unbearably
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Jackson Bylett lives in an "unbearably hot" eighth-floor new-build flat in Newham, east London, with his partner and their five-month-old baby.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
Ms. Reilly, whose Beth is unbearably snide, doesn’t really act but is still a presence, partly because she dresses like a roadhouse waitress rather than a cattle mogul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
“Everyone, including Chernow and Miranda, made Eliza out to be this two-dimensional stick figure, almost unbearably loyal and self-effacing,” says Vaill.
From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2025
The Times once called her look “fluttery, vulnerable, almost unbearably adorable.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2025
I have always heard that Maine people are rather taciturn, but for this candidate for Mount Rushmore to point twice in an afternoon was to be unbearably talkative.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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