unsinkable
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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They have developed a technique that makes ordinary metal tubes unsinkable -- meaning the tubes stay afloat regardless of how long they remain underwater or how much damage they sustain.
From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2026
Yet they were unsinkable; both of them moved to England, married well and tried to distance themselves from their pasts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
The peninsula is of high strategic importance as it is essentially an "unsinkable aircraft carrier", says retired Ukrainian Navy Captain Andriy Ryzhenko.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2024
The Titanic was the largest ship of its time, and was thought to be "unsinkable".
From NewsForKids.net • May 25, 2023
Even the unsinkable sank, and what are foolish mortals like Weathers, Pittman, Fischer, Lopsang, Tenzing, Messner, Bonington in the face of the "Mother Goddess. "
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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