Sentence examples for unquotable from inspiring English sources

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unquotable

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Not quotable; that cannot be quoted.

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(In the end, he opts for the brilliantly unquotable "R.I.K").

In comments from the stage the singers described the madrigals in the second half of the program as "naughty and bawdy," but only Lassus's "Matona Mia Cara" ("My Lovely Lady"), which ends with some unquotable boasting about virility, really qualified.

Though shorter than the book, the script left intact Joyce's original language, including much of Molly Bloom's soliloquy, a ribald reverie unquotable here with the possible exception of the words "yes," "I," "said" and "yes".

(It is expletive-heavy, and largely unquotable here).

And almost unquotable!

Kitson's new show, lasting nearly two hours if he gets carried away, is a masterpiece of stand-up; his appeal is unquantifiable and unquotable, but lies in a singular alchemy of intelligence, integrity, humanity, honesty and a sense of being at home in his own skin that gives the audience complete confidence in him as a performer.

Make sure you understand the science – using the technically precise but unquotable language if you need to – then ask your scientist how she'd explain the same research to her grandmother.

Meanwhile, Jesus H f***ing Corbett (as Malcolm would, and indeed does, say), I dearly wish I could share some of last night's magisterial *uckerisms but, thrillingly, every single one is such unquotable uberfilth that, fingers crossed, we'll soon see Malcolm on Question Time.

For a celebrity-averse young star today, the only defence is to be as unquotable and, well, plain dull as possible – how many times can we be told that Keira Knightley's idea of a wild night is cooking lasagne for her mates before we all explode with boredom?

(Famously but incorrectly: Garner said a bucket of warm piss, which, though unquotable in the family newspapers of his day, makes more sense from the heat-retention angle).

Beat writers covet his affection, despite the fact that he has a penchant for profanity that renders most of his utterances unquotable.

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