Sentence examples for consider unthinkable from inspiring English sources

If Congress baulks, one consequence could be America defaulting on its debt, something most economists consider unthinkable.

He said he could not rule out the possibility that Monte dei Paschi would be sold — a prospect many Sienese consider unthinkable.

A US teacher sparked debate last month when she uttered what some might consider unthinkable; she didn't want to teach Shakespeare to her students.

A former chief executive of UniCredito, the largest bank in Italy, Mr. Profumo has negotiated job cuts with bank staff and has not ruled out selling the bank, something many Sienese consider unthinkable.

The Roths did what parents lucky enough to gain a toehold in an elite school might consider unthinkable: They pulled him out, anxious that despite Ethical Culture's top reputation, the philosophy that the school shares with a number of its peers — that kindergarten is more of a social year, not an academic one — was not letting Drake bloom.

That's when David Schroeder, the now 28-year-old son of the company's third owner Scott Schroeder, decided to do what most companies consider unthinkable: throw away 25 years of history and get rid of the MegaTech brand name.

"Why is a person as nice/successful/intelligent as you still single?" is an unremarkable conversational gambit, whereas the analogous why-are-you-still-married would be considered unthinkable -- and unthinkably rude.

Even a generation ago, she would have been considered unthinkable as a prospective royal bride.

It is an idea once considered unthinkable, and still widely viewed here as unlikely.

They have, however, convinced me of something else I previously considered unthinkable.

Action in the Middle East without the support of the US is usually considered unthinkable.