as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
the indescribable immensity of Mount Everest
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Recent Examples of indescribable
And that indescribable thing that makes a great player a great winner, check that one, too.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2025
The doctors also spoke about their personal challenges and the indescribable struggles of their colleagues in Gaza.
—Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2025
More to Explore What is Fundamentalism? Livia Gershon November 28, 2022
Fundamentalism, which shifts the balance between authority structures and the indescribable divine, emerged after medieval society gave way to the modern.
—Andrew Latham, JSTOR Daily, 27 Mar. 2025
Holding her baby for the first time was indescribable.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2025
The doctors also spoke about their personal challenges and the indescribable struggles of their colleagues in Gaza.
—Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 12 Feb. 2025
More to Explore What is Fundamentalism? Livia Gershon November 28, 2022
Fundamentalism, which shifts the balance between authority structures and the indescribable divine, emerged after medieval society gave way to the modern.
—Andrew Latham, JSTOR Daily, 27 Mar. 2025
Holding her baby for the first time was indescribable.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indescribable
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Munn: These are people who have incredible wealth and are crumbling in front of your eyes.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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There’s also pressure to read an incredible amount (in my opinion, videos that feature ultra-short books to help viewers boost their end-of-year tally miss the point; reading is not a competition!)—and to spend quite a lot of money.—
Leila Herrmann,
Vogue,
9 Apr. 2025
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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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Those moments when intuitions remain unspoken and unspeakable are only part of life.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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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
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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
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And in later scenes, as Jesse finally confronts Spencer's death, her ineffable pain is etched across Menzel's achingly expressive face.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 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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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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“Indescribable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indescribable. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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