Example Sentences

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I applaud Ms. Adler for pointing out that “food waste” is not always unconsumable, but it mostly is very much so.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2023

It was hard indeed to believe that it could succumb to the devouring element, so solid and unconsumable it looked.

From The Sign of the Red Cross by Everett-Green, Evelyn

Of course, it would trade abroad certain things it produced for things it did not produce; but this would be quite different from an unconsumable surplus.

From The Iron Heel by London, Jack

A moment after, and all that remained unconsumable by fire of that once noble specimen of our mercantile marine vanished like a shot beneath the waves.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick

Ever invoking fire from heaven, the fire Has grasped her, unconsumable, but framed For all the ecstasies of suffering dire.

From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George