unsayable
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Now, the new government has been pushed to do something unpalatable - early releases on a big scale - because the unsayable went unsaid.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024
Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable," the award-giving body said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023
When I listen to Rorem, I’m reminded of the piano’s potential as an amplifier of the internal — a voice to articulate the unsayable.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
"I didn't sign up for anything limited when I chose poetry. I signed up for something that is about trying on some level to harness the unsayable."
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022
But those words were unsayable, couldn’t find their way past my lips.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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