IRREPRESSIBLE in a Sentence

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No matter who the lyricist was, the songs had Rodgers's signature, which was romantic and irrepressibly melodic.

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 Meanings and Examples of IRREPRESSIBLE
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irrepressible
 a.  unable to be restrained; difficult or impossible to control or restrain
Classic Sentence: (16 in 2 pages)
1  And yet the song was irrepressible.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
2  Utterson heaved an irrepressible sigh.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. JEKYLL WAS QUITE AT EASE
3  With this irrepressible ebullition of mirth, Master Bates laid himself flat on the floor: and kicked convulsively for five minutes, in an ectasy of facetious joy.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
4  Then the Jew, in an agony of impatience, watched every morsel he put into his mouth; pacing up and down the room, meanwhile, in irrepressible excitement.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
5  He found Holmes leaning languidly against the mantelpiece, resigned and patient, endeavouring to conceal his irrepressible yawns.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SECOND STAIN
6  "Yes, I suppose so," answered Anna, as it were wondering at the boldness of his question; but the irrepressible, quivering brilliance of her eyes and her smile set him on fire as she said it.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 23
7  And irrepressible delight and eagerness shone in her face.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: Chapter 30
8  This Levin, with his continual twitching of his head, aroused in her now an irrepressible feeling of disgust.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: Chapter 30
9  Betsy broke into unexpectedly mirthful and irrepressible laughter, a thing which rarely happened with her.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 17
10  At sight of Pierre her expression showed an irrepressible hatred.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIV
11  she whispered incessantly, kissing her head, her hands, her face, and feeling her own irrepressible and streaming tears tickling her nose and cheeks.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER II
12  of life that had seized Natasha was so evidently irrepressible and.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XX
13  I rose with an irrepressible expression of what I felt on my lips, which induced my companion, who had been staring towards the door, to turn and look at me.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
14  The light rendered every limb and joint discernible, and Duncan turned away in horror when he saw they were writhing in irrepressible agony.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 23
15  Through fugitive slaves and irrepressible discussion this desire for freedom seized the black millions still in bondage, and became their one ideal of life.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In X
Example Sentence:
1  My friend Kitty's curiosity was irrepressible: she poked her nose into everybody's business and just laughed.
2  No matter who the lyricist was, the songs had Rodgers's signature, which was romantic and irrepressibly melodic.