Example Sentences

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The muscles of Jehan le Loup's face twitched for a moment, but he clinched his fingers tightly to restrain himself and answered with a surly impassability, "How should I know, my lord?"

From If I Were King by McCarthy, Justin

He spread his great arms, as if to emphasize the impassability of the barrier which confronted her.

From The Penalty by Christy, Howard Chandler

It is just a trackless wilderness, claiming thoroughfare by reason of the impassability of the rest of the country in that region.

From The Way of the Strong by Cullum, Ridgwell

"First we must disprove its impassability," I replied.

From Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice

The loss of this covering is attended by an habitual impassability, by influences against which we were intended to be guarded.

From In a Glass Darkly, v. 1/3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan