unreconciled
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Modern life in the West is an expanding raft of the consequences resulting from pretending to be finished with history, only to find its unreconciled chapters won’t let us be.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2024
It is a desert of grief and hate and unreconciled promises that tug mind and spirit in countless directions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
“Because it is impossible to narrate Black sisters’ journey in the United States — accurately and honestly — without confronting the Church’s largely unacknowledged and unreconciled histories of colonialism, slavery, and segregation.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 30, 2022
In Syria, which remains broken and unreconciled after nearly a decade of unrest, the potential unleashed by the early days of revolution now seems unrecognisable.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 14, 2020
Despite the partial successes of Abdul Hamid's efforts, a considerable section of his Arab subjects remained unreconciled, and toward the close of the nineteenth century a fresh stirring of Arab nationalist discontent made its appearance.
From The New World of Islam by Stoddard, Lothrop
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