How to Use unmanageable in a Sentence

unmanageable

adjective
  • If that feels unmanageable, try to aim for at least once a month.
    — Nicole Pyles, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Brown said adding more people would make the events unmanageable.
    — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2022
  • This is how the debt grows over time and can make the monthly payment unmanageable.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The seventh hole became so unmanageable that some likened it to putting on linoleum.
    — Barry Wilner, Houston Chronicle, 17 June 2018
  • The Ouai’s famous hair oil keeps even the most unmanageable hair slick and shiny.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Most say the cost of living is at least somewhat unmanageable.
    — Fred Backus, Kabir Khanna, Anthony Salvanto, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2021
  • The offense was left with lengthy and unmanageable distances on third downs.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Frizzy, unmanageable hair was just part of a list that went along with being thick, and having too much body hair.
    — Neelanjana Banerjee, Teen Vogue, 5 June 2018
  • Talk with your healthcare provider if your stress levels feel unmanageable.
    — Sanja Jelic, Verywell Health, 29 Apr. 2026
  • And in the cage, nothing feels unmanageable.
    — Brian Martin, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
  • At what point does debt become unmanageable?
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Students are often left with unmanageable levels of debt and jobs whose salaries are not enough to pay it off.
    — USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The president and his top lawyer are a double dose of unmanageable.
    — Callum Borchers, Washington Post, 4 May 2018
  • This creates a level of stress and work that is nearly unmanageable.
    — Roxane Gay, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The op-ed suggests that lithium battery fires are an unmanageable risk.
    — Joe Curtatone, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Without a class size cap, some classes have grown to unmanageable levels.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2021
  • The good news is, though, that high APRs aren't unmanageable.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • How many hours would your partner have to work each week for your life together to become unmanageable?
    — Jennifer Petriglieri, Time, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Worldwide poverty, hunger and unmanageable debt are all on the upswing.
    — New York Times, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The knee injury has bugged Feldman all year, but in the last month has become unmanageable.
    — Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 17 Aug. 2017
  • So why, in Schumer’s case, did semaglutide cause unmanageable side effects, while tirzepatide didn’t?
    — Julia Ries, Health, 13 May 2025
  • The sateen shell kept cool, and the weight and thickness of this insert were ideal and not too unwieldy, too fluffy or unmanageable.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 30 May 2025
  • But each time, they were told to manage the symptoms at home and to come in only if the symptoms became unmanageable.
    — Abigail Hauslohner, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2020
  • When workloads are unmanageable, people start to question the point of their efforts.
    — Jennifer Moss, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
  • And that goes from being manageable and unmanageable, but that's starting to lift.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2023
  • And that goes from being manageable and unmanageable, but that’s starting to lift.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Add Delta to the mix and expenses begin to feel unmanageable.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2021
  • And, the good news is that there are multiple options for dealing with aging and unmanageable debt.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The data also shows the areas least exposed to unmanageable climate shocks, at least so far.
    — Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Local police and park rangers quickly shut down the event, however, due to an unmanageable crowd size.
    — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 24 Apr. 2025

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