impenetrable

Example Sentences

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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

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

Pimblett has always carried impenetrable self-belief, but it is only through years of hard work and guidance under Rimmer that he has been able to weaponise it.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

A poorly cleared corner followed by an unfortunate deflection proved fatal to the hitherto impenetrable Parisian defence.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

I was on my parents’ living room floor, staring out at that distant world, impenetrable to me.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates