inconsolably
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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In the car Julia sobbed inconsolably as Marc sat silent in the passenger seat.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025
Worst of all, Yousef often wakes up screaming inconsolably from night terrors and cannot go back to sleep.
From BBC • Nov. 1, 2023
When his parents arrived, his mother began screaming “Why? Why?” inconsolably.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023
She cries inconsolably and thanks God that Freddie had a good education in France.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2022
Ghosh told Ashoke that he had recently returned to India after spending two years in England on a job voucher, but that he had come back home because his wife was inconsolably miserable abroad.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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