imperviousness
Example Sentences
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Talarico’s personality is something very different, a smiling appeal to the better angels of the electorate’s nature, and seemingly imperviousness to insults and attacks.
From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026
Maybe she had a false sense of imperviousness, given all the times the house on Roca Chica Drive escaped, unscathed.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025
To the chagrin of his critics, Francis has demonstrated a political agility, media savvy and seeming imperviousness to the scandals and crises that so hobbled Benedict during his eight-year papacy.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2023
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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