ineffably

Example Sentences

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For Van Gogh, green wheat captured a sense of both transience and calm: “Young wheat can have something ineffably pure and gentle about it,” he wrote.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2022

Shakespeare — and especially his war horses like “Hamlet” and “As You Like It” — is ineffably sturdy.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2022

But over the course of this charming, wistful, ineffably tender movie, you also see her learn to embrace the possibility of good in herself and in every precious, unhurried moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2022

The book, ineffably sad and beautifully written, tears the tabloid face off the story about an American family that has experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2021

Under the inmates’ surface bluster, their cruelty and selfishness, was almost always something ineffably sad.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover