as in infinite
being or seeming to be without limits
impresses everyone with her fathomless knowledge of wildcats
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Recent Examples of fathomless
In the days since the attacks, many have searched for historical parallels to try to make sense of the fathomless violence.
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Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2023
What to do when your life’s oldest, most familiar anchor is sent chain-snapped to the bottom of the fathomless sea?
—Tom Bissell, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
What begins as a manic vengeance adventure veers sharply into an intense, philosophical, and at times meandering exploration of generational trauma, the Asian immigrant experience, and the fathomless mystery of our inner selves.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2023
The problem with trying to say anything about the region's beckoning sunlight, fathomless desert, and All.
—Candice Rainey, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2023
See All Example Sentences for fathomless
Foreign Affairs, 27 Oct. 2023
What to do when your life’s oldest, most familiar anchor is sent chain-snapped to the bottom of the fathomless sea?
—Tom Bissell, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
What begins as a manic vengeance adventure veers sharply into an intense, philosophical, and at times meandering exploration of generational trauma, the Asian immigrant experience, and the fathomless mystery of our inner selves.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2023
The problem with trying to say anything about the region's beckoning sunlight, fathomless desert, and All.
—Candice Rainey, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fathomless
Adjective
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Since then, thanks to an infinite loop of cable airings, The Shawshank Redemption has snowballed into the ultimate male weepie — a nakedly sentimental drama that guys can choke up watching and not feel guilty about afterward.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
23 May 2025
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The station is a few miles away but feels unreachable with no roads and infinite destruction to cross.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
ProPublica,
19 May 2025
Adjective
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Traditional news doesn’t hit the same when our personal feeds are designed to present us with an endless flux of novelty and nostalgia.—
M. J. Corey,
New Yorker,
24 May 2025
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Each animal has poseable features, providing endless play and display possibilities.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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“Fathomless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fathomless. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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