Example Sentences

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In the letter he proved that the Past is as unascertainable as the Future.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a cause, of course, but it would remain unascertainable unless some clue offered itself by chance.

From The Wave An Egyptian Aftermath by Blackwood, Algernon

The main effects of most actions are already very well ascertained, and the consequences to human happiness, when unascertainable, are of no value.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander

The German losses were, of course, unascertainable, but they were undoubtedly very much higher than ours.

From The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres by Hamilton, Ernest W.

The back yard is unfenced, and extends to the sky-line and an unascertainable bit beyond. 

From The Faith of Men by London, Jack