How to Use unbearable in a Sentence

unbearable

adjective
  • We were in an almost unbearable state of excitement.
  • For me, 9/11 was the unbearable loss of thousands of lives.
    Phil Klay, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • There were times when the pain was unbearable, James said.
    Sarah Lapidus, AZCentral.com, 19 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • By the next morning, the pain was unbearable, and Lamping rushed him to the emergency room.
    Bernice Yeung, ProPublica, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The Colorado air has been a relief for Hurmence, who said the smoke in Utah was unbearable.
    Washington Post, 18 July 2021
  • Days of unbearable redness and bumps took over my mood.
    Celeste Polanco, Essence, 1 Oct. 2024
  • 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.
    Essence, 27 June 2022
  • Thinking about the present is, for some of us, nearly unbearable.
    Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, 23 May 2021
  • His aunt and uncle had held back yet more unbearable news.
    Laura Kingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2022
  • Gaines' sons, Jerry and Dusty, told The Republic in 2018 the loss was unbearable.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 22 May 2021
  • And one time Lauren had to be rushed to the ER because of unbearable pain a few days after the egg retrieval.
    Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Once April rolls around, the heat in the desert will become unbearable until fall arrives.
    Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Zach Stone, who lives in his car, says the heat inside the vehicle is unbearable.
    Mary Beth Gahan, New York Times, 18 July 2023

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