impassableness
- a word derived from impassable.
Example Sentences
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As the sidewalks of King Street were apt to partake, in bad weather, of the impassableness of the streets generally at such a time, an early effort was made to have some of them paved.
From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry
His square shoulders and tapering body I had somehow come to associate with military impassableness, and the easy, self-possessed way in which he moved through the crowd in the room confirmed my impression.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob
She received me with some degree of kindness; but the half-cordiality of her manner towards me was evidently founded on the impassableness of the gulf between us.
From The Portent & Other Stories by MacDonald, George
Against the very impassableness of the barrier the doctor's will chafed, even while his hope gave way.
From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan
My adventure had taught me the impassableness of the forest, and after that experience I was never again tempted to make excursions without a guide.
From Two Years with the Natives in the Western Pacific by Speiser, Felix
