Sentence examples for down impossible from inspiring English sources

The bad fan sets down impossible parameters for their enjoyment of a favourite programme.

Hill had "an uncanny knack for pulling down impossible passes," George Halas, the Bears' founder and coach, recalled in "Halas by Halas" (1979).

The activity even has an updated name — free ski mountaineering — and a poster boy: Glen Plake, who became famous in the 1980s for pounding moguls and heli-skiing down impossible cliff-like faces.

Six in 10 reported an increase over the past year in "defensive architecture" to keep homeless people away, making sitting or lying down impossible – including spikes and railings, curved or segregated benches and gated doorways.

Quintus tells him that he must either turn down impossible requests gently or not turn them down at all, since "the former marks a man of good character" (vir bonus) and "the latter is the mark of a good candidate" (petitor bonus).

She is the author of No One Remembered Your Name But I Wrote It Down (Impossible Wings, 2015).

Then there are the managers who insist on throwing down impossible-to-succeed objectives.

Tracking her down seemed impossible.

Barnier did not seem to be laying down any impossible red lines for Theresa May.

The character is hard to pin down but impossible to resist.

Only in the 19th century, when Japan's leaders created the cult of emperor worship, did stepping down become impossible.