IMPOSSIBLE in a Sentence

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For IMPOSSIBLE, below is one of 281 sentences:
But I was positively and painfully certain that it was impossible for my countenance ever to express those qualities.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPOSSIBLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
impossible
 a.  not able to occur, exist, or be done
 a.  very difficult to deal with
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Only God knows and sees all things; wherefore for a mere human being to know what is in the mind of a servant while his master is scolding him is wholly impossible.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II
2  A man like that is simply impossible.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
3  Pardon me, but you are an impossible man to deal with.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V
4  Whether or not Petrushka was glad to see the barin return it is impossible to say, but at all events he exchanged a wink with Selifan, and his ordinarily morose exterior seemed momentarily to brighten.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
5  Why that was so it is impossible to say, but frequently, in cases of the kind, no reason exists.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
6  In short, for some time Chichikov made it impossible for smugglers to earn a living.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
7  Whether the type is a type originating at birth, or a type resulting from untoward circumstances in later life, it is impossible to say.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
8  So Chichikov made the attempt; and in very truth the veal was beyond all praise, and room was found for it, even though one would have supposed the feat impossible.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III
9  "That any one can have led you away is impossible," retorted the Prince.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
10  Your Highness, it is impossible to return a definite answer to those two questions: and the more so because many rascals are at heart men of rectitude.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
11  That is pleasant to friends, and always very unpleasant to those who are not friends, especially when it is impossible either to have things out or to separate.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
12  He told me himself that he made it impossible for you to act otherwise.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
13  Though in certain circumstances these gentlemen bellow their loudest like bulls, though this, let us suppose, does them the greatest credit, yet, as I have said already, confronted with the impossible they subside at once.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: III
14  But I was positively and painfully certain that it was impossible for my countenance ever to express those qualities.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
15  Not to pay him was impossible, considering his character.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: III
Example Sentence: (71 in 5 pages)
16  Pure and complete sorrow is as impossible as pure and complete joy.
17  The minefields make an all-out frontal attack almost impossible.
18  It is sometimes impossible to avoid conflict altogether.
19  It is impossible to measure the total supply of money in circulation.
20  It is impossible that a man who is false to his friends should be true to his country.
21  It always seems impossible until it's done.
22  The man who has made up his mind to win will never say "impossible ".
23  No way is impossible to courage.
24  We were in an impossible situation - whatever we did, someone would be upset.
25  Never a negative acknowledge why it is impossible.
26  It is impossible for the client to recover.
27  The film was so full of commercial breaks it was impossible to enjoy.
28  It is impossible to be completely objective.
29  It is impossible to give hard-and-fast rules , but here are some points to consider.
30  Darkness made it impossible to continue.