All 7 Uses of
inconceivable
in
Heart of Darkness
- But what made the idea of attack inconceivable to me was the nature of the noise—of the cries we had heard.†
Chpt 2 *
- Only in the very last moment, as though in response to some sign we could not see, to some whisper we could not hear, he frowned heavily, and that frown gave to his black death-mask an inconceivably somber, brooding, and menacing expression.†
Chpt 2
- —he had withered; it had taken him, loved him, embraced him, got into his veins, consumed his flesh, and sealed his soul to its own by the inconceivable ceremonies of some devilish initiation.†
Chpt 2
- It was inconceivable how he had existed, how he had succeeded in getting so far, how he had managed to remain—why he did not instantly disappear.†
Chpt 3
- I saw the inconceivable mystery of a soul that knew no restraint, no faith, and no fear, yet struggling blindly with itself.†
Chpt 3
- No, they did not bury me, though there is a period of time which I remember mistily, with a shuddering wonder, like a passage through some inconceivable world that had no hope in it and no desire.†
Chpt 3
- I heard a light sigh, and then my heart stood still, stopped dead short by an exulting and terrible cry, by the cry of inconceivable triumph and of unspeakable pain.†
Chpt 3
Definition:
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(inconceivable) totally unlikely