insufferable

Example Sentences

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It would be insufferable except for the author telling such tales on himself as the one in which he absent-mindedly booked three different client meetings in three different cities at the same time and date.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

If I’m right, you beat your neighbors by 3% and get to be insufferable about it at barbecues.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025

Yes, I am an insufferable nerd: I have been coming to things like this for 20 years.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

Like the rich families that vacation together in past seasons of “The White Lotus,” the North Carolina brood is a collection of insufferable personalities.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2025

I’d expected Katz to be insufferable in the morning, but in fact he was surprisingly gracious.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson