unbearable
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"But the moment I come home... it feels like someone has touched a raw nerve. The pain is unbearable."
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
Not an iota of care for Mathew Shurka, “an amicus who received conversion therapy as a child,” who is a living example of the unbearable price paid for framing talk therapy as nothing but speech.
From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026
Plain language, ordinary intimacies—Ebert’s directness makes it possible to feel the moment with nearly the same unbearable immediacy that Penn creates in the film.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
"This is becoming unbearable," Ofelia Oliva, a 64-year-old Havana resident, told AFP.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
Whatever anesthesia had carried me through the event was starting to wear off and with each passing second the thought of sitting around all night, alone, was seeming more and more unbearable.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Vocabulary lists containing unbearable
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 12–15
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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