Example Sentences

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But he had been particularly active in his younger years: He had the physical and mental acuity to gleefully navigate complex obstacle course competitions and leap imperviously off top stairs at a single bound.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2022

An oceangoing freighter was driven far inland, crushing houses as its steel hull floated imperviously through ceilings and walls.

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018

He’s also almost imperviously good-natured, and reportedly enjoyed the Onion’s wide-of-the-mark depiction.

From The Guardian • Nov. 14, 2016

Throughout this unfolding avian drama, Dan imperviously doled out his notes, engaging each of us in turn in a detailed analysis of a hundred different moments in the play.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2014

With the family grouped about her, large-boned, pompous, well-fed persons, impervious to general ideas as they were imperviously prosperous, he compared her to a strayed deer amongst a herd of store cattle.

From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas