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Meanings of impossible action in English

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Examples for "impossibility"
Examples for "impossibility"
1
He thought for a moment of the impossibility of the last statement.
The woman who died a lot
2
We at once saw the impossibility of removing so great a weight.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
3
His attempt to prove the impossibility of the quadrature appeared in 1645.
A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I
4
With the weight of Gaspar thrown in, the thing became an impossibility.
The Rangeland Avenger
5
For many, garnering the funds necessary is it itself a factual impossibility.
Jamaica Observer
Usage of impossible action in English
1
We are apt to think of the miracle-worker as performing some quite impossible action, such as turning a person into a pig.
The hero
2
Are the stories of witches, ghosts, wizards, hobgoblins, etc., more absurd and difficult to believe than the magical or impossible action of mind upon matter?
Good Sense
3
Scot also gives 'certaine impossible actions' of witches when he ridicules the belief
The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology
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