insuppressible

Example Sentences

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It came in July, when Ryan Stamper, the former Florida linebacker and current Buckeyes player-development coordinator, witnessed a surpassing workout of pained screams and insuppressible tears.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2015

I started at Slate as an intern 2½ years ago, and a colleague recently informed me that my superiors surreptitiously nicknamed me “Sparky” due to my insuppressible exuberance.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2015

In the month of February 1792, Brissotin friends welcome their Dumouriez Polymetis,—comparable really to an antique Ulysses in modern costume; quick, elastic, shifty, insuppressible, a 'many-counselled man.'

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

Kid was a witty man, usually overflowing with innocent mirth; even in sight of the gallows his humor was insuppressible.

From Sketches of the Covenanters by McFeeters, J. C.

And she clung to me with a grasp as if life and death depended on it, while her sobs, as from a full heart, were insuppressible in spite of all her efforts.

From Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story by Simms, William Gilmore