What's the difference between miraculous and unbelievable?

Miraculous


Definition:

  • (a.) Of the nature of a miracle; performed by supernatural power; effected by the direct agency of almighty power, and not by natural causes.
  • (a.) Supernatural; wonderful.
  • (a.) Wonder-working.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On the other hand, the expectation that authority will be bestowed by market forces following a miraculous ‘‘transfer of wealth’’ does suggest an alternative route to normal democratic processes: theocracy via plutocracy.
  • (2) Russell also described the Commonwealth Games as a catalyst but was realistic enough not to claim they immediately changed an area with long, deep-rooted problems, or miraculously roused a poor, generally unhealthy local population into vigorously playing sport.
  • (3) Almost 400 homes were destroyed (a third of all buildings on Heimaey) but, miraculously, none of the 5,300 inhabitants died as a direct result.
  • (4) Miraculously, none of the actors look as if they bear the scars of any psychological trauma.
  • (5) They’re good at miraculous recoveries here, let’s hope we are again.
  • (6) Miraculously, it survived the various onslaughts, including a Supreme Court challenge, more or less intact and it should make a significant difference to women's health (pdf).
  • (7) I’m OK with taking a knee.” Miraculously, Joe says he came to see the protest in a different light thanks to a lengthy conversation with Wesley, the hotel maintenance man who fixed his air conditioning.
  • (8) For a team in the bottom three for most of the season, that’s a miraculous return for Jermain,” said Allardyce.
  • (9) At the heart of it, Djinguereber was and remains a marvel of architecture where, when 2,000 people line up for prayers on a Friday, you feel the greatness of God and Islam in your soul.” Miraculously, the mosque was only slightly damaged by the Islamist groups - led by al-Qaida and Ansar Dine - who occupied Timbuktu in 2012.
  • (10) Images of rain, snow and hail buffeting Northern Ireland’s six counties would appear to miraculously avoid both the Republic and Scotland!
  • (11) What seems the epitome of mundane routine for the average British commuter is being seen as near miraculous in a city where, like Los Angeles, the car is king and the train is nowhere in sight when navigating the sprawling suburbs.
  • (12) I’m beginning to appreciate it’s actually been a bit miraculous getting back to any form of racing so quickly.” Kittel, on the other hand, completed the Tour with four stage wins, but has been busy with non-racing commitments since then, although he recently finished eighth on home soil in the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg.
  • (13) There was at least one happy tale, after a coot family miraculously escaped from the floods.
  • (14) He managed to get himself to hospital, where it was found that, miraculously, his internal organs had been relatively unscathed.
  • (15) Hypotheses have ranged from miraculous intervention to creative psychopathy.
  • (16) "It's miraculous we survived," said passenger Vedpal Singh, who had a fractured collarbone and whose arm was in a sling.
  • (17) In the meantime there is still a great deal that the west can accomplish, even if our powers are not miraculous.
  • (18) To be safe with one game to go is pretty miraculous,” he said.
  • (19) It was described as "miraculously innovative" by the Guardian critic Michael Billington .
  • (20) The British men have been through an "I get knocked down but I get up again" tournament, coming back miraculously on a couple of occasions – including in an earlier match against the Aussies – to make it out of the group before suffering a proper drubbing in the semi-final, 9-2 against the brilliant orange Dutch.

Unbelievable


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is unbelievable that he would continue to say that, but he says it.
  • (2) An unbelievably convenient boost to demand in this country – and indeed to all economies that are major importers of oil – has come in the nick of electoral time from the halving of the world price of crude.
  • (3) 'The smell had become unbelievably bad by then', she said.
  • (4) The extensive surveillance, phone records and the evidence of the couriers made their denials unbelievable.
  • (5) It’s an unbelievable privilege and unbelievable responsibility to take a jewel and treat it in a way that is respectful of its past but brings it into the future.” Fortunately for both men, the signs are positive.
  • (6) Hotels are an easy option, often patronised by individuals who can be depicted as “unbelievers”, or representatives of the so-called Crusader-Zionist alliance so hated by the extremists, and usually poorly protected too.
  • (7) PhDs require funding, and veterinary nursing is unbelievably oversubscribed.
  • (8) "Unbelievable jobs numbers… these Chicago guys will do anything..can't debate so change numbers," he said on Twitter .
  • (9) Gravett and others who lived through DADT told the Guardian that so much had changed since the repeal, though the past feels unbelievable at times.
  • (10) "People seem shocked that we're going home, but what happened up there was unbelievable.
  • (11) While the search continued her son Adam Fawell, 29, told the Yorkshire Evening Post: “The support we are getting from friends and family is unbelievable and the stuff that is going around generally is incredible and a little bit overwhelming.” Elaine McIver, 43 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Elaine McIver The family of Elaine McIver confirmed on Thursday that she had been killed in the blast on Monday.
  • (12) It was an unbelievable feeling,” Keating told Associated Press, adding she felt “totally blessed and loved” by the pope.
  • (13) Yes, Khodorkovsky has been very unlucky in his fate, but we, his compatriots, have been unbelievably lucky: the party of human dignity is today embodied by an individual who conducts himself in a model fashion and does not bend or break under pressure.
  • (14) Alfredo Serrano (@TheAlfrigerator) Papi is unbelievable.
  • (15) It was very strange, almost unbelievable," he says.
  • (16) Friedman said conservative social scientists and economists who testified for Michigan were "unbelievable" and "clearly represent a fringe viewpoint".
  • (17) Totally, unbelievably untrue, but it does create doubt and they just drive right through that.” The appearance, her fourth on the late-night talk show circuit after stints on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the Late Show With Stephen Colbert and the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, also had lighter moments.
  • (18) Ftis said: “What I saw last night, it’s unbelievable.
  • (19) We are unbelievably sophisticated at that.” His most celebrated work, the remaking of Berlin’s bombed-out Neues Museum , which opened in 2009 after a decade of work he called “an unbelievably positive experience”, was based on a serious debate about meaning that he finds lacking in Britain.
  • (20) "The scene is just unbelievable," a witness told the Guardian.