impassible
Example Sentences
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“Travel is highly discouraged,” weather officials said, warning that mountain roads across the Sierra will be dangerous and potentially impassible: snow-covered, slippery and with possible downed branches from high winds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
Flash flooding was reported in New Haven, Hartford, Waterbury and other Connecticut towns, leaving many roads impassible.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
Buckled and impassible roads won’t make it any easier for medical organizations, said Kirsch, who has worked extensively in disaster zones, including in Haiti after it was devastated by a 2010 earthquake.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 9, 2023
Several feet of mud made roads impassible in the Smithers area along the Fayette-Kanawha county line, the state Division of Highways said.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2022
Who can tell how many times she desired to behold the real and living person, for the company of this empty, impassible, terrible shade?
From The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Manzoni, Alessandro
