Unthinkable
[ʌn'θɪŋkəb(ə)l] or [ʌn'θɪŋkəbl]
Examples
- That is unthinkable. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He saw the yellow flare in her eyes, he knew the unthinkable overweening assumption of primacy in her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was unthinkable. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- As she charged, Kulonga unslung his bow and fitted an arrow with almost unthinkable quickness. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Mrs. Welland exclaimed when her mother's last plan was hinted to her; and from this unthinkable indecency the clan recoiled with a collective shudder. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She had further to go, a further, slow exquisite experience to reap, unthinkable subtleties of sensation to know, before she was finished. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Slowly we moved through endless corridors of unthinkable beauty; through magnificent apartments, and noble halls. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Then the unthinkable high vibration slackened and became more undulating. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It is unthinkable. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The idea of bandying Ellen Olenska's name with him at such a time, and on whatsoever provocation, was unthinkable. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But it was unthinkable. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She was aware of him sitting silently there, an unthinkable evil obstruction. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Such a barbarity is unthinkable. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typed by Claus