Verb (used with object), : Only his children could console him when his wife died. From Dictionary.com.
Only in the hearts of mothers lives unconsolable regret. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother of Felipe] Reference
What could I do? frantic despair; cruel anguish unconsolable. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Endurance] Reference
But one child is unconsolable after his mother leaves for work. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2005] Reference
This Canadian missionary unconsolable when told he can't leave Haiti. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 27, 2004] Reference
Tragedy had occurred here, Jaric understood, and he knew unconsolable grief. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
Taen drew her knees against her chest, her head bent with unconsolable grief. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
I mean full forced sobbing completely unconsolable, she couldnt talk, nothing. From Wordnik.com. [lily-white Diary Entry] Reference
He covered his face with his hands and wept the unconsolable grief of a child. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
In the case of Miss Gotbaum, she was extremely agitated, yelling and screaming, unconsolable, would not calm down. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2007] Reference
Hillary Clinton is going to weep and moan with unconsolable regret for having called Obama naive and irresponsible. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: Hillary Ahead In Georgia And Missouri] Reference
HARRIS: But up first this hour, uncontrollable anger and unconsolable grief in a tragic ending no parent should ever have to face. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2005] Reference
Pumpkinpie woke up in the night screaming, flailing, unconsolable, unapproachable, possibly from a dream, for the second time this week. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
It disturbed me in my comfort spots, comforted me in my disturbed spots, and, as an erstwhile writer of fiction, I was simultaneously enraptured by her facility with words and timing; and nearly unconsolable and jealous and angry with myself for not working harder at it than I do. From Wordnik.com. [Dear Clusterflock | clusterflock] Reference
I'm actually outside the family's villa here in quite a wealthy neighborhood just outside Dubai City, and just a short while ago, her husband, her three children, the eldest being a 19-year-old who had been visiting from Oxford University had been here on holiday, unconsolable as they left. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2007] Reference
The mother was almost unconsolable, and the young wife was sorely smitten by the bereavement. From Wordnik.com. [Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3.] Reference
The violin fairly sobbed and groaned and wailed, as if the spirit of unconsolable grief were tugging heavily at the strings. From Wordnik.com. [How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's And Other Stories] Reference
She is completely unconsolable none of the regular things work like rocking, holding a crayon, a bath, watching TV or listening to music. From Wordnik.com. [Wrong Planet Asperger / Autism Forums] Reference
The next morning when one of his friends arrived, just before daylight, he was nearly speechless and utterly unconsolable, looking twenty years older. From Wordnik.com. [Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs] Reference
I'm unconsolable when I miss an episode of grey's anatomy - but actually I dislike (more or less) every single character in there and don't care for the plot. From Wordnik.com. [AfterElton.com - Because visibility matters] Reference
But Salinger bent it all into something new, a tone that drew from the secular and the religious, the worldly and the otherworldly, the ecstatic and the unconsolable. From Wordnik.com. [TIME.com: Top Stories] Reference
The last few days have been tough: Satya's going through a very unconsolable phase with lots of whining, lots of tantrums, lots of mommy, and at the same time being very fun and loving with lots of hugs. From Wordnik.com. [fiddlesticknitting] Reference
The Prince was left quite unconsolable, and declared that nothing should induce him to go back to his kingdom until he had found her again, and refusing to allow any of his courtiers to follow him, he mounted his horse and rode sadly away, letting the animal choose his own path. From Wordnik.com. [The Blue Fairy Book] Reference
Though I got better at easing Opal into sleep, I didn’t know what to do for her when she awoke because she’d be unconsolable for the first ten minutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Worst Thing I've Done] Reference
There was great excitement at the doctor’s, the mother beside herself and unconsolable, the doctor desiring to take his son to the hospital in Bodø, unable to do so for three days as there would be no south-bound steamer until then, and thus himself obliged to set the leg in temporary splints. From Wordnik.com. [The Road Leads On] Reference
August, beside herself and unconsolable: her son had put in a perfectly hideous night, he had screamed and was possibly even dying, for his father, the doctor, had probably squeezed all life out of the leg with all those awful splints, that’s the way it looked, and he had given the boy drops to make him sleep, but he hadn’t been able to sleep. From Wordnik.com. [The Road Leads On] Reference
As they went below, the Chinese caught a last glimpse of their homeland, and unconsolable sorrows assaulted them, for it was a miserable thing when a man left China, and some sensed that never again would they see this great land; no matter how harshly China had treated them it was still the Middle Kingdom, the heavenly land suspended between mere earth and the residence of the gods: the sweeping plains, the rice fields in the spring, the glorious mountains, and the wild, cruel rivers. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaii]
Poor thing was unconsolable. From Wordnik.com. [1999-12-12 01:05:36] Reference
The grief of the queen was unconsolable. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Tales, Vol. 6 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. French.] Reference
Her voice filled with unconsolable desolation. From Wordnik.com. [Slay Ride]
For the next two days she had been unconsolable. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
I was unconsolable. From Wordnik.com. [partygirl Diary Entry] Reference
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