impregnable

Example Sentences

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To the Ukrainian soldiers, the plant was a stronghold, surrounded on three sides by water, ringed by high walls, as seemingly impregnable as a medieval keep.

From New York Times

A prime example is his description of Weinstein’s “unhinged, Shakespeare-worthy relationship with his younger brother, Bob Weinstein, which gyrated from an impregnable partnership to screaming matches, stony estrangements, and, at least once, bloody blows.”

From Washington Post

A few dirty dishes were overwhelming, and they quickly morphed into impregnable piles.

From New York Times

“Malta, as you know, is an impregnable island fortress,” he said.

From New York Times

A persistent problem was the jungle; "dense, impregnable forests with wild animals and epidemic tropical diseases".

From BBC