Example Sentences

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The beloved burden in his arms became unsupportably heavy.

From The Eternal Maiden by Harré, T. Everett

It was unsupportably conceited and selfish in the old pupil to be married. 

From Tom Tiddler's Ground by Dickens, Charles

But the thing was reaching a natural conclusion when her grandfather, Barzil Dunsack, had interfered with his unsupportably frank accusations and command.

From Java Head by Hergesheimer, Joseph

He turned and hurried down the steps, unlatched the gate, and almost ran across the fields to the cover of a wood, fleeing from an unsupportably humiliating vision.

From Mountain Blood A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph

He returned to Myrtle Forge from New York with a mingled sense of pleasure and the feeling that his place was unsupportably empty.

From The Three Black Pennys A Novel by Hergesheimer, Joseph