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

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

The suppressed, and insuppressible, weak indignation of old Schaffgotsch is visible on the occasion; nor, I think, does Friedrich take it ill; only sends him out of the way with it, for the time.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Carlyle, Thomas

Her mother felt very sorry for her, although she was full of joy and of an insuppressible exultation.

From Absolution by Viebig, Clara