unbearably
Americanadverb
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Ms. Reilly, whose Beth is unbearably snide, doesn’t really act but is still a presence, partly because she dresses like a roadhouse waitress rather than a cattle mogul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Gurpreet Kaur said she was "unbearably sad" that her life with Jagtar Singh Johal had been "taken away".
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
“Everyone, including Chernow and Miranda, made Eliza out to be this two-dimensional stick figure, almost unbearably loyal and self-effacing,” says Vaill.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
The Times once called her look “fluttery, vulnerable, almost unbearably adorable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2025
With the absence of so many people, the town became scary, the night darker, and the silence unbearably agitating.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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