impassable

Example Sentences

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There are few naturally occurring barriers - no mountain ranges, no impassable river valleys.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“The longer the strait is impassable, the tighter commodity supply will become, thus the higher prices will likely go, and the greater the inflationary impulse that will follow,” the senior research strategist says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

It’s tucked in an old-growth redwood tree in the backcountry of the park, in Humboldt County, where there are no roads and a creek presents an impassable barrier, Williams-Claussen said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Hundreds of schools have been closed, many roads were impassable, and some people in rural areas have been snowed in for more than a week.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

The next day a keen wind brought fresh and blinding falls; by twilight the valley was drifted up and almost impassable.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë