| 单词 | impregnability |
| 例句 | This complex topography led to it being dubbed the “Gibraltar of the north,” due to its impregnability. Why you should visit Luxembourg instead of Europe’s major capitals 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Rome’s impregnability was itself one of the founding stories Romans told themselves; Romans had long vowed that the Celtic sack of 387 BCE would be the last, and yet the Goths had shattered that myth. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z That image of world-defying impregnability, however, may belie a brewing disaster. North Korean swagger may conceal brewing virus disaster 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z And the high court has repeatedly struggled to figure out what the wall looks like and when its impregnability is threatened. Founding fathers never discussed wall of separation between church and state 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Not of ideologies, parties, groups, or beliefs—these don’t convey the same impregnability of political fortifications, or the yawning chasms between them. A New Report Offers Insights Into Tribalism in the Age of Trump 2018-10-13T04:00:00Z But the elections Sunday will likely rock the political impregnability of the CSU. Angela Merkel’s Germany immigration policies set for referendum in Bavaria elections 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z And yet the prototypes of impregnability are themselves being treated with the kind of care one might expect for a Fabergé egg. Trump's border wall: prototypes loom large, but where are the protesters? 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z The club captaincy, a first title and a season of defensive impregnability followed. Hero worship and mayhem mark John Terry’s exit as grand old man of Chelsea | Barney Ronay 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Most remarkable about this tradition has been its relative impregnability: like Trump, correspondents’ dinner organizers and attendees are mostly immune to shame. The White House Correspondent's Dinner is elitist. Why rush to defend it? | Ross Barkan 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z There was a rhythm to the groundstrokes, an impregnability about the serve and an unhurried ease to his movement. So far so good but now the hard work starts for Murray 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z While Red Devils fans have been forced to stomach home defeats - like most fans across Britain - after years of impregnability, they have found solace in the Champions League. Why Old Trafford has lost its fear factor 2014-01-09T18:46:06Z Watson will resume on 29 and Steve Smith five as Australia look to move into a position of impregnability in both match and series. Australia build huge lead in Perth 2013-12-15T10:02:36Z His point about the impregnability of the jihadists’ position, however, rings, for the immediate term at any rate, eerily true. Destroying Timbuktu: The Jihadist Inspiring Demolition of Shrines 2012-07-10T20:05:13Z The officers of the Monitor at this time had gained such confidence in the impregnability of their battery that they no longer fired at random nor hastily. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z Every moment's reflection but convinces us of the absolute impregnability of the Southern position on this subject. The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South 2011-10-19T02:00:21.010Z But I tell you, as surely as the sun will rise to-morrow I can prove to you that impregnability can never again be applied to these splendid shores. The Men Who Wrought 2011-07-26T02:00:16.320Z Our victory was owing to the small numbers of the attacking force, as well as to the impregnability of the fortress. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Then he turned to take a leisurely survey of the massive proportions of the castle, and, with a veteran soldier's instincts, fell to a planning of additional fortifications, so as to increase its impregnability. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z But when you come to look at the massive Cæsar’s Tower, you will be impressed with its impregnability in the bow-and-arrow period of English warfare. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Seeing the impregnability of the barrier to his present force, and the rapidity with which that force was depleted by the terrible fire, Morgan thundered and cursed. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z If any spot can impress the notion of impregnability, it is Kuffstein. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z Far above me, high up on the left, I caught sight of a black and frowning fortress, whose guns, mounted at each bastion and embrasure, gave proof at the initial glance of its utter impregnability. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z You must get to the point where you realize the impregnability of your own admirable character. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z Before the invention of gunpowder Castle Reifenstein had been an impregnable fortress, although it owed little of its impregnability to art. Too Rich A Romance 2011-01-19T03:00:22.440Z I was speaking eagerly, with that foolish burst of argumentative logic which a lover fondly imagines potent, hurling breathless words against the impregnability of conviction. The Professor's Mystery 2011-01-18T03:00:11.317Z More importantly such a field encourages a feeling of impregnability. The Ashes 2010-11: Andrew Strauss lights up the grey Sydney skies 2011-01-04T07:49:54Z Can the Pope, the living embodiment of the ancient Gospel and absolute spiritual leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, publicly atone for his sins and yet preserve the theological impregnability of the papacy? The Trial of Benedict XVI 2010-05-27T06:00:00Z It was on the thickness of their walls and the moat that the Normans chiefly relied for their impregnability. Cathedral Cities of England If any spot can impress the notion of impregnability it is Kuffstein. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune The great rock rising above the lower town, and crowned with its batteries, all bristling with guns, seemed to my eyes the very realization of impregnability. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas These were old and had not been repaired, since the Saguntines trusted in the impregnability of the steeps. Sónnica It had made out a case of great strength and seeming impregnability. Hand and Ring Nothing is positively certain in a military sense, not even the impregnability of a work built by a West Pointer, and pronounced so by a committee of his classmates. History of Morgan's Cavalry That statement revived suddenly, gives rise to an apprehension hitherto unfelt by the Liégeois, who have absolute faith in the impregnability of Liége. Liége on the Line of March An American Girl's Experiences When the Germans Came Through Belgium The place has been put into a state of comparative impregnability. The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War Of course his impregnability gave rise to all manner of stories. The New Tenant They were satisfied now of the impregnability of their building and their main concern was to keep out of the way of chance bullets. The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades Then came Fort Pillow, guarding the city of Memphis; then at Vicksburg frowned earthworks, bastions, and escarpments that rivalled Gibraltar for impregnability. The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 The apparent impregnability of the position was really its undoing. World's War Events, Vol. II Their apparent impregnability has tempted the facile penman to essay the task of harmless imitation; his success has surprised and flattered him, and the easy possibilities of forgery opened up. The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents What a figment of the imagination this boasted impregnability of the Bank of England was the sequel will show. Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude At first Clelia was not much alarmed; for though Sabrina was known to have heart-spells, she always came out of them and went on her way with the same gentle impregnability. Country Neighbors They had spent the winter in Page 1320 adding to what nature had made nearly perfect—the impregnability of the entire sector. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes A gleam of sun revealed the extraordinary impregnability of the place. Plotting in Pirate Seas But its impregnability could not offset its gross imprudence. Benjamin Franklin Every moment's additional reflection but convinces us of the absolute impregnability of the Southern position on this subject. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 Each visit to Thermopylæ has, however, deepened my conviction that Herodotus exaggerated the impregnability of this pass. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two But they at least kept him from colliding with impregnabilities. Never-Fail Blake Filibusters saw the value of a base so close to Spanish holdings, realized the impregnability of the harbor and flocked thither. Plotting in Pirate Seas The Germans, on the defensive, considered that the failure to take Thiepval at the beginning of the Somme battle proved its impregnability; the British, on the offensive, considered no place impregnable. My Second Year of the War I have more than once been astonished at the real impregnability of the retreats selected by wounded bison. The Extermination of the American Bison His egotism at its height was only a mild satisfaction in his social impregnability and was readily overpowered by the recollection of personal defects to which he was acutely alive. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4 This condition of affairs did not affect the essential impregnability of any individual vault or safe, but, nevertheless, it was singular. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes Our impregnability does not protect us from militarism. New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 Nanking was carried by assault despite the alleged impregnability of its ramparts, and despite also a garrison of 25,000 Manchus. The Awakening of China Magersfontein hit us hard, though we knew nothing of the "blazing indiscretions" connected with that fatal assault on positions of peculiar strength and impregnability. The Siege of Kimberley Under the sea, however, it is often the strength of the single thread, the wit of the individual pitted against the solid impregnability of the elements, the vis inertiae of the sea. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 And along the centuries stand the princes of thought, Paul, Augustine, Bacon, Luther, Milton, Pascal, Kepler, Newton, Coleridge, Faraday, Herschel, testifying to the impregnability of the intellectual foundation of the Christian faith. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 90, June, 1875 He was sure of the absolute impregnability of his own position; but the clear memory of at least one humiliating and disastrous interview with Thomas Batchgrew in the past robbed Louis' eye of its composure. The Price of Love This wall makes very clear the impregnability of even the lower part of Præneste, for the wall not only occupies a good position, but is really a double line of defense. A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste It was the impregnability of the place which made Bold so angry with the possessor of it, and it was the same quality which made it appear so desirable. The Warden The time came, however, when the ramparts we scaled rose sheer and bare in impregnability. The Forest It was the reference to E. Eliot in his instructions to Betty which had awakened in Jaffry's mind the disquieting reflection that just here might prove such an impregnability. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors Isaiah is full of symbols of various kinds for the impregnability of Zion. Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah The great rock rising above the Lower Town, and crowned with its batteries, all bristling with guns, seemed to my eyes the very realization of impregnability. Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present Those high, ponderous walls about her spoke mutely of strength and impregnability. The House of Whispers Safety -- N. safety, security, surety, impregnability; invulnerability, invulnerableness &c. adj.; danger past, danger over; storm blown over; coast clear; escape &c. Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases Probably that was Martin Jaffry's own impregnability—that he wouldn't have lied about a lady to save himself. The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors They believed in the impregnability of Amoy, and it was allowed that no inconsiderable skill as well as great expense had been devoted to the strengthening of the place. China So down he came, quite thrilled by his discovery, to lean against the rock and laugh scornfully over the silly tales about Quill's Window and its eerie impregnability. Quill's Window Madame de Santos' position moves toward impregnability, as the months roll on. The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance The castle profited by the road in accessibility, but its impregnability was so far lessened. The Dove in the Eagle's Nest He had then felt sure that the man would go and would take his wife with him, but he did not even yet know the obduracy and the cleverness and the impregnability of his son-in-law. The Prime Minister A gloomy set figure; affecting the sententious, the emphatic and a composed impregnability,—like the Jove of Science. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 16 Friedrich, the Austrian Garrison once out, set instantly about repairing the works, and improving them into impregnability,—our ugly friend Walrave presiding over that operation too. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 The absolute serenity of his manner bespoke an impregnability of purpose before which the words died away on her lips. The Illustrious Prince She has the strength and impregnability of a diplodocus. Lair of the White Worm |
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