How to Use unbearable in a Sentence

unbearable

adjective
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  • We were in an almost unbearable state of excitement.
  • The pain is unbearable at times, and present all the time.
    — Amanda Jackson, CNN, 10 Mar. 2020
  • For me, 9/11 was the unbearable loss of thousands of lives.
    — Phil Klay, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Then the pain spread — to unbearable headaches and ear pain.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 31 Mar. 2020
  • The plot was thrilling and the suspense was unbearable.
    — Jeff Leen, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The dry spring was bad; the dry summer, worse; the dry fall, unbearable.
    — New York Times, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Sama has lost almost all of her hair due to the unbearable stress of the war.
    — Daniele Hamamdjian, NBC News, 7 Sep. 2024
  • In Qatar, the heat for nine months of the year is almost unbearable, Ghani said.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • In fact, they’ve been used for decades to produce the unbearable shriek of a smoke alarm.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2024
  • But back to Donner, the one who makes the show unbearable.
    — Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The tune is almost as unbearable as the voice and whistling teeth.
    — Jake Ciely, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
  • There were times when the pain was unbearable, James said.
    — Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The racket of a packed house and an open kitchen was unbearable.
    — Chris Berdik, Popular Science, 28 Jan. 2020
  • Those who knew him said the past few days have been unbearable.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2024
  • But the pain can be downright unbearable when oil hits the skids.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes, 30 May 2021
  • Soon the pain was nearly unbearable and he was drenched in sweat.
    — Brendan Kurie, BostonGlobe.com, 6 July 2022
  • Some are too rough and have made my skin more than unbearable at times.
    — Essence, 2 July 2024
  • But what was unbearable was the feeling of the helmet on his head.
    — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 8 Jan. 2022
  • The quakes have made the plight of these Syrians unbearable.
    — Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The idea of that, even for a few seconds, is almost unbearable for us.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The news out of Ukraine, day after day, was unbearable enough.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Even the Mahler looks on this unbearable pain with a kind of detachment.
    — New York Times, 8 July 2022
  • The furniture is broken, the walls are stained, the carpets are torn, and the smell is unbearable.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The crowd’s hysterics grew so unbearable that Sun Ra left the stage.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022
  • In the face of the unbearable, Neville gives these people room to voice affection, grief, and anger.
    — Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The thought of not being able to see his children grow up was unbearable.
    — National Geographic, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Cathy said the weeks her son was missing were unbearable.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The idea that that our baby didn’t even get to draw breath was almost unbearable.
    — Kristan Higgins, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2021
  • The thought of moving forward without him feels unbearable.
    — The Deadline Team, Deadline, 7 Jan. 2025
  • For Al Haw, the aftermath of the explosion has been almost as unbearable as the injuries themselves.
    — Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 14 Dec. 2024

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