How to Use impassable in a Sentence

impassable

adjective

• The roads were made impassable by the flood.
• Streets already were flooded and in some places impassable.
  — Fox News, 26 May 2018
• Heavy rains ensued, and the route out became flooded and impassable.
  — Thomas Maresca, USA TODAY, 7 July 2018
• The rainy season hits during these lean months, too, turning many roads into rivers of impassable mud.
  — Megan Specia and Kassie Bracken, New York Times, 30 May 2018
• Storm drains will probably back up, and large puddles will make some roadways impassable.
  — Greg Porter, Washington Post, 3 June 2018
• Many roads were impassable, bridges were washed out, and much of the island remained without power for six months.
  — Arelis R. Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2018
• Power was knocked out in the school, not regained there until Friday morning, and tree damage across town made many roads impassable.
  — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 19 May 2018
• As of the last count, there were still 59 county roads and city streets that are either impassable or passable but damaged, Weingarten said.
  — Caroline Blackmon, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2018
• County officials say 75 homes have been completely covered by lava, and roads have been made impassable.
  — Washington Post, 2 June 2018
• But if those fail and the highway becomes impassable, residents in numerous neighborhoods will be stranded.
  — Denise Laitinen, USA TODAY, 25 May 2018
• Traffic is completely impassable on Montgomery Road and police are asking drivers to avoid the area.
  — Cincinnati.com, 7 June 2018
• But since then, heavy rains have caused flood waters to rise inside, cutting off the team’s only route to escape and making the way virtually impassable for rescuers.
  — Richard C. Paddock, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2018
• Roads across the state remained impassable following Milton's torrential downpour and storm surge.
  — Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
• But since then, heavy rains have caused floodwaters to rise inside, cutting off the team’s only route to escape and making the way virtually impassable for rescuers.
  — New York Times, 29 June 2018
• Officials have said that assessing the damage there has been made difficult by downed communication lines and impassable roads.
  — Tatan Syuflana, The Seattle Times, 3 Oct. 2018
• Travel remained slow and circuitous in the Hamden and Brookfield areas Wednesday, where felled trees and wires left many roads impassable.
  — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 17 May 2018
• Some roads in the area were still impassable due to snow depth, the agency said.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
• Roads in and leading to the park can be snowy, icy or impassable.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2022
• The roads were impassable, the air thick with smoke, and no one had cell phone service.
  — Jason Hanna, CNN, 9 Sep. 2020
• But the road that went to my childhood home in Asheville is impassable.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2024
• The island is close to the size of France, and in the rainy season the bush roads turn into impassable rivers of mud.
  — The Economist, 5 July 2019
• But the stream is largely dried up this year and proved impassable.
  — Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
• They were scattered from the air to make trails impassable.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
• Some roads are still wet and torn half apart, some impassable.
  — Mykal McEldowney, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2022
• The road is impassable now from Delta to Wilmer, police said.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2021
• By the next day, Honor was still struggling — and the roads were impassable.
  — Heather Hollingsworth, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2023
• With the roads impassable, she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
• The molten rock could make the road impassable and force drivers to find alternate coastal routes in the north and south.
  — Audrey McAvoy, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2022
• Drains are likely clogged, which could add to flooding and make more roads impassable.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
• The next two-mile stretch from Sturtevant Camp northeast to Newcomb Pass remains impassable.
  — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024