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Caroline’s imperviousness at first tips the balance of the show’s sympathy toward Noah, whose fantasy of being centrally important in her life is excused by his youth and his grief.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021

And yet what’s expected of Biles upon arrival here is imperviousness, an ability to ball all that up and toss it to the side.

From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2021

Instead, she breezes through conflict with a Teflon-like imperviousness that we rarely see on “Housewives,” a show where just the mention of Harry Hamlin can lead to shattered glass and a chokehold.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2021

Or maybe they just share his imperviousness to unwelcome facts.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2020

Eril-Fane explained its properties to them—its imperviousness to everything, all heat, all tools.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor