How to Use unbearable in a Sentence
unbearable
adjective
- We were in an almost unbearable state of excitement.
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For me, 9/11 was the unbearable loss of thousands of lives.
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Phil Klay,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2024
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The dry spring was bad; the dry summer, worse; the dry fall, unbearable.
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New York Times,
3 Jan. 2022
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Sama has lost almost all of her hair due to the unbearable stress of the war.
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Daniele Hamamdjian,
NBC News,
7 Sep. 2024
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In Qatar, the heat for nine months of the year is almost unbearable, Ghani said.
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John Branch,
New York Times,
13 Dec. 2022
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In fact, they’ve been used for decades to produce the unbearable shriek of a smoke alarm.
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IEEE Spectrum,
11 Feb. 2024
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There were times when the pain was unbearable, James said.
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Sarah Lapidus,
AZCentral.com,
19 Mar. 2023
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Those who knew him said the past few days have been unbearable.
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Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
6 May 2024
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But the pain can be downright unbearable when oil hits the skids.
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Brett Owens,
Forbes,
30 May 2021
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Soon the pain was nearly unbearable and he was drenched in sweat.
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Brendan Kurie,
BostonGlobe.com,
6 July 2022
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Some are too rough and have made my skin more than unbearable at times.
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Essence,
2 July 2024
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But what was unbearable was the feeling of the helmet on his head.
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Ashley Bastock,
cleveland,
8 Jan. 2022
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The quakes have made the plight of these Syrians unbearable.
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Kim Ghattas,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2023
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The idea of that, even for a few seconds, is almost unbearable for us.
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Los Angeles Times,
17 Nov. 2022
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Even the Mahler looks on this unbearable pain with a kind of detachment.
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New York Times,
8 July 2022
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The furniture is broken, the walls are stained, the carpets are torn, and the smell is unbearable.
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Kurt Knutsson,
Fox News,
3 Nov. 2023
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The crowd’s hysterics grew so unbearable that Sun Ra left the stage.
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Los Angeles Times,
20 July 2022
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In the face of the unbearable, Neville gives these people room to voice affection, grief, and anger.
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Jordan Michael Smith,
The New Republic,
12 Aug. 2021
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Cathy said the weeks her son was missing were unbearable.
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Carol Robinson | [email protected],
al,
7 Sep. 2021
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The idea that that our baby didn’t even get to draw breath was almost unbearable.
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Kristan Higgins,
Good Housekeeping,
22 July 2021
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By the next morning, the pain was unbearable, and Lamping rushed him to the emergency room.
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Bernice Yeung,
ProPublica,
29 Oct. 2021
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The Colorado air has been a relief for Hurmence, who said the smoke in Utah was unbearable.
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Washington Post,
18 July 2021
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Days of unbearable redness and bumps took over my mood.
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Celeste Polanco,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2024
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The debate of when life begins swirled through my head, and the veil of a child out of wedlock at the prime of my career seemed unbearable.
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Essence,
27 June 2022
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Thinking about the present is, for some of us, nearly unbearable.
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Kevin D. Williamson,
National Review,
23 May 2021
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His aunt and uncle had held back yet more unbearable news.
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Laura Kingstaff Writer,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Aug. 2022
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Gaines' sons, Jerry and Dusty, told The Republic in 2018 the loss was unbearable.
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Taylor Seely,
The Arizona Republic,
22 May 2021
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And one time Lauren had to be rushed to the ER because of unbearable pain a few days after the egg retrieval.
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Georgia Slater,
PEOPLE.com,
21 Oct. 2021
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Once April rolls around, the heat in the desert will become unbearable until fall arrives.
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Jireh Deng,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2024
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Zach Stone, who lives in his car, says the heat inside the vehicle is unbearable.
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Mary Beth Gahan,
New York Times,
18 July 2023
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