How to Use intractable in a Sentence

intractable

adjective
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  • Yes, that is good for an underdog story, but the three small tribes lead to intractable dynamics that are hard to break.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2024
  • The two sides of our most intractable political disagreements are not always acting in bad faith here.
    — Damon Linker, The Week, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Many economists fear that a recession is on the horizon if inflation proves to be intractable.
    — Diane Garrett, Variety, 4 May 2022
  • Looking back, his efforts at Camp David remain one of the few foundations for hope in that long and intractable conflict.
    — Jason Carter february 18, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2024
  • However, the system was originally designed with rare and intractable diseases in mind.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Time to discuss real, sometimes seemingly intractable problems.
    — Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2024
  • In reporting Chip’s exile, the park described intractable behavioral problems.
    — Washington Post, 3 May 2022
  • Virtual reality is emerging as an unlikely tool for solving this intractable problem.
    — New York Times, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Skeptics abound, but could this be the solution to one of California's most intractable problems, affordable housing?
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
  • In response, the Kremlin has begun priming its population for the possibility of a wider and more intractable conflict.
    — Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 1 May 2022
  • And yet for as many as there are, notably few have drawn from what is arguably America’s most consequential (and most intractable) criminal justice phenomenon.
    — Joshua Alston, Variety, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals is developing new medicines for intractable diseases by silencing the genes that cause them.
    — Ricardo Torres, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2022
  • The heart and its foolish, intractable longings are the show’s first big theme.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • What remained was the most intractable of all the legacies of the war: Agent Orange.
    — George Black, The New Republic, 19 Dec. 2022
  • But the issue is one of the most intractable subjects in Washington, so the odds of a near-term deal look slim.
    — Mackenzie Hawkins, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Even cities with the most intractable rents are seeing some cooling.
    — Anna Bahney, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Ben’s stories about Howard, that enthralled us to the point of intractable fandom.
    — Malina Saval, Variety, 6 Sep. 2022
  • As all signs pointed to an intractable stalemate, news began to break of a deal.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Jan. 2023
  • For decades, China stayed well away from the intractable conflicts of the Middle East, but that has changed in recent years.
    — Lyric Li, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The good news is that perfectionism is not an intractable trait.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Radiofrequency ablation of the nerves in the back has been used since the 1970s in people with intractable back pain.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Pancreatic cancer is one of the most intractable forms of the disease.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024
  • South Africa brought the case, which goes to the core of one of the world’s most intractable conflicts, and had asked the court to order Israel to halt its operation.
    — Mike Corder, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The strait, which separates Taiwan from mainland China, is the site of one of the world’s more intractable disputes.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023
  • Still, the drug could be a useful new tool in the fight against an intractable, progressive condition.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 3 Nov. 2022
  • How to start a business in a refugee camp This approach is now being applied to one of the world’s most intractable problems: the refugee crisis.
    — Dianne Calvi, Fortune, 20 June 2023
  • What Democrats are supposed to do about the GOP’s intractable position is anyone’s guess.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 5 July 2022
  • The task of shrinking our societal footprint is the most urgent problem of our era — and perhaps the most intractable.
    — Noah Gallagher Shannon, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Concrete is also one of the more intractable climate problems.
    — Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2023
  • But observers warn the abrupt end to the seemingly intractable conflict may have also sown the seeds of future conflicts.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2023

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