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How to use indestructible in a sentence

15 example sentences · adjective

Indestructible means not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible. Example: “The superheavy tank weighed 80 tonnes and was said to be indestructible in combat.”

Examples of indestructible by meaning

adjectiveNot destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.

  • But this was precisely what Rosa Luxemburg believed; and she held that the revolutionary potential of the working masses was indestructible, though it might be temporarily stifled by arrogant leaders.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon...

More sentences with indestructible

  • The superheavy tank weighed 80 tonnes and was said to be indestructible in combat.From the entry superheavy
  • So, not only were individuals possessed of an immutable, indestructible atman.2011, Owen Flanagan, The Bodhisattva's Brain: Buddhism Naturalized, page 124. From the entry atman
  • Seventhly, they are lasting, almost indestructible, certainly far less "blitzable" than paper.1944, The Bankers' Magazine, volume 157, page 169. From the entry blitzable
  • The Great Western has a big 15-inch indestructible malleable fifth wheel that weighs 40 pounds.1912 February 7, “How to Save the Most Money on a Spreader [advertisement]”, in The Breeder’s Gazette, volume LXI, number 6, Chicago…. From the entry fifth wheel
  • “The potato’s skin is teeming with glycoalkaloids,” she continued, “toxins so indestructible, they can easily survive both cooking and frying.”2022, Bonnie Garmus, Lessons in Chemistry, Penguin (2023), page 316. From the entry glycoalkaloid
  • Some new high-tech material that was indestructible?2003, Beverly Barton, The Princess's Bodyguard. From the entry unbendable
  • Physicists back then explained the durability of matter by assuming that it was made up of identical, indestructible, marblelike atoms.1996 January 26, Harold Henderson, “Twisted Science”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry marblelike
  • Perhaps these two atoms, or essences, or monads indestructible, did but repeat an adventure, or many, many adventures.1918, H[enry] Rider Haggard, chapter I, in Love Eternal. From the entry monad
  • Surely then whatever is ungenerated and in being must be eternal, and whatever is indestructible and in being must equally be so.2009, Richard McKeon, The Basic Works of Aristotle. From the entry ungenerated
  • The first of these is eternalism, which holds that matter, energy, and intelligence—the components of the universe—are uncreated, indestructible, eternal, and forever fixed.1997, Dale C. Lecheminant, “Foreword”, in John A. Widtsoe, Rational Theology: As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…. From the entry eternalism
  • Since monofilament is fairly indestructible, it is estimated that a modern "ghost net" may continue to fish on its own for as long as five years.1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 124. From the entry monofilament
  • The notion of a Hausdorff gap and the proof that Hausdorff gaps are indestructible under cardinal preserving extensions (property 5 above) are due to Kunen (unpublished).1995, Robert M. Solovay, “*1970 [Godel's ontological proof]”, in Kurt Gödel, edited by Solomon Feferman, John W. Dawson Jr., Warren…. From the entry Hausdorff gap
  • He held that everything in existence is composed of four underived and indestructible substances--fire, water, earth, and air--and that atmosphere is a corporeal substance, not a mere void.1988 December 2, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “The Sound of German”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry underived
  • Bright-beady of eye, bony of cheek and jaw, scarred, toughened, broken and reknit, indestructible, grisly, gladiatorial as a hornet, he was a type neither new nor unfamiliar.1903 February, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “Hygeia at the Solito”, in Everybody’s Magazine, volume VIII, number 2, New…. From the entry reknit

Meaning of indestructible

  1. adjective Not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.

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Questions about indestructible in a sentence

How do you use indestructible in a sentence?
Indestructible is used as an adjective. For example: “The superheavy tank weighed 80 tonnes and was said to be indestructible in combat.”
What is a short sentence with indestructible?
“Some new high-tech material that was indestructible?”
What does indestructible mean?
Indestructible means not destructible; incapable of decomposition or of being destroyed; invincible.

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