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Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-tur-muh-nuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈtɜr mə nə bəl



Definition of interminable

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Late Latin interminabilis, from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + terminabilis, from terminalis (see terminal). Related: Interminably.
  • adj infinite
Example sentences :
  • For three interminable minutes we faced each other without a move.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • Their conversations are interminable; but, when will she be tired of him?
  • Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
  • There was little conversation during that interminable hour.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • It seemed like being lost in an interminable dream of horror.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • He almost stifled beneath the interminable expanse of foliage.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • After what seemed an interminable wait, Mr. Baker glanced at his watch, then rose.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • An interminable and sustained howl completed my discomfiture.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • This is one of the coldest days of this most damnable and interminable winter.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • He paid an interminable visit, and we asked him to stop and dine with us.
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • His footsteps seemed to measure the interminable duration of the night.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

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