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

Some of the worst damage occurred in small towns, where buildings were leveled and roads rendered impassible by rubble.

From Washington Post • Sep. 6, 2022

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

The flooding caused power outages, made many roads impassible and knocked houses off their foundations.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2022

Only Catherine Lef�vre was silent and gloomy—thinking of days gone by—all the while superintending with an impassible face the occupations of her domestics.

From The Invasion of France in 1814 by Chatrian, Alexandre