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It’s no longer in use; grass and dirt cover much of its surface, and the road at its far end is overgrown to the point of impassibility.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2018

The keen eye of the ci-devant law clerk was too skilled in reading the human countenance, to be deceived by an effort at impassibility.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

He undermined the doctrine of impassibility by the very measures he took to secure it.

From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by Luce, A. A. (Arthur Aston)

There was the same calmness, the same impassibility.

From Round the World in Eighty Days by Verne, Jules

The next day his appearance verified my prognostics, and he failed to show that impassibility which ordinarily characterizes him.

From The Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion by Edge, Frederick Milnes