impregnability

Example Sentences

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And the high court has repeatedly struggled to figure out what the wall looks like and when its impregnability is threatened.

From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2020

Rome’s impregnability was itself one of the founding stories Romans told themselves; Romans had long vowed that the Celtic sack of 387 BCE would be the last, and yet the Goths had shattered that myth.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

The club captaincy, a first title and a season of defensive impregnability followed.

From The Guardian • May 16, 2017

Watson will resume on 29 and Steve Smith five as Australia look to move into a position of impregnability in both match and series.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2013

Then came Fort Pillow, guarding the city of Memphis; then at Vicksburg frowned earthworks, bastions, and escarpments that rivalled Gibraltar for impregnability.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by Jackson, W. C.