describable

Example Sentences

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Pauli, in an attempt to explain the structure of atomic spectra and the periodic table, had recently postulated that electrons had a “two-valuedness not describable classically.”

From Scientific American • Nov. 22, 2022

“We started to walk around and it was extremely sad, it was not describable the devastation and the sound of the explosion,” he said.

From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2020

Those injuries and related damages are readily apparent and describable.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2018

San Francisco is a tiny village compared with Seoul, and its cityscape easily describable.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2015

They were anything but describable, having been conceived, manufactured, shipped, and sold in various states of thoughtlessness, greed, and indifference.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison