impenetrability

Example Sentences

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The picture’s core flaw remains Phoenix’s Napoleonic impenetrability.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

Within hours, its impenetrability was exposed as flawed.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2023

His perceived role as the series' reluctant hero is naturally appealing, while his apparent impenetrability is meant to draw us in and make us want to know more about him.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2022

Yet as a theatrical experience, a great deal of somberness and impenetrability can blot out the subtler qualities, no matter how lovely they are, and leave you feeling trapped.

From Washington Post • Dec. 7, 2019

Despite the lack of leaves, the blackened trunks and fingerlike branches filled in all gaps, making the forest a huge ruin of impenetrability.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley