impassable

Example Sentences

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“We’re contractors. If the roads are impassable ahead, how did you get here?”

From Literature

It was twenty miles from the bridge to Beaverville and that road could be as impassable as the road between the bridge and the campground.

From Literature

Rubaya sits on steep hillsides carved by deep ravines with dirt roads, often impassable during the rainy season, winding between unstable slopes.

From Barron's

Soon the chunks would grow and pile up and form one solid mass that would cover the bay for months, making it impassable for ships and shutting down the Port of Churchill for the season.

From Literature

She likens it to watching a burglar pile up your prized possessions on the other side of an impassable chasm.

From BBC