impregnability
Example Sentences
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Rome’s impregnability was itself one of the founding stories Romans told themselves; Romans had long vowed that the Celtic sack of 387 BCE would be the last, and yet the Goths had shattered that myth.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
Tottenham had managed to reduce the deficit by then through Harry Kane, and Christian Eriksen leveled in the 72nd minute as Spurs made a mockery of the so-called impregnability of the Bianconeri defense.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 13, 2018
And yet the prototypes of impregnability are themselves being treated with the kind of care one might expect for a Fabergé egg.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2018
There was a rhythm to the groundstrokes, an impregnability about the serve and an unhurried ease to his movement.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2014
Then he turned to take a leisurely survey of the massive proportions of the castle, and, with a veteran soldier's instincts, fell to a planning of additional fortifications, so as to increase its impregnability.
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
