How to Use untouchable in a Sentence

untouchable

1 of 2 adjective
  • The team's record was untouchable.
  • The mayor believed that he was untouchable and not subject to the same laws as the rest of us.
  • But Cher’s grant was untouchable, the judge found.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Men like these were supposed to be untouchable.
    — Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
  • Ye himself felt untouchable even as the outrage grew this month.
    — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 25 Oct. 2022
  • This stock remains untouchable to the bears, up over 31% year to date.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Tatum should be the Celtics’ most untouchable player.
    — Jay King, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Spaces like these can feel staged and untouchable, leaving guests and even dwellers to feel stiff in the space.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Mark loves to be thought of as untouchable, but that’s a defense mechanism.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Bright pink against only the bluest of seas is an untouchable combo for the summer season.
    — ELLE, 5 Aug. 2022
  • But from that moment on, the Dutchman was untouchable.
    — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Private labels are claiming shelf space that once seemed untouchable.
    — Manmit Shrimali, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • The man who once looked untouchable now retires in third place on the list of men’s major championships.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Below are the untouchable Christmas film classics that have few equals this time of year.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Eminem is, and will forever be, an untouchable figure in the rap game.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Dec. 2022
  • No one should be considered untouchable at this stage of the rebuilding project.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 24 Jan. 2022
  • For years, the two giants looked untouchable, while smaller players were left to fight over what remained.
    — Jason Wingard, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Both buckets were garnished with an untouchable rainbow arc.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
  • But since that moment, Summit has looked untouchable.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Guerin has indicated all along that few players and prospects are untouchable.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Aside from that, Burnes was untouchable, facing just two over the minimum.
    — Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2023
  • That is to say, his story is not of some untouchable genius but rather of a better version of ourselves.
    — Max Norman, The New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Sykes was nearly untouchable in the first half, posting 13 points on four-of-six shooting.
    — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2022
  • Jackson is likely the lone untouchable.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Everything else felt a bit untouchable.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • The problem is that the money can be untouchable for many months — not good when customers are demanding it.
    — Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 21 June 2022
  • That their tormentors were not untouchable.
    — Nazanin Boniadi, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
  • And that’s how rivalry games that would have once seemed untouchable could no longer be annual affairs.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 31 May 2023
  • Is that accurate, and is anyone else untouchable?
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But if part-time payrolls are already thin and full-time payrolls are untouchable, where will the adaptation come from?
    — Daniel Altman, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022

untouchable

2 of 2 noun
  • But can a team even have that many untouchables when trying to trade for a player of Werenski’s caliber?
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 28 June 2026
  • Organizers encouraged protesters to state their untouchables in a word or two on white foam-core or poster board.
    — Warren Pederson, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Dalits are what India’s former untouchables now call themselves.
    — Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The untouchables Macklin Celebrini At this point, there is nothing left to say.
    — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Artemi Panarin could be a good starting point, but there shouldn’t be any untouchables at MSG these days.
    — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Sabally wasn’t on the Liberty’s list of untouchables.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Once known as untouchables and reviled as ritually unclean, this sixth of India’s population has never been more integrated.
    — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The untouchables, whose special role — whose hereditary duty — is to labor in the fields of others or to do other work that Hindu society considers filthy, are not allowed to live in the village at all.
    — Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, 17 July 2017
  • The rest of the roster has a couple of untouchables (catcher Buster Posey and ace Madison Bumgarner), a few decent performers who aren’t going anywhere, plus a handful of aging busts.
    — SI.com, 25 July 2017
  • In fact, India’s 14% Muslim minority is, by most measures, little better off than the 17% who are dalits (the lowest caste, formerly known as untouchables).
    — The Economist, 22 July 2017
  • Roy’s idealism fits snugly with her unabated dedication to the others of Indian society—from tribal Maoists to Kashmiri rebels to Dalits (untouchables) to slum-dwellers.
    — Neha Sharma, New Republic, 27 June 2017
  • On Day 1 of the Winter Meetings, Tigers president of baseball operations Scott Harris said there were no untouchables on the roster and didn't explicitly say Skubal would remain in Detroit.
    — Valentina Martinez, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
  • As for the motivation for retaining players, there is a list of untouchables in the squad which includes Reece James, Cole Palmer, Moises Caicedo, Levi Colwill, Estevao Willian, Joao Pedro and Josh Acheampong.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 9 June 2026

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