impermeable

Example Sentences

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“Europe needs to make itself impermeable to every interference” by outside powers, whether the U.S. or Russia, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Roberts said that Chiquita Canyon was far behind schedule with the installation of a large impermeable cover, which was intended to suppress odors.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024

Prato demonstrated the method earlier this week outside the emergency department of Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix, packing ice cubes inside an impermeable blue bag around a medical dummy representing a patient.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 4, 2024

When these holds prevent assistance from getting in to alleviate famine pressures – or prevent populations from leaving – they are highly impermeable.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2024

They tie nkisis of leaves around their wrists and declare themselves impermeable to bullets, immune to death.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver