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Meanings of as impervious in English

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Usage of as impervious in English
1
But the tall Arab was as impervious to English as to Arabic.
The Green Flag, and Other Stories of War and Sport
2
Ray, as impervious as a mountain, is extroverted & lives on Long Island.
The new yorker
3
I am not as impervious to heat as I've always assumed.
Back on murder
4
Jones was as impervious as sole-leather, and as unshaken as a marble pillar.
The Motormaniacs
5
But Fyne was as impervious to sarcasm as a turtle.
Chance: A Tale in Two Parts
6
But to such seductions Caron proved as impervious as might a man of stone.
The Trampling of the Lilies
7
A rapid thinker, his intellect seemed as impervious to fatigue as was his energy.
Theodore Roosevelt: An Intimate Biography
8
Their minds were as impervious to contrary arguments as a duck's feathers to water.
Clerambault: The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War
9
But my uncle was as impervious to what Darwin really said as any Neo-Darwinian nowadays.
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
10
But Hazen was as impervious to direct attack as he had been to a covert one.
The Chief Legatee
11
But the feeders, as he has learned, are as impervious to emotion as fate is to prayers.
Running with the Demon
12
Then a force field came on around it, every bit as impervious as the one he was confronting.
The evolutionary void
13
Kennedy is, if anything, as impervious to blandishment as a stone, as the Blarney Stone is itself, for instance.
The Dream Doctor
14
There was in voice and manner an air of finality, which was as impervious as a barrier of barbed wire.
The Lady of the Basement Flat
15
Other men aren't as impervious to feminine wiles and charms as me, and her looks could open a lot of doors.
Private Sector
16
It was December weather at that time; but his hardy constitution rendered him as impervious to cold as a young Polar bear.
Hide and Seek
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