Inconceivable

Examples

• It is inconceivable that this fellow could have made two such vindictive enemies as these appear to be without knowing of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was so firm, and shapely, with such satisfying, inconceivable shapeliness, strange, yet unutterably clear. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• To the matter-of-fact Aristotle, and probably to most practical men, its abolition was inconceivable. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Some weeks before this period I had procured a sledge and dogs, and thus traversed the snows with inconceivable speed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Or, assuming it to be false, could the conclusion which associated Sir Percival with her guilt have been founded in some inconceivable error? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• But this is inconceivable--impossible. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• A sort of passionate honesty in her made it inconceivable that he should try to draw her into that familiar trap. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• If there are, they must be of an inconceivable greatness. Plato. The Republic.
• But such things were inconceivable in New York, and unsettling to think of. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• The bottle was full of it, and it is inconceivable that the first two glasses were clear and the third heavily charged with it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• At the mere thought of Mrs Higden in this inconceivable affliction, Mr Sloppy's countenance became pale, and manifested the most distressful emotions. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My mind, with inconceivable rapidity followed out all the consequences of such a death. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• O inconceivable height of beauty, which is above knowledge and above truth! Plato. The Republic.
• These fellows dared not have acted with such inconceivable impudence, had they not been supported by some strong bands. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Computations based upon this experiment show that the earth receives daily from the sun the equivalent of 341,000,000,000 horse power--an amount inconceivable to the human mind. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The mischief such a man does on an estate, both as to the credit of his employer and the welfare of the poor, is inconceivable. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It is inconceivable that it could have been made. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• To begin with the examination of motion; it is evident this is a quality altogether inconceivable alone, and without a reference to some other object. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Finally, the thought of the Greeks was hampered by a want of knowledge that is almost inconceivable to us to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• It is inconceivable, for example, that this ivy and this lawn would have yielded nothing to an expert observer. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• At that--at the complete unexpectedness and the inconceivable audacity of it--Lily could not restrain the tribute of an astonished laugh. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• His conduct, under the circumstances, was so utterly inconceivable, that I stood bewildered with my hand in his. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• He had told her the most extraordinary, the most inconceivable, the most unwelcome news; and she could think of nothing else. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He was pacing the garden: his passions were in a state of inconceivable turbulence. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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