inconsolably
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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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
In most instances, however, emotion needs no interpreting, like when her grandmother cries inconsolably, and in others, English operates as a broken intermediate language.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2022
At other times they are behind you, or just elsewhere, inconsolably, as though time was about how well or badly you attended to the bodies around you.
From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022
I wrapped my arms around his feet and cried inconsolably.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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