impassibility
Example Sentences
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It’s no longer in use; grass and dirt cover much of its surface, and the road at its far end is overgrown to the point of impassibility.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2018
The keen eye of the ci-devant law clerk was too skilled in reading the human countenance, to be deceived by an effort at impassibility.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
So without in his heart prejudging the woman, he drew his conclusions, true or false, from the impassibility of her demeanour.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton
A Chabi takes it up, and in return, presents to the pilgrim a khata in the name of the Living Buddha, whose business throughout is to preserve the impassibility and dignity befitting his assumed divinity.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Évariste Régis Huc
"Listen, and say whether it is not so or not," said the Deemster, with a manner of rigid impassibility.
From The Deemster by Sir Hall Caine
