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Example sentences for "seemed impossible"

  • Defn: Conveying impressions from the surface of the body to the spinal cord; -- said of certain nerves.

  • That department or bureau of the public service charged with the collection of the excise taxes.

  • So called because of certain red compounds derived from it.

  • Now the anguish was so great that it seemed impossible to endure it.

  • He was startled by the sin of his questioning, yet it seemed impossible to silence the mocking inner voice.

  • But it seemed impossible to believe that they would attack by daylight across the open ground.

  • It seemed impossible for Mr. Benjamin or for any other leader of Southern opinion to argue the question of State rights fairly or dispassionately.

  • He communicated his troubles on this point to the First Consul, advising him that it seemed impossible to construct the treaty so as to free it from obscurity on the important matter of boundaries.

  • Even had we wanted to anchor, it seemed impossible, for the openings made by the run of the tide as it ebbed and flowed were too small for us to enter, and the reefs around the outside of the atolls were too rough for us to give a thought to.

  • There were times when it seemed impossible that I should live.

  • It seemed impossible to dash their spirits.

  • In this way it seemed impossible to overlook anything, but still no sign of the shining black cover met her sight.

  • She shuddered and cried, and clutched Dreda tight with her trembling hands, so that it seemed impossible to deny her request.

  • It seemed impossible to prophesy to which of the two girls success would come--Susan of the eloquent brain, the tender heart, or Dreda, with her gift of charm to gild the slightest matter.

  • The Indians were so numerous and vigilant that it seemed impossible to keep out of their way; accordingly they proceeded to the Cumberland River, where they spent the time in hunting and exploration until the early spring of 1771.

  • They finally wearied of hunting for that which it seemed impossible to find, and, locating on the Great Kanawha, devoted themselves to hunting and trapping.

  • We went on for some distance, but so precipitous were the cliffs that it seemed impossible that we should be able to descend with any safety.

  • It seemed impossible that he should escape.

  • I own that I trembled lest either one or both of us might miss, in which case it seemed impossible that he should escape destruction.

  • As I looked ahead it seemed impossible that we could force our way between them, or escape being crushed by the vast masses which ever and anon came toppling down from their summits, but the desire to obtain a full ship lured us on.

  • Miss Morton smiled, and so sweetly, that it seemed impossible to be afraid of her.

  • To me it seemed impossible to believe that we gazed upon a corpse.

  • It seemed impossible to imagine that he spoke the truth, or that his sudden suspicion of real perils, beyond human power to combat, could be anything but a spiteful attempt to put May off, after he himself had lost the toss.

  • But here was one so insignificant and so undersized that it seemed impossible to imagine him a famous Englishman.

  • We remained standing in front of Benson, while he lolled on the ground at his ease, until it seemed impossible to remain on my feet another second longer.

  • We made a short story of our adventures, for we were so nearly exhausted that it seemed impossible we could remain on our feet another moment; but the time had not yet come when we might indulge in rest.

  • It seemed impossible that we could continue the action another moment, and yet our men were cheerily making preparations to renew the fight.

  • It seemed impossible, he firmly believed that only a few minutes had passed since they left the Club.

  • It seemed impossible that a human organism could resist so many blows, and that his weak body could sustain so many shocks without succumbing.

  • An effort was made to enforce these regulations, but it seemed impossible to keep the races apart.

  • It seemed impossible to enforce these laws, and the Church intervened by assuming jurisdiction over the matter.

  • This was a sad surprise, for it seemed impossible to start building at such a depth, and carry the masonry to a sufficient height before the Nile in flood would come roaring down to Assuan.

  • Until lately, it seemed impossible to account for the presence of the eggs in such a strange place, but it is now known that they are placed there by the frog-mother's mate.

  • At once I thought of you; then it seemed impossible to speak to you; then I felt I must, I must.

  • It seemed impossible to face Irene at luncheon.

  • All at once it seemed impossible that he should have lost what hitherto he had scarcely ever felt it possible to win.

  • But when, soon after, the same incident occurred a second time, it seemed impossible to remain in their house even another day.

  • It seemed impossible, and her greatest fault for the first time proved a blessing.

  • Yet, notwithstanding all this, it seemed impossible to bring this matter again before the Emperor.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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