pregnable

Example Sentences

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Or would the 50-odd Allied divisions still in Britain mount an entirely new thrust at the demonstrably pregnable Atlantic Wall?

From Time Magazine Archive

This rule rigidly defined the Nazis' plan of action in the Balkans: cut Yugoslavia from Greece, pro-Nazi Croatia from anti-Nazi Serbia, pregnable Thrace from defensible central Greece, the tough Greeks from the tough British.

From Time Magazine Archive

She sought, feverishly, for some pregnable point of attack.

From The Green Eyes of Bâst by Rohmer, Sax

The city was encircled by walls and fortifications of great strength and height, and scarcely pregnable even if accessible.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 379, July 4, 1829 by Various

There comes therefore the Statesman who acknowledges to himself that he will be pregnable.

From The Duke's Children by Trollope, Anthony