inexpugnable

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But there is no mistaking the real heartbreak and waste that are Hage’s material, or his outrage at the most costly, terrible and seemingly inexpugnable qualities of humanity.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2019

Robbed of the inexpugnable shelter of the Casa Riego, she, too, was made to look into the depths; upon the animalism, the lusts, and the reveries of that sordid, vermin-haunted crowd.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

Less boldly drawn but not the less truthful is Helmer, that inexpugnable prig, with his shallow selfishness, his complacent conceit, and his morality for external use only.

From Inquiries and Opinions by Matthews, Brander

Then, there are some gratuitous and unredeemed vulgarities; some images whose barbarity makes us shudder, of creeping ascarides and inexpugnable tapeworms.

From Burke by Morley, John

He was slight and young, and not very clever; but a certain inexpugnable dignity surrounded him, which, real as it was, sometimes irritated Marcella.

From Marcella by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.