How to Use insurmountable in a Sentence

insurmountable

adjective
Definition of insurmountablenext
Synonyms for insurmountablenext
  • They were faced with several insurmountable obstacles.
  • Over the past few years, the world has carried an insurmountable amount of grief.
    — Ebony Joseph, Good Housekeeping, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Should that be the case, a multi-score cushion for the Ducks could prove insurmountable.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022
  • By then, the deficit was 14-0—far from insurmountable, but still a steep climb for a team that has struggled to score in the second half of games.
    — Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The deficit seemed insurmountable at 6-3 after Lawrence North hit its third home run in the top of the fifth off the bat of Kaci Kirkpatrick to lead off the inning.
    — Rich Torres, The Indianapolis Star, 31 May 2023
  • Beal scored all 10 of her points in the first half, when South Carolina opened an insurmountable 10-point lead over the Bruins.
    — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The Hoosiers were outclassed to start the game, digging itself into what proved to be an insurmountable deficit.
    — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Or the big second half at Arizona that led to a nearly insurmountable lead late.
    — oregonlive, 4 Feb. 2023
  • With the offense potentially stalled on the Dolphins side, the Bills may get out to an early, insurmountable lead and choose to pump the brakes.
    — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • The 73 yards between Cowart’s team and the end zone felt almost insurmountable.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2022
  • By the third quarter, Sierra Canyon had built an insurmountable lead.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2023
  • While the outlook may seem bleak, the obstacles are not insurmountable.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 17 Aug. 2023
  • As the race pivots to Super Tuesday, the vast map seems tailor-made for Trump to roll up an insurmountable lead on Haley.
    — Nicholas Riccardi, The Denver Post, 29 Feb. 2024
  • With the Nationals leading 9-1 and the Sox offense mired in a woeful stretch of three runs scored in 20 innings, that gap seemed insurmountable.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Trump has a huge, possibly insurmountable lead; the only way to win the nomination is to slash that lead.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Despite a life of victories, the loss of his son was almost insurmountable.
    — Kevin Maurer, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2023
  • While the chemistry is apparent, the distance is insurmountable and the two are unable to reunite.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
  • With just a few weeks until the beginning of the 2024 primaries, Trump now has what looks to be an insurmountable lead in the G.O.P. race, a lead that has only risen with each new case filed against him.
    — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The slugger has an insurmountable lead in the home runs category.
    — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • For the longest time, the first weekend of the tournament was an insurmountable barrier.
    — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • This may feel like an insurmountable problem, but the solution is largely aligned with the same ROI-first thinking.
    — Esther Flammer, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • The dramatic increase in height was a challenge but not an insurmountable one.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2023
  • Yet on the other hand, 49% isn’t an insurmountable figure if/when the GOP contest turns into two-person race.
    — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 10 July 2023
  • The outing marked the second time in five games one of Baltimore’s veteran starters put the club in an insurmountable early hole.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Blough believes for a young skipper in this market, those costs are insurmountable.
    — Jack Darrell, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Pollsters think the scale of that deficit, combined with the fact that the Tories will seek a record fifth term in office at the next election in 2024, is potentially insurmountable.
    — Paul Hannon, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The Associated Press has not yet called the race because there are still too many votes left to count to conclude Hobbs' lead is insurmountable.
    — Jonathan J. Cooper, ajc, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Even 24 points against a good team has been an insurmountable threshold for Miami.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The showcase proved that even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges, the designers’ spirits have yet to be dampened.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2023
  • In recent years, there have been an insurmountable number of circumstances to be angry about, from the 2016 US election to the #MeToo movement to the pandemic.
    — Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 22 Nov. 2023

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