unsayable
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Norwegian playwright and author Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize in literature for his ‘innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.’
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023
The Swedish Academy said on Thursday it was for his "innovative plays and prose which gives voice to the unsayable".
From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023
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
It was Green who showed him that “that confessional, autobiographical, intimate, unsayable material is perfectly fine content for comics,” Spiegelman said.
From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022
But those words were unsayable, couldn’t find their way past my lips.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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