Sentence examples of "unable" in English
He is unable to concentrate on his academic work.
Il est incapable de se concentrer sur son travail scolaire.
The professor was unable to comprehend what I meant.
Le professeur fut incapable de comprendre ce que je voulais dire.
It seems that Tom is unable to solve the problem.
Il semble que Tom soit incapable de résoudre le problème.
The police was unable to get anything out of the woman.
La police a été incapable de tirer quoi que ce soit de cette femme.
Unable to speak, he wrote it on a piece of paper.
Incapable de parler il l'a écrit sur un morceau de papier.
I was very tired, but I was nevertheless unable to sleep.
J'étais très fatigué, mais j'étais quand même incapable de dormir.
I seem unable to get out of this trouble in short time.
Il semble incapable de se sortir rapidement de ses problèmes.
He plied her with alcohol until she was unable to resist his advances.
Il l'a gorgée d'alcool jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit incapable de résister à ses avances.
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