Sample Sentences for
irrepressible
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    Or were they signs of a native spirit so irrepressible that even a Depression couldn't squelch it?  (source)
    irrepressible = unable to be kept down or discouraged
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    Grayle was an irrepressible paper-clip-bender, napkin-ripper, corner-folder.  (source)
    irrepressible = unable to stop being a
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    Niki was thirty-four standard, with two children of her own-still energetic, still irrepressible, but ancient by Rachel's standards.  (source)
    irrepressible = full of lively energy that can’t be held back
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    I felt an irrepressible grin bubble onto my face.  (source)
    irrepressible = impossible to hold back
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    Both the men and women were irrepressibly fond of the local silver-and-turquoise jewelry.†  (source)
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    Isabel would have invited her again (there was no question of inviting the Count); but Osmond, after his marriage, had not scrupled to say frankly that Amy was a fool of the worst species—a fool whose folly had the irrepressibility of genius.†  (source)
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    Fitzy's irrepressible voice is both sarcastic and welcoming, like he just can't decide which way to go.  (source)
    irrepressible = full of lively energy that can’t be ignored
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    A howl of laughter went up irrepressibly.†  (source)
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    He is a small and irrepressible man with the energy of someone half his age, and if you were to talk to people in the tennis world, they'd tell you that Vic Braden knows as much about the nuances and subtleties of the game as any man alive.  (source)
    irrepressible = full of lively energy that can’t be subdued
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    She turned from him, irrepressibly humming her song.†  (source)
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    She catches my eye, an irrepressible grin spreading across her face.†  (source)
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    But even in tragedy he was irrepressibly funny.†  (source)
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    And yet the song was irrepressible.†  (source)
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