unbearably
Americanadverb
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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
"It should be illegal to live in these conditions," says the 36-year-old, one of many parents who say that living in an "unbearably" hot flat is making their children sick.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025
At Benares station, Sonia asks her father to buy her a slice of jack- fruit, which makes her lips itch unbearably, then swell to three times their size.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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