Examples of incommunicable in a Sentence
the vastness of the universe is incommunicable
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But because some crucial part of artistic expression is always slipping toward the incommunicable, the most powerful art is sometimes less a dialogue than a soliloquy.
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Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
Margaret would whisper in the dark and laugh quietly, entertained by her own incommunicable thoughts.
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Literary Hub,
22 Apr. 2026
And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life.
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Washington Post,
31 Aug. 2022
Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable.
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Jason Kehe,
Wired,
21 Sep. 2020
But the works test, in the depths of the incommunicable, the degree of anyone’s courage to envisage the bad in life, the worse, and the almost inconceivably abysmal.
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Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2020
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Sebastian Smee,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2026
Margaret would whisper in the dark and laugh quietly, entertained by her own incommunicable thoughts.
—
Literary Hub,
22 Apr. 2026
And nothing is more isolating, more incommunicable, than the grief of a parent who has been unable to save their child’s life.
—
Washington Post,
31 Aug. 2022
Piranesi is a mystery, a mystery of the mind, a way for Clarke to communicate the incommunicable.
—
Jason Kehe,
Wired,
21 Sep. 2020
But the works test, in the depths of the incommunicable, the degree of anyone’s courage to envisage the bad in life, the worse, and the almost inconceivably abysmal.
—
Peter Schjeldahl,
The New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2020
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“Incommunicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incommunicable. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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incommunicable
adjective
in·com·mu·ni·ca·ble
ˌin-kə-ˈmyü-ni-kə-bəl 
: not capable of being communicated
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