How to Use impassible in a Sentence

impassible

adjective
  • And a few stretches are impassible at high tide—bring a tide table.
    — Outside Online, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The road from Freeport to the cays to reach survivors was impassible.
    — Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • During high water levels, there are two low bridges over the river that will be impassible.
    — John Pana, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2021
  • More than half of the island doesn't have clean water, and roads in many areas remain impassible.
    — USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2017
  • By winter, the pipe will be impassible, awash in as much as 12 feet of sewer water.
    — Dominic Fracassa, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct. 2017
  • Winter roads that run east to Ontario are impassible after the spring thaw.
    — Ian Austen, New York Times, 28 July 2019
  • In Naples, there were downed trees everywhere, and some of the streets were flooded and impassible.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The storm that blew through the area Tuesday made roads impassible, washed out bridges and swamped homes and businesses.
    — NBC News, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The island has no services, and its one road and bridge are frequently impassible due to flooding.
    — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Some of these roads are covered in debris and are currently impassible.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 11 Dec. 2025
  • And roads in many towns were impassible and some schools canceled classes on Wednesday due to the damage.
    — NBC News, 16 May 2018
  • Roads in many towns were impassible and some schools canceled classes on Wednesday due to the damage.
    — CBS News, 16 May 2018
  • Other coastal roads could be impassible at times, especially around high tide.
    — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Some of the worst damage occurred in small towns, where buildings were leveled and roads rendered impassible by rubble.
    — Eva Dou, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Communications systems were down and many roads were impassible in the first weeks after the storm.
    — Sam Petulla, CNN, 15 Mar. 2018
  • On Saturday, my plans to join a supply run from the east-side kitchen to these tree dwellers are delayed when heavy rain makes the creek impassible.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2022
  • The storm complex, blasting eastward at over 60 mph, toppled so many trees that roads were impassible all over the region.
    — Jim Duncan, Washington Post, 29 June 2012
  • Along the Fayette-Kanawha county line, several feet of mud made roads impassible in the Smithers area.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Months later, the beaches remained practically impassible, clogged with logs and branches and wood chips and ash.
    — azcentral, 15 May 2018
  • Pac-12 comes to an impassible barrier and makes a tough decision.
    — oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2020
  • With all the rain that remains out there this morning, there will be widespread ponding of water on roadways, and some roadways could become impassible.
    — al, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Barring that, roads may be impassible or public transit incapacitated for those who could come to work.
    — Joe Finlinson, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • The river, steep and clotted with waterfalls, was often impassible.
    — Caitlin Keating, PEOPLE.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The war in Iran has whipsawed oil markets as the Strait of Hormuz has remained largely impassible.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
  • In Grovemont, east of Asheville, residents were told to shelter in place instead as roads had become impassible.
    — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2021
  • The storm then moved up Highway 1 — the only road to the mainland, and the ribbon of asphalt through low-lying swamps remains impassible.
    — Jay Reeves, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Aug. 2021
  • South of there, at Kessler Air Force Base, several roads became impassible.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • Service road Londonderry Lane was impassible due to water on the road, Burke said.
    — Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • On almost every block, the truck paused for obstacles — a telephone pole, sharp corner, a tree — that appeared impassible for the 32-foot-wide house.
    — Katy Read, Star Tribune, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Earthen or gravel roads become muddy and impassible after being hit with heavy rain, snowfall or strong winds, causing students to be late for school when buses get stuck.
    — Clarice Silber, The Seattle Times, 22 May 2017

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