incorrigible

Example Sentences

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As an incorrigible collector of classical music recordings for 30 years, I confess I have never thought of the National Symphony Orchestra’s appearance on an album cover a reason to buy it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Higher up on the island, outside the three-story cellhouse where some of the nation’s most incorrigible prisoners were once locked away in primitive cells, 10-year-old Melody Garcia, visiting with family from Concord, appeared equally perplexed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025

As it happens, sending astronauts to the moon and Mars ranked at the bottom of the list of priorities — something that probably won’t affect Musk’s incorrigible enthusiasm for the red planet.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

Yale Law School, the instigator of the boycott, is among those that see the rankings as incorrigible.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023

Perhaps the woman had wed a seaman of incorrigible appetites and hated the reminder—Cora didn’t know the source of her animus, or care.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead