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Synonyms for unsinkable

Grammar : Adj
Spell : singk
Phonetic Transcription : sɪŋk

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Définition of unsinkable

Origin :
  • 1650s, from un- (1) "not" + sinkable (see sink (v.)).
  • As in floating : adj buoyant
  • As in buoyant : adj light in weight
  • As in unshakable : adj steady
Example sentences :
  • I told you she was unsinkable, if only handled in accordance with the new seamanship.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • Seal the boat and she's unsinkable the way a corked bottle is.
  • Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth
  • If boats are unsinkable as well as fireproof there is no need of any life-boats at all.
  • Extract from : « Sinking of the Titanic » by Various
  • And still everyone was walking about and saying that the ship was unsinkable.
  • Extract from : « Titanic » by Filson Young
  • The term "unsinkable," as applied to ships, is used throughout the present work in an accommodated sense.
  • Extract from : « An Unsinkable Titanic » by John Bernard Walker
  • Such was the Great Eastern, a marvel in her time and an object lesson, even to-day, in safe and unsinkable construction.
  • Extract from : « An Unsinkable Titanic » by John Bernard Walker
  • If we would make ocean travel safe we must make the ship, as far as possible, unsinkable.
  • Extract from : « An Unsinkable Titanic » by John Bernard Walker
  • It was rough luck, to be sure; they had not thought they would so soon have a chance of proving that the Titanic was unsinkable.
  • Extract from : « Titanic » by Filson Young
  • We have nothing direct from the Titanic, but are perfectly satisfied that the vessel is unsinkable.
  • Extract from : « Titanic » by Filson Young
  • Here it is a ship at sea, unsinkable and steady, blown upon by the free winds of all the world.
  • Extract from : « Old Plymouth Trails » by Winthrop Packard

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