inapproachable

Example Sentences

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Mr. Holmes was a cheerful companion at first, but gradually he grew melancholy, and at times inapproachable.

From The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; a Century Too Soon (A Story by Musick, John R. (John Roy)

Is it not strange," said Oswald, after a short pause, "what inapproachable beings some of us children of Adam are?

From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich

Had he the swiftness of the lion or tiger, his haunts would be inapproachable by man, and he would be a far more terrible assailant than either.

From Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography by Johnson, Clark, M.D.

You fulfil your duties here, you care and labor as hundreds would not do in your place; but here you act the mistress, inapproachable, untouched by all the common things of life.

From A Sister's Love A Novel by Heimburg, W.

If you hear that he is bold and fearless, that is true; and if you are told that he is shy and wary and inapproachable, that is also true.

From Wilderness Ways by Copeland, Charles