inconsolably
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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During the wait at the center, Marta said, she cried inconsolably, worried about becoming separated from her kids.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025
With echoey chords topped by electric sitar, the track is plush, slow and deeply, inconsolably despondent.
From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2024
Worst of all, Yousef often wakes up screaming inconsolably from night terrors and cannot go back to sleep.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2023
She cries inconsolably and thanks God that Freddie had a good education in France.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2022
Then I noticed Ang Dorje, standing alone in the appalling wind, sobbing inconsolably over the loss of Rob.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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