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Example sentences for "not possible"

  • The thing is not possible," Unorna repeated, looking away from him.

  • It is not possible to conceive of anything more diabolically bad than what she did to me.

  • Was it not possible, after all, that he was beginning to love her even now?

  • Of the necessity of peace to a trading nation it is not possible, my lords, to be ignorant; and therefore no man can be imagined to propose a state of war as eligible in itself.

  • Peace is not possible to me while my people are lost, for I must be watchful to find them.

  • Of this I will only say, Israel has at times forgotten God, while the Roman never knew him; consequently comparison is not possible.

  • Therefore there is a considerable quantity of the shawl goods which it is not possible to ticket at the time when they are bought, because they have afterwards to be dyed-Yes, a considerable quantity.

  • Is it not possible for a tenant who wants to improve his land to make some contract with his landlord on the subject?

  • Is it not possible for a fish-curer beginning business on a small scale, to carry on his business without any capital at all, or almost without capital?

  • If he gets assistance he may, but it is not possible to do it without assistance.

  • At one time I thought it might, but latterly I have come to the conclusion that it is not possible.

  • In him therefore it finds and sees those heights and depths of gospel mysteries that are nowhere else to be found; nay, let a man be destitute of faith, and it is not possible he should once think of some of them.

  • And the account of this is, that every law is necessarily universal while there are some things which it is not possible to speak of rightly in any universal or general statement.

  • But so far as that is not possible, it still is true that anyone who would make himself and others better must become a miniature legislator--must study the general principles of law, morality, and education.

  • The mere intellectual apprehension of them is not possible, or if possible, profitless.

  • It is impossible to carry off, or commit to paper, his long trains of argument; indeed it is not possible to understand them, he lays the foundation so deep, and views every question in so original a manner.

  • Is it not possible by the appearance of a river to tell what fish are in it?

  • Theology is not possible as speculative, but only as moral theology.

  • It is easy to specify the individual objects of admiration in these grand scenes; but it is not possible to give an adequate idea of the higher feelings of wonder, astonishment, and devotion, which fill and elevate the mind.

  • It is not possible to ascertain their thickness, but the water of small streamlets can be heard trickling through the stones many feet below the surface.

  • Thirdly, It is not possible he should have a distinct, positive idea of immateriality, of which be, as well as the theologian, labours to prove the existence.

  • It is possible to prevent the world from going forward, but it is not possible then to prevent it from going back--from decaying.

  • I cannot discover that any one knows enough about anything on this earth definitely to say what is and what is not possible.

  • It is perfectly possible to smash this world, but it is not possible to build a new one.

  • It is not possible to learn from books how everything is made--and a real mechanic ought to know how nearly everything is made.

  • It is not possible, without going deeply into technical processes, to present the whole development of manufacturing, step by step, in the order in which each thing came about.

  • How far or how fast this State or municipal limitation of private enterprise and assumption of public enterprise will proceed, it is not possible to predict.

  • It is not possible to expect that large class of workers who depend upon irregular earnings of less than 18s.

  • It is not possible to speak with certainty as to heredity and environment.

  • It is not possible to lay down any general rule for all such cases.

  • It is not possible to see how the criminal can be of a distinct physical type.

  • Man is largely ruled by fear and hate, and it is not possible to imagine an individual or a race that under sufficient provocation will not fight.

  • From this everything follows, and without it change or humanity or hope is not possible.

  • It is dangerous to teach the people to reason--they should not be too much enlightened, because it is not possible to enlighten them sufficiently.

  • It is not possible to explain this costume as appropriate.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "not possible" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    fire insurance; kept back; kiss thee; not afraid; not allowed; not altogether; not been; not feel; not find; not forget; not from; not guilty; not know; not make; not one; not pretend; not right; not such; not well; not without; not yet; noted that; nothing loth; nothing should; notwithstanding this; original research