INCREDIBLE in a Sentence

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He sprang to his feet and shouted -- "I done it!" The school stared in perplexity at this incredible folly.

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 Meanings and Examples of INCREDIBLE
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incredible
 a.  unbelievable; beyond belief or understanding
Classic Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
1  That which had seemed incredible in the sober light of day had really come to pass, and he was to assist as a helpless spectator at Mattie's banishment.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
2  Nothing is worth what is happening to us now and what may happen, for if the Yankees whip us the future will be one of incredible horror.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
3  When she thought of the dull times of the past year, with the days going by one very much like another, life seemed to have quickened to an incredible speed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
4  The very thought was incredible and it struck at the very foundations of the security of Scarlett's life.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
5  It was incredible that she could be in such a fix.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
6  It was incredible that she could be so completely alone, and frightened, and far from home.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
7  He was actually asking her to marry him; he was committing the incredible.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
8  It seemed incredible that Gus Trenor should have spoken of her to Rosedale.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 10
9  They surveyed the small eccentric bungalows with pergolas, the houses of pebbledash and tapestry brick with sleeping-porches above sun-parlors, and one vast incredible chateau fronting the Lake of the Isles.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
10  But much abatement is necessary with respect to the incredible bulk he assigns it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 59. Squid.
11  But in the foamy confusion of their mixed and struggling hosts, the marksmen could not always hit their mark; and this brought about new revelations of the incredible ferocity of the foe.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 66. The Shark Massacre.
12  Such things may seem incredible; but, however wondrous, they are true.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam's Story.
13  A thing altogether incredible were it not that attracted by such prey as a dead whale, the otherwise miscellaneously carnivorous shark will seldom touch a man.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
14  It was an enormous big boy, and Ona was such a tiny creature herself, that it seemed quite incredible.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
15  It took him quite a while to get over his alarm at the incredible shortness of the little creature's legs.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
Example Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  It was an amazing year for female performances and to be nominated amongst them was really incredible.
2  He sprang to his feet and shouted -- "I done it!" The school stared in perplexity at this incredible folly.
3  The city remains in tact, complete with incredible views and a richness worth seeing.
4  The almost forgotten story of Benjamin's birth was remembered and sent out upon the winds of scandal in picaresque and incredible forms.
5  We had seen incredible manifestations of supernatural presence and power of God for miracles.
6  His story is incredible in the literal sense of the word.
7  Yeah, it was an incredible performance.
8  The difference between internet and reality is so incredible.
9  It's incredible that such attitudes still exist in this day and age.
10  The story is about theft, fraud and deceit on an incredible scale.
11  Felix remains as gracious and humble as ever in spite of incredible success and worldwide recognition. Her motto: “Medals are won in training.”
12  On Sunday, her father, John Newman, relayed what rescuers told him and what she told him about her misadventure in the snow and the incredible story of how she was kept from death.
13  She looked incredibly sexy in a black evening gown.
14  The human brain is an incredibly complicated organ.
15  Their shows are always incredibly camp and flamboyant.