Sentence examples for cannot be contained in from inspiring English sources

They cannot be contained in language.

The depravity of the human heart cannot be contained in a vessel as flimsy as a psychiatric diagnosis.

The rest of his story cannot be contained in a pithy afterword or a tear-inducing ending.

As the international court of justice put it, back in 1996: "The destructive power of nuclear weapons cannot be contained in space or time.

Buddhism stresses that the truth of enlightenment cannot be contained in words and concepts – which makes "debating" a bit tricky – and instead is found in direct experience.

Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, called the attack an "alarm for all" that highlighted a common security problem that "cannot be contained in the region".

Even in his earliest, wildest days, when his determination to kill an audience was such that he would swing from the rafters, cut flying splits from atop a grand piano, and even leap from a theatre balcony into the orchestra pit, his outrageousness was carefully calculated to convey that, while he cannot be contained, he is always in control.

Strangely, though, this case has been treated primarily as a US phenomenon, even though, like anything touching information in the internet age, it is global – both in the sense that it cannot be contained by national boundaries, and in the sense that something of the sort could happen anywhere.

"Religious terror cannot be contained," wrote Adel Zaid Al-Tarifi in the daily Al Watan.

Tuesday's attack was the latest sign that the war raging in Syria cannot be contained within its borders.

Art in this city cannot be contained.