the impossible
noun
: something that cannot be done or that is very difficult
Expecting people to do a good job in such a short time is asking the impossible.
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But even Baker can do the impossible only so many times.
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
That’s the gullibility these movies tap into — our desire, underneath it all, to believe the impossible.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
In the golden age of detective fiction, in the twenties and thirties, the master of the impossible crime was John Dickson Carr.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
But special moments in special seasons bloom when least expected, and Cooper smiled in the face of the impossible.
—The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
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Evan Clark, Footwear News, 12 Nov. 2025
That’s the gullibility these movies tap into — our desire, underneath it all, to believe the impossible.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Nov. 2025
In the golden age of detective fiction, in the twenties and thirties, the master of the impossible crime was John Dickson Carr.
—Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
But special moments in special seasons bloom when least expected, and Cooper smiled in the face of the impossible.
—The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the impossible
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“The impossible.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20impossible. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.
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