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
And Category 4 menaces like Ian can break power grids, flatten homes and leave many roads impassible, isolating people when they most need help.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022
That said, the Orlando neighborhood of Rio Pinar Estates had become a giant, impassible lake as the mayor briefed the public, and some 200,000 residents were without electricity.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2022
The rainy season had now commenced, and the roads were almost impassible, the mud in some places hub deep.
From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by Terrill, J. Newton
