unpardonable

Example Sentences

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As Sook tells a shamed Buddy, “there is only one unpardonable sin—deliberate cruelty. All else can be forgiven.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

After last November's guilty verdict from a jury in Los Angeles, US Attorney Martin Estrada said the deaths had been caused by the ship captain's "unpardonable cowardice".

From BBC • May 2, 2024

But alleged mistreatment of a spouse is, for many younger fans of comedy, an unpardonable sin.

From Salon • May 3, 2023

My parents taught me what the best teachers tell us all: that it is no sin to make a mistake, but unpardonable not to try to make the most of our talents.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2022

He was warm in his reprobation of Mr. Elton’s conduct; it had been unpardonable rudeness; and Mrs. Elton’s looks also received the due share of censure.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen