unthinkable
Example Sentences
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The almost unthinkable happened in August 2021 as Messi left Barcelona on a free transfer.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Yet at the end of a long, hot day, a crowd estimated to be around 100,00 stood and chanted the unthinkable “L.A. Phil, L.A. Phil, L.A. Phil, L.A. Phil.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
"That's unthinkable compared to only a decade ago and it will be one of the earliest harvests on record," he said, adding yields were a third lower than normal.
From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026
“That is a sentiment that was once unthinkable, but the irregular is now the regular.”
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
When I imagined these phrases cast in her voice, they were almost intolerably sweet; now, sitting right beside her, it was unthinkable that I should voice them myself.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
