inexpressible

Example Sentences

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The often monumental sculptures serve as challenging and emotional reminders of the vital role of art to express the inexpressible.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

“It’s an exorcism of sorts, to put into words and symbols this almost inexpressible anguish. That was why I started, to try and alleviate the despair.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2022

Like those pilots, in Vietnam I connected and cried with people I'd never met, people who live on the other side of the world and who endured inexpressible suffering.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2022

This includes what can be expressed and what is inexpressible, what leaders should or should not tell people and the whole inexplicable issue of worthiness and sacrifice for common good.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2020

I felt an inexpressible relief, a soothing conviction of protection and security, when I knew that there was a stranger in the room, an individual not belonging to Gateshead, and not related to Mrs. Reed.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë