Sentence examples for the impervious from inspiring English sources
adjective
Unaffected or unable to be affected by.
- The man was completely impervious to the deception we were trying.
But a strange thing is happening in the impervious ranks of high-profile Texas prosecutors.
The desert ceased to be the impervious, dry expanse that it usually was.
The walls are constructed around the perimeter of the site, deep enough to penetrate to the impervious layer.
And Ryder, with her shiny eyes and elfin protruding ears, seems far from the "frank forehead" and "Diana-like aloofness" of the impervious May Welland.
Cutoff walls thus serve as vertical barriers to the flow of water, and the impervious layer serves as a barrier at the bottom.
For some individuals and groups, an idea becomes so important that it emerges as the impervious hegemonic motivating factor in their lives.
The orchestra's first entrance is a slicing fortissimo chord that comes like a slap in the face to listeners, though the impervious cello just keeps playing.
The impervious nature of official politics – its inability to swerve even slightly towards the critique of capitalism intuitively felt by millions of people – has deepened the sense of alienation and mistrust.
Jeff Greenwood, a wildlife educator for the sanctuary, was trying to interest the students in the habitat of local beaver, the impervious nature of oak trees and the beauty of the state's largest natural lake.
The Philadelphia Water Department PWDD) estimates that, when all the impervious cover in the city is exposed to one inch of rainfall, it generates about 327m gallons of storm water.
The impervious area and other urban facilities should significantly reduce the groundwater recharge.
