How to Use unpassable in a Sentence

unpassable

adjective
  • But the roads leading up to their house are still flooded and unpassable.
    — Duy Linh Tu, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The roads to the town are unpassable, with trees down and embers still burning.
    — New York Times, 3 Jan. 2020
  • There were some cracks and gaps down the stairwell, but nothing unpassable.
    — Fox News, 4 July 2021
  • Driving to her home would be difficult with many roads still unpassable.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The sidewalk had been nearly unpassable and the smell was pungent.
    — Caroline Silva, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Trump appears to be claiming that, as a last resort to ban imports, American cars are forced to pass an unpassable test.
    — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Reaching this vista required veering up onto a dusty, unpaved road that is often unpassable during the winter except by horse.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2019
  • Nearly a month later, many roads remain unpassable, and power has yet to be restored to significant parts of the areas hardest hit.
    — Sarah Ravits, NOLA.com, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Many roads in and around Yellowstone National Park remain covered with snow and unpassable.
    — Washington Post, 5 May 2018
  • While Democrats have pressed forward with this unpassable, impractical, and partisan legislation, clearly there would have been an opportunity for a more consensus approach.
    — The Editors, National Review, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Brown, off Chapin Avenue and Sycamore Street, said the roads appeared unpassable, even to the fire trucks and ambulances, which use Chapin Avenue to get to Cranston Street.
    — Katie Landeck, The Providence Journal, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Brown, off Chapin Avenue and Sycamore Street, said the roads appeared unpassable, even to the fire trucks and ambulances, which use Chapin Avenue to get to Cranston Street.
    — Katie Landeck, The Providence Journal, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The iconic landmarks of Yellowstone National Park were shuttered to the public and its roads left unpassable after a torrential downpour and rapid snowmelt contributed to unprecedented flooding.
    — Aditi Sangal, CNN, 14 June 2022
  • Richie Diuyen, a disaster official in Manay near the epicenter, said the quake lasted 30 to 40 seconds and initial damage included some houses, the facade of a church, cracked roads, and unpassable bridges.
    — Mikhail Flores, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Because the road into Hunt was unpassable, the Childresses were forced into a monstrous kind of purgatory among other terrified parents at Ingram Elementary School.
    — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • An ice storm expected to arrive late Thursday could leave some roads virtually unpassable, the Oregon Department of Transportation warned, and drivers should avoid travel altogether if slick conditions materialize.
    — oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022
  • After an initial inspection, Gaston Browne, prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, estimated nearly 90% of homes on the island are totally destroyed, with communications down, roads unpassable, and substantial flooding.
    — Jennifer L. Anderson, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Assembly Bill 56, authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-Orinda, originally required a 90 second unpassable warning at the beginning of usage.
    — Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025

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