What does unstemmable mean?
Unstemmable means That cannot be stemmed; being an unstoppable flood..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
That cannot be stemmed; being an unstoppable flood..
Mary takes in a screening of Niagara the day she learns she's carrying Ray's baby, and this is only one of many watery images that flow through the book's roiling currents: Bell's struggle with the lake's waves, the unstemmable surges of illicit passion, the rains that come to carry everything in its path.
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Unstemmable means That cannot be stemmed; being an unstoppable flood..
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Mary takes in a screening of Niagara the day she learns she's carrying Ray's baby, and this is only one of many watery images that flow through the book's roiling currents: Bell's struggle with the lake's waves, the unstemmable surges of illicit passion, the rains that come to carry everything in its path.
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