How to Use impassable in a Sentence

impassable

adjective

• The roads were made impassable by the flood.
• Some roads are still wet and torn half apart, some impassable.
  — Mykal McEldowney, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2022
• Roads in and leading to the park can be snowy, icy or impassable.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2022
• But the stream is largely dried up this year and proved impassable.
  — Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
• Roads controlled by gangs are now impassable and those that dare risk their lives.
  — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 31 July 2023
• Some roads in the area were still impassable due to snow depth, the agency said.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 9 May 2023
• The roads were impassable, the air thick with smoke, and no one had cell phone service.
  — Jason Hanna, CNN, 9 Sep. 2020
• If there’s been a hard rain, stay home, as many roads will be impassable due to flooding.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2025
• But the road that went to my childhood home in Asheville is impassable.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2024
• Was the path ahead impassable on wheels, so infants had to be carried?
  — Peter Maass, The New Republic, 8 Apr. 2022
• In some areas of the state, roads are still impassable due to flooding or snow.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2023
• The terrain below them was impassable due to the steep sheer cliffs.
  — David Caraccio, sacbee, 25 Oct. 2017
• For us, the impassable route proved quite passable and even rustic in a fun way.
  — Maya Silver, Outside Online, 27 June 2025
• Heavy rainfall last week made the roads leading to her home impassable.
  — Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 31 May 2021
• But the innkeepers reached her with news of impassable roads and mayhem.
  — Barbara Kingsolver, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2025
• Drains are likely clogged, which could add to flooding and make more roads impassable.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
• Maybe the road to his house, which turned to a deep, impassable lake in the rainy season, would be paved over.
  — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2017
• 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
• In spring, melting ice turns them into impassable mud and floods.
  — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
• The concourse became impassable, but no one seemed to mind.
  — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 11 Mar. 2026
• Laudable, unless the walk to the bus stop is impassable.
  — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
• Twice we have been sent back by impassable roads due to a bad snow storm that has shut all roads or flights into the area.
  — Nick Schwartz, For The Win, 20 Jan. 2018
• These places may not be cut off from the world by the open ocean, but their barriers are no less impassable.
  — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
• Some of those roads, homes, and business districts crossed what had once been impassable, swampy muskeg.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Nov. 2022
• Streets were impassable and mayors on the island urged people to stay home.
  — Colleen Barry, ajc, 26 Nov. 2022
• The road is impassable now from Delta to Wilmer, police said.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2021
• Police said there has been damage to power lines and trees and some roads are impassable.
  — CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
• Waters that reached up to 20 feet deep made the exit road impassable.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022
• By the next day, Honor was still struggling — and the roads were impassable.
  — Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2023
• Those amounts promise to topple trees, snap power lines and make roads impassable.
  — Matt Leclercq, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Jan. 2026