INCONCEIVABLE in a Sentence

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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.

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 Meanings and Examples of INCONCEIVABLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
inconceivable
 a.  impossible to comprehend or grasp fully; unable to be conceived, unbelievable
Classic Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1  These fellows dared not have acted with such inconceivable impudence, had they not been supported by some strong bands.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
2  He had told her the most extraordinary, the most inconceivable, the most unwelcome news; and she could think of nothing else.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  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.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
4  It is surely inconceivable that he could have held out upon the moor during all that time.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
5  His only accomplice was one who could never give him away, and the grotesque, inconceivable nature of the device only served to make it more effective.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15. A Retrospection
6  It is inconceivable that this fellow could have made two such vindictive enemies as these appear to be without knowing of it.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. The Adventure of The Resident Patient
7  The crime was of interest in itself, but that interest was as nothing to me compared to the inconceivable sequel, which afforded me the greatest shock and surprise of any event in my adventurous life.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
8  The bottle was full of it, and it is inconceivable that the first two glasses were clear and the third heavily charged with it.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ABBEY GRANGE
9  It is inconceivable that it was taken after eleven-thirty at night, since I understand that Mr. Hope and his wife were both in the room from that hour until the loss was found out.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
10  Some weeks before this period I had procured a sledge and dogs and thus traversed the snows with inconceivable speed.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
11  He had been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
12  It is inconceivable, the agony with which this public veneration tortured him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART
13  My mind, with inconceivable rapidity followed out all the consequences of such a death.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIII
14  Again my mind, with its former inconceivable rapidity, had exhausted the whole subject of the attack upon my sister, her illness, and her death, before his slow and hesitating speech had formed these words.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LIII
15  That was to him something utterly inconceivable and impossible.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 5: Chapter 27
Example Sentence:
1  A few years ago a car fuelled by solar energy would have been inconceivable.
2  It's almost inconceivable that a handicapped girl is very independent and lives all alone.
3  Colour is inconceivable to people born blind.
4  This sort of work would have been inconceivable before the advent of microprocessors.
5  What's inconceivable is if you use the password saving feature, all your passwords are displayed in your settings with no encryption.