unsayable
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Their approach, to say the unsayable and risk sanction is nothing new.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2024
Norwegian author and dramatist Jon Fosse won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable," the award-giving body said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 5, 2023
“My fascination would be if the medium enabled dogs to say something truly unsayable without the buttons,” Horowitz said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2023
"I didn't sign up for anything limited when I chose poetry. I signed up for something that is about trying on some level to harness the unsayable."
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022
But those words were unsayable, couldn’t find their way past my lips.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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