How to Use inestimable in a Sentence

inestimable

adjective
  • He has made inestimable contributions to our society.
  • Einstein's inestimable contributions to science.
  • A number of tables in this book are of inestimable value.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 Jan. 2026
  • The value of just this is inestimable, and the study validated that.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Of course, knowing the language is of inestimable help for foreign travel.
    — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2020
  • This film has been an uphill battle every step of the way and faced inestimable resistance on every front.
    — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The training a boy gets as a newspaper carrier is of inestimable value to him in after years.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2020
  • But Marvel’s co-opting of indies has incurred an inestimable cost.
    — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • But his influence on decades of enduring and deep country music was inestimable.
    — Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, 23 May 2018
  • Odds that confer an inestimable value on human life under any conditions.
    — Michael Nesset, Star Tribune, 25 Nov. 2020
  • This night will be about the unifying, inestimable, enduring power of music.
    — Jonathan Coleman, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2017
  • All his successes spring from his inestimable genius; all his failures are the product of sabotage by jealous losers.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2019
  • And once again, Young, as the helicopter sister, proves her inestimable value to the Broadway stage.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The risks are insignificant compared to the inestimable cost of inaction.
    — Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • This alone would be of inestimable help to the experts seeking to understand and model the impact of the virus and thus predict its arc going forward.
    — Nicholas Burns, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2020
  • These cumulative burdens had consumed an inestimable amount of time and energy.
    — New York Times, 10 May 2022
  • Now is the time for Americans to rediscover the inestimable value of tending to our spirits.
    — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 18 Aug. 2017
  • That would be an inestimable loss, not least since so many of the small colleges are vigorous outposts of traditional liberal-arts education.
    — Allen C. Guelzo, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019
  • Nearly every sound lingers like an unanswered question, and the scant bass drums that appear in most tracks are less for keeping time than providing anchor points in an inestimable nebula.
    — Dash Lewis, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Weeks later, the annual hajj was reduced to skeletal proportion to counter the inestimable health risk posed by the five-day religious ceremony.
    — Phillip Morris, National Geographic, 13 Oct. 2020
  • To create a library is to multiply this effect hundreds or thousands of times, resulting in something of deeply personal and, hence, inestimable value.
    — Ernest Hilbert, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
  • In the case of the Grand Canyon, those global impacts were mostly psychological—the sense that an ancient place of inestimable value would be defiled.
    — Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 20 July 2021
  • Its decision will have inestimable consequences for our Constitution and our society.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Around a third of its surface area enjoys some sort of conservation status, making Asturias an ecological resource of inestimable value.
    — Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
  • On this point, Easter’s engaging yet thorough explanations of how humans alter ecosystems to create food supply chains are of inestimable value.
    — Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The Appalachian Trail is a point of pride for people there, for people in the midst of losing everything; saying it is destroyed based on no data adds insult to inestimable injury.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Author Ben Zotto, who wrote the book on Buckter, said his impact on San Francisco's landscape is inestimable.
    — Itay Hod, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Some, like the inestimable Alexandra DeSanctis, are blessed with both speed-reading abilities and comprehension.
    — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Almost as posh as Versailles, its galleries hold inestimable riches, including works by Titian, Gainsborough and Turner.
    — Donna Bulseco, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
  • The Senate vote will do inestimable reputational damage to the Republican party.
    — Doug Badger, National Review, 28 July 2017

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