inconsolable
Example Sentences
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Feelings bubbled up uncontrollably: inconsolable howls in infancy, classroom meltdowns in childhood, rages in adolescence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Even now, poring through his footage, desperately looking for clues, McElwee pines for that larger view — the one that might somehow bring the boy back to his inconsolable father.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
"I know I'm a football fan and a Wrexham lifer because I'm inconsolable when we lose," said Reynolds.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2026
Several groups of young men looked utterly inconsolable.
From Barron's ● Jan. 1, 2026
The rage mingled with the general melancholy that had been growing in her steadily since the bombing of Pearl Harbor; it was one of the rare times in Fujiko’s adult life when she felt inconsolable.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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