impermeable

Example Sentences

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"We come to live in bubbles, impermeable to one another," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

One of the reed-covered mounds was located directly above a point where freshwater was rising through a break in the impermeable layer beneath the lake.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Although scientists once believed that the placenta was a tight, impermeable barrier separating mother and child, that’s not true.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Municipal wells typically draw drinking water from hundreds of feet underground, often tapping into aquifers that lie beneath impermeable clay and silt layers called aquitards.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

Those that come close suddenly change direction before hitting her glove, bouncing off as though she is surrounded by something invisible and impermeable.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern