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Example sentences for "irresistible"

Lexicographically close words:
irrepressibly; irreproachable; irreproachably; irresistable; irresistibility; irresistibly; irresolute; irresolutely; irresolution; irresolvable
  1. His only wish seemed to be to convince by irresistible argument this obstinate objector.

  2. The quaintness of the phrase was irresistible and she laughed outright.

  3. Combinations arose readily and bravely against the man whose sway was irresistible as long as he dealt with his countrymen alone or preserved a loyal army and dependant church, whose strength and wealth were mutual supports.

  4. Passepartout had seized his master by the collar, and was dragging him along with irresistible force.

  5. Was he being devoured by one of those secret rages, all the more terrible because contained, and which only burst forth, with an irresistible force, at the last moment?

  6. I see naething irresistible in the case, unless ye just mean to tell me that ye are a born fool.

  7. Again that irresistible impulse came over her auditor.

  8. To him, even as to Siegfried, it woke in his heart the irresistible need of love, of the ideal mate, of the woman of his dreams, who sat beside him.

  9. He did not even feel he was doing a dangerous thing; he felt only that he had an irresistible need to be with Elizabeth in the isolation of the darkened house when Brunnhilde awoke.

  10. Such is the irresistible passion for dancing among them.

  11. But excited spirits are not always the best judges of such matters, although they have an irresistible tendency to judge.

  12. They did not feel accountable for their deeds or thoughts or words to an irresistible Power working for righteousness or truth.

  13. A new race had arisen in their rear, that of the Cimmerians and Scythians, which, issuing in irresistible waves from the gorges of the Caucasus, threatened to overwhelm the whole ancient world of the East.

  14. It seemed to me probable that the Prince might need me more than the husband," and then she added with her irresistible smile, "I hope you will not misunderstand my intentions in this.

  15. She glanced up with a beseeching, irresistible softness in her eyes, and then hung her dainty head.

  16. And she was so irresistible that Madam Wetherill caught her in her arms.

  17. Each time we come upon an island more curious, more irresistible than any we have seen before.

  18. The Austrian plenipotentiaries no longer hesitated to submit to all Napoleon's demands, rather than again see him commence his tremendous career of irresistible invasion.

  19. His little attentions and kindnesses, accompanied by an irresistible smile, and the act of putting them through some form of drill, endeared him to them long before they reached his lonely rock.

  20. The others, roused to irresistible fury, sprang upon him and strangled him.

  21. No more is it a conscious plan to provide the organism with nourishment that prompts us to eat our breakfast in the morning; it is simply the immediate and irresistible enticement of food after a night's fast.

  22. The bottle is to the confirmed drunkard almost an irresistible command to drink, the alarm clock to one accustomed to it an equally imperative and not-to-be-disregarded order to arise.

  23. Camors, himself a musician, was capable of appreciating the masterly execution of the piece; and was so much struck by it that he felt an irresistible desire to see the performers, especially the singer.

  24. The eloquence of truth carries irresistible conviction to the hearts of the congregated princes.

  25. With irresistible force Thomas Seymour drew Catharine into his arms.

  26. She clung fast to his breast; she drew him with irresistible force to her heart, which now trembled no longer for love, but from a nameless anxiety.

  27. Charles cut through the ranks of the Moslems with irresistible might, dealing right and left such ponderous blows that from that day he was called Charles Martel, "Karl of the Hammer.

  28. They stormed ahead, right through the midst of a retreating French division, yelling like wild Indians, ardent, young, irresistible in their fury of battle.

  29. That movement, it is true, started the irresistible sweep of the wave which was destined to engulf and destroy the hideous power of Prussianism.

  30. That a government exposed to the assaults of a merciless barbarian foe should so long reject this irresistible alliance is among questions to excite the astonishment of future ages.

  31. Let the Rebellion be overcome, and this whole continent will fall naturally, peacefully, and tranquilly under the irresistible influence of American institutions.

  32. At the same time, I can well understand that there may be occasions when another service will be required, or when an irresistible impulse may change the chaplain into the soldier.

  33. But let Slavery disappear, and the same example will be of irresistible might.

  34. Is it not better to follow this example, until positive, irresistible exigencies of war compel us to depart from it?

  35. The very class which had given to the events of 1789 their irresistible momentum was now inclined to rest and be thankful; and in this swift revulsion of popular feeling the royalists began to gain ground.

  36. The French soldiers were vastly amused by the humour of these proceedings, and the liberated people fully appreciated the menaces with which Bonaparte's proclamation closed, backed up as these were by irresistible force.

  37. To the irresistible power of the general he could only oppose the subtlety of a student.

  38. Ney had been charged to follow Macdonald and impart irresistible momentum to the onset which was to have crushed Schwarzenberg's right wing.


  39. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "irresistible" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    absolute; admissible; alluring; appealing; appetizing; attractive; authentic; authoritative; beguiling; bewitching; captivating; catching; certain; charismatic; charming; circumstantial; cogent; compelling; comprehensive; compulsive; compulsory; conclusive; consequential; considerable; convincing; coquettish; cumulative; damning; decisive; deep; delightful; determinative; documentary; documented; driving; dynamic; effective; enchanting; energetic; engaging; enthralling; enticing; entrancing; evidential; exciting; exhaustive; exotic; exquisite; eyewitness; factual; fascinating; fated; fateful; fetching; final; firsthand; flirtatious; forceful; forcible; full; glamorous; grand; grave; great; hearsay; heavy; hypnotic; impenetrable; imperative; imperious; implicit; impregnable; incontestable; incontrovertible; indefeasible; indicative; indisputable; indomitable; ineluctable; inescapable; inevitable; inexorable; infectious; inflexible; insuperable; intense; interesting; intriguing; invincible; inviolable; inviting; invulnerable; irrefutable; irresistible; irrevocable; lovely; luxurious; magnetic; main; material; maximum; mesmeric; mighty; necessary; operative; overpowering; overwhelming; piquant; plenary; potent; powerful; prepossessing; prepotent; pressing; presumptive; provocative; puissant; relentless; reliable; ruling; seductive; sensuous; serious; significant; siren; striking; strong; suggestive; sure; symptomatic; taking; tantalizing; teasing; telling; tempting; thrilling; tickling; titillating; total; unassailable; unavoidable; unbeatable; unconquerable; uncontrollable; unyielding; valid; vigorous; vital; voluptuous; weighty; winning; winsome; witching