How to Use unthinkable in a Sentence

unthinkable

adjective
  • Just a few months ago, this would have been unthinkable.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Point is, that would have been unthinkable a year ago.
    — ABC News, 28 June 2026
  • Not long ago, this kind of praise would have been unthinkable from him.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
  • In sports, this would be unthinkable.
    — Brian Tuite, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • For many, the news felt unthinkable.
    — Laura Sharman, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Even so, that Weir might be gone so soon seemed unthinkable.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Just six or seven years ago the idea would have been unthinkable.
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2021
  • That kind of support would have been unthinkable a few decades ago.
    — Annie Karni, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The idea of mocking them to their faces would have been unthinkable.
    — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
  • For a band as extreme as ours, that would have been unthinkable.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2024
  • Such a close contest would have been unthinkable two years ago.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • That would always be unthinkable, but even more so this time of year.
    — Keith Bierygolick, The Enquirer, 13 Aug. 2021
  • There seems plenty of blame to go around for this unthinkable tragedy.
    — Fox News, 11 Aug. 2019
  • Less than a year ago, such a broadcast would have been unthinkable.
    — Salar Abdoh, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023
  • Joel has done something unthinkable—and he's done it out of love.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Last year, the idea of a rock concert that size would have been unthinkable.
    — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Back in the old-timey days, killing off the star of a series was unthinkable.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Back in the old-timey days, killing off the star of a series was unthinkable.
    — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
  • That opened the door to so many people who five years ago would have been unthinkable.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Most were not wearing face masks, a sight that would have been unthinkable just a month ago.
    — The Economist, 8 June 2020
  • That’s almost unthinkable in a state like this.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
  • At the time, the idea that any show would ever be able to match that kind of streak seemed unthinkable.
    — Travis Bean, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2021
  • This would have been unthinkable on a normal Celtic game night.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2021
  • For his part, Riley has learned to game plan the unthinkable.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The free pass in the ninth would normally have been unthinkable, this time of year.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This insane ruling would have been unthinkable even five years ago.
    — David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The idea that this inmate would be here in Cannes, a free man, was unthinkable.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
  • Even a couple of days ago, such bald-faced threats would have been nearly unthinkable.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Back then Martínez saw the latter as unthinkable.
    — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Since then, mass shootings of this scale have been almost unthinkable.
    — Oscar Schwartz, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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