indomitable
adjective
that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable.
indomitableness
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a word derived from
indomitable.
Example Sentences
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Such an air was so foreign to his usual bright indomitableness that Mrs. Quentin had the sense of an unfamiliar presence, in which she must observe herself, must raise hurried barriers against an alien approach.
From The Descent of Man and Other Stories by Edith Wharton
—Salviati There are two elements of character which a man should possess, develop, and maintain unstained if he would find favor in feminine eyes: the first is bravery; the second, indomitableness of resolution.
From Hints for Lovers by T. Arnold (Theodore Arnold) Haultain
The set of his mouth, his chin, his jaw, was likewise firm or harsh, with all the fierceness and indomitableness of the male—the nose also.
From The Sea Wolf by Jack London
It makes vivid and intense his scholarly handling of Greek myth; always the unchanging human aspect of it attracts him most, in Oenone's grief, in the indomitableness of Ulysses, the weariness and disillusionment in Tithonus.
From English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge by G. H. (George Herbert) Mair
I have heard that with your accustomed indomitableness you have been attempting to instruct your possible jurors of the county upon the just principles of personal liberty and a republican form of government.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
