insuppressible
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of insuppressible
First recorded in 1600–10; in- 3 + suppressible ( def. )
Example Sentences
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It came in July, when Ryan Stamper, the former Florida linebacker and current Buckeyes player-development coordinator, witnessed a surpassing workout of pained screams and insuppressible tears.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 2, 2015
I started at Slate as an intern 2½ years ago, and a colleague recently informed me that my superiors surreptitiously nicknamed me “Sparky” due to my insuppressible exuberance.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2015
Friedrich's activities, and suppressed and insuppressible impatiences in this interval, are also conceivable, though not on record for us.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Thomas Carlyle
Dumouriez is summoned to Paris, quick, shifty, insuppressible; while royalist seigneurs cajole, and, as you turn your legislative thumbscrew, king's veto steps in with magical paralysis.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
The collegium marched across the square, stopped every now and then, broke out in fits of insuppressible laughter, and then continued on their way to the inn with parched throats.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
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