Adjective : a scene of inexpressible beauty. From Dictionary.com.
After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. From Wordnik.com. [Musing Mondays: Music « A Progressive on the Prairie] Reference
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music" -- Aldous Huxley. From Wordnik.com. [Learning Through The Arts] Reference
The legacy of Charles Mingus is, in short, inexpressible. From Wordnik.com. Reference
My heart was oppressed with inexpressible anguish. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The emotion he felt is inexpressible in human terms. From Wordnik.com. [Anything You Can Do ...] Reference
An inexpressible fear and a sense of suffocation seized him. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
The look of joy upon their sun-browned faces was inexpressible. From Wordnik.com. [An Epoch in History] Reference
The days that followed were for him days of inexpressible ennui. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
Then, to Paul's inexpressible relief, he heard the window close. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Elysium -- the inexpressible, the unattainable; more so than ever now. From Wordnik.com. [The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives] Reference
Of Geronimo, too, he thought with feelings of inexpressible bitterness. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
He took two turns in his room, his arms crossed, in inexpressible anguish. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This name, however, to his great and inexpressible joy, he was soon to learn. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
To the innumerable writers who are quoted, the indebtedness felt is inexpressible. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
In an instant life became an inexpressible benefaction, for it permitted me to realise. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
General R.E. Lee's entire army, was made to our corps, causing feelings of inexpressible joy. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service] Reference
She bowed her head and gave herself up to the inexpressible thoughts that welled into her mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Knock A Story] Reference
Miss Singleton had realized in those few moments the inexpressible meaning of the Lord's prayer. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Knock A Story] Reference
Senseman, who first went out, had the inexpressible grief of seeing his wife perish in the flames. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
There I saw Forrest leaning against the wall of the coach-house, a figure of inexpressible dejection. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
My long practice in spelling has helped me; it now suddenly works, and my quiet joy is inexpressible. '. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
There I feel transports -- passions, which give me sometimes great joy, sometimes inexpressible suffering. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Within a few pages we seem to have been brought to the threshhold of something fascinatingly inexpressible. From Wordnik.com. [The Accident by Ismail Kadare] Reference
We sent our batteaus down this creek and a little before sunset we had the inexpressible satisfaction to meet. From Wordnik.com. [An interesting journal of Abner Stocking of Chatham, Connecticut detailing the distressing events of the expedition against Quebec, under the command of Col. Arnold in the year 1775] Reference
I looked at her with inexpressible sadness; she was not only the friend of my faithless one but her confidante. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And that moment of silence, as he severs that final bit of the umbilical cord, I think represents that inexpressible love. From Wordnik.com. [Film 'Mooz-lum' Confronts Public Perceptions Of Islam] Reference
Yet I must admit this unexpressed and inexpressible concern, as our vessel glided out of the harbor of Hong-Kong, towards home. From Wordnik.com. [Kathay: A Cruise in the China Seas] Reference
Slowly he hauled Paul to the top of the well; and, with an inexpressible feeling of thankfulness, Paul stepped from the bucket. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
The explosion so long pent up burst forth, and a flood of words poured from the young man's lips with inexpressible impetuosity. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I acquiesced, when to my inexpressible horror our ears were assailed by a tremendous knocking, accompanied by a terrific scream. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810] Reference
To their inexpressible joy they found that the coach was this time a strong one, and no ordinary event of travel could delay them. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
They point you toward work (work that can happen through your job or outside of it) that will bring you inexpressible fulfillment. From Wordnik.com. [Tara Sophia Mohr: 5 Steps to Transform Your B+ Life] Reference
Suddenly she darted a glance full into the eyes of the young man, and lowering her voice to a tone of inexpressible bitterness, said. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Like all the magical voices, it had the faculty of imparting to the most familiar and commonplace expressions an inexpressible fascination. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
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