insuppressible
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- insuppressibly adverb
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
Kid was a witty man, usually overflowing with innocent mirth; even in sight of the gallows his humor was insuppressible.
From Sketches of the Covenanters by McFeeters, J. C.
There is a scurry of feet along a dark alley, a scuffle at the end, and the genial rotundity of Brother Lippo Lippi's face, impudent, brilliant, insuppressible, leers into the torchlight.
From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)
The practical, dominant, insuppressible active temperaments who have a word for every emergency, and who carry the controlled force of ten men at their disposal, are the fruits of this same spirit.
From Emerson and Other Essays by Chapman, John Jay
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