inappeasable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of inappeasable
First recorded in 1830–40; in- 3 + appeasable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Only the restlessness, the inappeasable longing in her heart had not changed.
From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson
He attacked Wagner and Wagnerism with inappeasable fury, but I suspect that he was secretly much impressed by several of the music-dramas, particularly Die Meistersinger.
From Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques by Huneker, James
Worse than the home-sickness of that sad time, was the never-ceasing pain, made up of sorrow for the dead, and inappeasable longing for the presence of the living.
From Janet's Love and Service by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
The Royalist party, amidst all its depression, had been injured by inherent defects and crippled by its own inappeasable dissensions.
From Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon — Volume 02 by Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of
“Don’t remind me of hell,” said the stoker, in a voice of inappeasable regret.
From Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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