unsinkable

Example Sentences

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They have developed a technique that makes ordinary metal tubes unsinkable -- meaning the tubes stay afloat regardless of how long they remain underwater or how much damage they sustain.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026

Yet they were unsinkable; both of them moved to England, married well and tried to distance themselves from their pasts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

On a night his team was knocked flat, he remained unsinkable.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2023

The Titanic was the largest ship of its time, and was thought to be "unsinkable".

From NewsForKids.net • May 25, 2023

Even the unsinkable sank, and what are foolish mortals like Weathers, Pittman, Fischer, Lopsang, Tenzing, Messner, Bonington in the face of the "Mother Goddess. "

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer