Example Sentences

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Ishmael saw the impossibleness of killing his brother even while he saw the possibility.

From Secret Bread by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)

Suddenly the impossibleness of everything seemed to come over Amaryllis.

From The Price of Things by Glyn, Elinor

Annie's touchy pride, mingled with what Vassie frankly called her "impossibleness," made the situation hopeless, for the former quality would not let her efface herself, and the latter prevented her daughter being called upon.

From Secret Bread by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)