ineffable

Example Sentences

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So much of attraction exists in the realm of the ineffable, but if I had to articulate what drew me to her, the answer might be the image of her smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

"We are grateful for her passion, her wit, her ineffable style, and all the summers she spent in the tent."

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

With Frankenstein, he worries he’ll jinx the monster by talking too much about him, snuffing out the ineffable thing that he says fueled his performance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 30, 2025

This trend is often blamed on an ineffable consumer preference, or Americans’ being fat, but that isn’t exactly true.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

To gain strength, the sun needed chalchihuatl—the mysterious, ineffable fluid of life-energy.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann