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

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

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

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

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2022

But when I raised my eyes, the cold impassible physiognomy of Lord Kysington froze all the hopes of my heart.

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 5 by Various