploration of the human will to find meaning in spite of unspeakable adversity.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
The last 17 months have seen unspeakable destruction and death wrought upon a people who, during the previous 20 years, lived under blockade by the Israeli military and the brutal regime of Hamas.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
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Lizz Schumer, People.com, 1 May 2025
Rose Ayling-Ellis, an English television presenter and writer of children’s books whose previous acting credits include EastEnders and Casualty, plays that lone survivor of an unspeakable incident, named Aliss.
—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 23 Apr. 2025
Published in 1946 and translated into 50 languages with more than 16 million copies sold, Frankl’s account follows his time in the Nazi concentration camps and his exploration of the human will to find meaning in spite of unspeakable adversity.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025
The last 17 months have seen unspeakable destruction and death wrought upon a people who, during the previous 20 years, lived under blockade by the Israeli military and the brutal regime of Hamas.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unspeakable
Adjective
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At the end of December 2022, Heine reflected on her incredible year with a heartfelt post on Instagram.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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With their incredible skill to adapt to most climates and locations, foxes are widespread across all continents except Antarctica, and there are more than 30 species globally.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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No matter how much authenticity a film production strives for in a Holocaust drama, the end product will never fully capture the indescribable horrors of the Nazi effort to exterminate Europe’s Jewish population during World War II.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Changes in estrogen levels during these times can lead to a host of symptoms that could contribute to an indescribable burning sensation.—
Cheyenne Buckingham,
SELF,
13 May 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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As the stories of the Quechua people float layered over the visuals, the film draws something ineffable and sublime from the landscape in a way that would be out of scope for straight reportage.—
Mustafah Abdulaziz,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Home for the Holidays (1995) Holly Hunter’s ineffable charm makes this Thanksgiving-centric movie a perfect rewatch for any time of year, not just on the third Thursday in November.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.—
Erin Maglaque,
The New York Review of Books,
15 Nov. 2024
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Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.—
Erin Maglaque,
The New York Review of Books,
15 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable.—
Jason Kehe,
Wired,
21 Sep. 2020
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And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
31 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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Her work often explores indefinable experiences and emotions, intimacy, connection, and the body’s relationship to nature.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2025
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An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Nov. 2024
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“Unspeakable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unspeakable. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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