Sentence examples for unable to find the words from inspiring English sources

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Those who saw it must have blanked it – or simply been unable to find the words to talk about it.

There was a lovely symmetry to events in this double bill, as she once more arrived at the TV1 studio for an election debate, but this time lost her way, unable to find the words or charm to extricate herself from the situation.

It was low, and Augenthaler... .. Binic is a voluble man, particularly when talking about himself, but even he was unable to find the words for it, perhaps dreaming of the volley he would have creamed into the top corner if only Mihajlovic hadn't miskicked.

It was too … too … something, she said, unable to find the words.

How painful it must be for Clare, a former language teacher, to be unable to find the words she wants to say.

It wasn't 'til then I could understand what was going on at the time, she was unable to find the words".

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Walter fidgeted in his seat, unable to find the right words for his curiosity — or perhaps he was simply eager to end the conversation.

Walter fidgeted in his seat, unable to find the right words for his curiosity or perhaps he was simply eager to end the conversation.

Unlike Charlotte, however, I am on the autistic spectrum, and this has led to me feeling unable to find the right words, play the right game, and undergo the pretence of social interactions as smoothly as others.

Clinton's struggle with the drivers' licence question had almost nothing to do with enunciating a sensible position on the issue -- it was Clinton, caught in a sticky trap between the governor she supported and the way his policy played with the broader electorate, unable to find the right combination of words needed to cook up a politically acceptable escape hatch.

An imaginary answer, in other words, to real problems: the fantasy of those unwilling or unable to find the means for improving an ordinary life, searching instead for an extraordinary one.

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