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

Sure, the refs were poor — they saddled Clark with four fouls, including an unpardonable technical, and sent Czinano to the bench for good midway through the final period, making a comeback unrealistic.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2023

With insufferable vanity had she believed herself in the secret of every body’s feelings; with unpardonable arrogance proposed to arrange every body’s destiny.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen