look impossible

Frequency: 6.89.1 per million words

Similar to 'appear impossible', suggests impossibility based on visual or surface-level assessment.

impossibleVERB + impossible (sense: not possible)

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look

Examples (10)

  • From the outset, the task seemed to look impossible.
  • With all the obstacles, the project began to look impossible to complete.
  • The challenging climb ahead made the summit look impossible to reach.
  • She knew it would be difficult, but she refused to let it look impossible.
  • Despite his best efforts, the broken machine continued to look impossible to fix.
  • The puzzle, at first glance, might look impossible, but there's always a solution.
  • He tried to maintain a positive attitude even when things started to look impossible.
  • The odds against them made their victory look impossible.
  • Don't let initial setbacks make your goals look impossible.
  • To an outsider, the intricate mechanism would look impossible to understand.