How to Use impossible in a Sentence
impossible
adjective
- The heavy rain made it impossible to see the road.
- It's physically impossible for a child to lift that much at once.
- It's impossible to predict the future.
- My boss is just an impossible woman.
- You refuse to help and then criticize me for not doing it right? You're impossible!
- It's virtually impossible to book a flight just before the holiday.
- These math problems are impossible!
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The views and breeze are impossible to top (or replicate) and the food is wildly unique.
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Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Sep. 2023
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The two sides remain far apart, but McCarthy said that doesn't mean a deal is impossible by the end of the week.
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Rachel Looker,
USA TODAY,
16 May 2023
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These are impossible choices much of the world does not have to make.
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Dawn Huckelbridge,
Glamour,
8 Aug. 2024
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The best lip crayons are one of the few products that are nearly impossible to mess up.
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Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
26 Sep. 2024
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For a long time, the idea of dating again seemed impossible.
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EW.com,
14 Aug. 2024
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But breaking the grip that your phone has on you isn’t impossible.
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Aditi Shrikant,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
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Nothing could be further from the truth, not that Franklin as a young man, did not think such a thing was impossible.
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John Baldoni,
Forbes,
23 Oct. 2024
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Nearly is the key word—finding the best scarf is not impossible.
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Gaby Keiderling,
Harper's BAZAAR,
17 Oct. 2022
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But Eva warned that the chances of success were impossible to predict.
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Paresh Dave,
WIRED,
19 Apr. 2024
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The amount of work that goes into each look is impossible to ignore.
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Tara Gonzalez,
Harper's BAZAAR,
15 May 2023
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Experts say the exact amount of fuel the group has is impossible to know.
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Anna Schecter,
NBC News,
2 Nov. 2023
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Uday Samir, a 23-year old Gaza City native, said many of the basic foods such as flour, lentils and rice are now impossible to find across the city.
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Aamer Madhani, Matthew Lee, Zeke Miller, Wafaa Shurafa and Jack Jeffery The Associated Press,
arkansasonline.com,
27 Jan. 2024
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The housing market has been all but impossible to crack for many buyers the past two years.
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Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
21 Feb. 2024
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Atchak, who helps manage the city’s food pantry, said it’s been nearly impossible to keep up with the demand.
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Annie Berman,
Anchorage Daily News,
27 Feb. 2023
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To reclaim the land and effectively push out the Dodgers could be next to impossible.
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Jesus Jiménez,
New York Times,
7 May 2023
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Amidst the pale and muted tones in the collection, the flashes of scarlet were impossible to miss.
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Ranyechi Udemezue,
Vogue,
31 Jan. 2025
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That same night, the teens act out in a way no one could have imagined — and most parents would find impossible to forgive.
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Peter Debruge,
Variety,
14 Sep. 2023
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Scottie Barnes mentioned chasing a Play-In spot as a goal of his, and that isn’t impossible.
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Eric Koreen,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Snow, who died last week at the age 82, left a legacy that is nearly impossible to set boundaries on.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
Orlando Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2025
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For others, the legend of Hank and Tee-Tot has proved impossible to resist.
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Geoff Mann,
The New York Review of Books,
2 Nov. 2023
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Taquanda knows it’s impossible to grant her most fervent wish: to have her son back.
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John Johnston,
The Enquirer,
16 Dec. 2022
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And, from that distance (or lack thereof), Bieber’s pink beanie was impossible to miss.
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Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2022
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That has proven – particularly in this era of entire rosters being one-and-done with NIL and the transfer portal – to be nearly impossible.
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Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
26 Feb. 2025
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