impassibility

Example Sentences

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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

There was the same calmness, the same impassibility.

From Round the World in Eighty Days by Verne, Jules

But that his genius was not wholly marmoreal, nor of an icy impassibility, the careful study of his works will amply assure us.

From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund

Christians who came daily and hourly into contact with polytheistic beliefs and practices had to be very jealous for the concept of impassibility.

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

The first expression of rage, mingled with amazement and mortification, having rapidly glinted across his countenance, his features became as a mask of impassibility.

From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram