inconsolable

Example Sentences

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Several groups of young men looked utterly inconsolable.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

Shakespeare offers what has become the defining portrait of this inconsolable experience in “King Lear.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

"I was in floods of tears and inconsolable," she said.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

Hopefully England will be inconsolable and that will give them plenty of motivation.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2024

Sometimes, she would put her head on his shoulder—after a poem about birds or something—and cry inconsolable tears.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri