INEXTRICABLE in a Sentence

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It was an inextricable mess of things decent in themselves but that human folly made look like the spoils of thieving.

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 Meanings and Examples of INEXTRICABLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
inextricable
 a.  not permitting extrication; incapable of being disentangled or untied
Classic Sentence:
1  They ran to and fro; they crowded together: some sobbed, some stumbled: the confusion was inextricable.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
2  It was an inextricable mess of things decent in themselves but that human folly made look like the spoils of thieving.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In I
3  The insurrection had made of the centre of Paris a sort of inextricable, tortuous, colossal citadel.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS
4  A marvellous deal of style their factor put on, with his servants and coach-and-six; so much so that the concern soon landed in inextricable bankruptcy.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VII
5  Any unexpected noise or sharp word set him to trembling, for in his mind noises and harsh words were inextricably mixed with Yankees and he was more afraid of Yankees than of Prissy's hants.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
6  And, since the surrender, Rhett's name had been inextricably linked with Yankees, Republicans and Scallawags.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
7  He felt the good and bad within himself inextricably mingled and overlapping.
War and Peace 6 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 16: CHAPTER X
8  The edges of the hollow road were encumbered with horses and riders, inextricably heaped up.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT
Example Sentence:
1  They crowded together and didn't care to sob or stumble: the confusion was inextricable.
2  In the Middle Ages, philosophy and theology were inextricable.
3  In the case of King Arthur, legend and truth are often inextricable.
4  The whisky is inextricably woven into Scotland's history, customs and culture.
5  Physical health is inextricably linked to mental health.
6  For these people, land is inextricably interwoven with life itself.