How to Use irrepressible in a Sentence

irrepressible

adjective
  • She has an irrepressible sense of humor.
  • Two games, two ties, one goal scored — and yet, irrepressible hope.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Cohen felt the nearly irrepressible need to tell him and tell him.
    — Nicole Krauss, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The child in you has an irrepressible desire to please your parent.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The child in you has an irrepressible desire to please your parent.
    — Washington Post, 28 June 2021
  • The dog was irrepressible, and his master didn’t try to repress him.
    — Leah Garchik, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 May 2018
  • And there's going to be irrepressible ache and worry and fear.
    — NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • But the only thing normal was the irrepressible joy of a new mother.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The silver kings, it is said, get in your blood and trigger irrepressible cravings for more.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 17 Aug. 2017
  • Even the lead-up to the weekend had tinges of that irrepressible Buffett glee.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Both films also share an irrepressible sense of humor, seen in the trailer.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 19 July 2023
  • At first, Parini is at a loss to make sense of the wild, irrepressible Borges.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The impulse to dissect a celebrity’s life, of course, is an irrepressible one.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Indeed, Stone is an irrepressible figure in the news these days.
    — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 11 May 2017
  • But empiricism and artistry frequently start from the same place - an irrepressible urge to know more about the world.
    — Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 14 Mar. 2016
  • Even my small children had struck me, from the moment they were born, as strong and vital, as irrepressible beings.
    — Sarah Stewart Johnson, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2020
  • Alysa Liu’s irrepressible exuberance on the ice will get a lot of play.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Part of her wants to abide by the celebrity code of discretion, but a much more irrepressible part of her loves to tell good stories.
    — Caity Weaver, GQ, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Softbank’s irrepressible Masayoshi Son—is taking the lead in the race to fund it.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 26 July 2019
  • For the irrepressible duo, there are few better ways to drink for free and bed vulnerable women.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
  • His fervent pleas for peace and racial justice, along with his irrepressible sense of humor, were a constant balm to a country on the edge.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2021
  • His go-for-broke head-first slides and habit of sprinting to first base on a walk marked him as among the game’s most irrepressible showmen and iconoclasts.
    — Brandon Harris, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Larson taught me that the constellation of notes in a score has space enough to hold immense grief and irrepressible delights.
    — New York Times, 16 Feb. 2022
  • As he is portrayed in the early parts of the film, Garcia is a man of irrepressible, joyful charisma.
    — Will Dana, New York Times, 24 May 2017
  • All the more so thanks to the irrepressible Racquel and Gabby and their outrageous way with a tune.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Damn the Torpedoes is one of those irrepressible once-in-a-career albums where every song sounds like a hit and half of them are.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Next year, the irrepressible flutist, Claire Chase, takes the music director reins.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2024
  • In the final, the Swiss met an irrepressible Rafa Nadal, who did what Nadal does best -- win on the red dirt.
    — George Ramsay, CNN, 16 June 2017
  • The irrepressible Johnson has sought to parlay his role as summit host into a high-profile turn in the world spotlight.
    — Christina Boyle, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Apparently, Kennedy doesn’t have a love for animals so much as an irrepressible desire to have them around.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 16 Apr. 2026

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