impermeable

Example Sentences

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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

“Europe needs to make itself impermeable to every interference” by outside powers, whether the U.S. or Russia, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Roberts said that Chiquita Canyon was far behind schedule with the installation of a large impermeable cover, which was intended to suppress odors.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024

Their technology involves pumping through fissures in the ground and squirting the carbon-rich material thousands of feet down, beneath a rock layer that should be impermeable for centuries.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024

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