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
The undersheriff said 20 to 40 people remained trapped Monday near the Salinas River because the roads were impassible for rescuers.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2023
The flooding caused power outages, made many roads impassible and knocked houses off their foundations.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2022
The storm complex, blasting eastward at over 60 mph, toppled so many trees that roads were impassible all over the region.
From Washington Post • Jun. 28, 2022
But he remained curiously impassible, looking at those present as if they were objects dimly seen afar off.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume II (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
