immedicable

Example Sentences

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It was the fierce outcry of a man in torment, the immedicable torment of an injured pride.

From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)

The evil was so wide-spreading, so violent and immedicable, that no care, no prevention could be judged superfluous, which even added a chance to our escape.

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

He was brought up to believe in God and he has never felt with poignant sympathy enough the abysmal, immedicable woes of human-kind to have his faith disturbed.

From Christianity and Progress by Fosdick, Harry Emerson

As man recedes from one hastener of destruction, he inevitably approaches another: "Gross riot treasures up a wealthy fund Of plagues, but more immedicable ills Attend the lean extreme."

From The Bushman — Life in a New Country by Landor, Edward Wilson

It keeps up a perpetual fever in my veins; it frets my immedicable wound; it is instinct with poison.

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft