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

One begins to think in terms of doors, hatches, coffers and windows, and yet there is often a sense of impenetrability, as if the walls suggest the possibility of passage yet limit egress.

From Washington Post • May 27, 2022

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