1 These fellows dared not have acted with such inconceivable impudence, had they not been supported by some strong bands.
2 He had told her the most extraordinary, the most inconceivable, the most unwelcome news; and she could think of nothing else.
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.
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 DoyleContext 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 DoyleContext 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 DoyleContext 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 DoyleContext 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 DoyleContext 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 DoyleContext 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.
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.
12 It is inconceivable, the agony with which this public veneration tortured him.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel HawthorneContext Highlight In XI. THE INTERIOR OF A HEART 13 My mind, with inconceivable rapidity followed out all the consequences of such a death.
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.
15 That was to him something utterly inconceivable and impossible.