impenetrable
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Bent on surviving the trip, she decides early to bury her feelings in an impenetrable “garb of stone” and to fashion for herself an imperious personality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
"I'd be lying if I said I was a completely impenetrable robot," he tells the BBC.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
The primary difference between public and private prisons, experts told Salon, is that private prisons operate in an even more impenetrable black box than public prisons.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026
A poorly cleared corner followed by an unfortunate deflection proved fatal to the hitherto impenetrable Parisian defence.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
Like Kelvin’s discovery of absolute zero, the laws of thermodynamics erected impenetrable barriers that no scientists can ever cross, no matter how hard they try.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
Vocabulary lists containing impenetrable
The Diary of Anne Frank
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The Alchemist
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 1
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