insufferably
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Somewhat insufferably and unoriginally, I often find myself more preoccupied with thoughts of other periods throughout the 20th century than the now.
From Salon • May 27, 2024
It gets the job done, and it’ll appeal to people turned off by insufferably peppy or chatty trainers.
From The Verge • Dec. 15, 2021
There are also entitled customers such as a trio of steak-hankering influencer bros and an insufferably condescending family man.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2021
I was taught from a young age never to put my hands on anyone, or to allow it from other people; physical touch outside immediate family and intimate friends was considered insufferably déclassé.
From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2021
Then it was back to Paris to work on the peace treaty ending the war, an experience that generated his lifelong enmity toward Franklin, who found him insufferably austere and obsessively diligent.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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