imperviousness
Example Sentences
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Real neighborhoods continued to succumb around me, though, each one chipping away at that irrational feeling of imperviousness.
From Slate • Jan. 9, 2025
Mav initially at least can maintain an imperviousness to fear by remaining playful.
From Salon • May 28, 2022
Caroline’s imperviousness at first tips the balance of the show’s sympathy toward Noah, whose fantasy of being centrally important in her life is excused by his youth and his grief.
From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021
And yet what’s expected of Biles upon arrival here is imperviousness, an ability to ball all that up and toss it to the side.
From Washington Post • Jul. 27, 2021
Eril-Fane explained its properties to them—its imperviousness to everything, all heat, all tools.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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