Literary notes about unassailable (AI summary)
Literary authors deploy the word "unassailable" in diverse ways to evoke a sense of invulnerability or indisputability. At times it underlines a position so securely defended that it cannot be breached, as when natural landscapes or military formations are described as unassailable ([1], [2], [3], [4]). In other instances, the term highlights an argument, fact, or character trait that stands beyond critique, suggesting a foundation of incontrovertible truth or virtue, like an unassailable argument against temperamental flaws ([5], [6], [7], [8], [9]). Whether used to portray physical resilience or immovable moral or logical certainties, "unassailable" imbues the narrative with an air of undeniable stability and strength ([10], [11], [12], [13], [14]).
- Whereas there in the midst of that unassailable and inaccessible mass of rock there would be nothing to fear.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne - At Ramillies (May 23, 1706), one wing of the enemy was posted behind a marsh, where it was both unassailable and unable to attack.
— from Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry OfficersAn Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 by Anonymous - Algeciras gave Linois exactly what he wanted, an almost unassailable position.
— from Deeds that Won the EmpireHistoric Battle Scenes by W. H. (William Henry) Fitchett - The Americans likewise extended and strengthened their line of breastworks on the left of the camp; the right was already unassailable.
— from The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington IrvingFor Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Washington Irving - But I know this argument is not unassailable; there are also "redeeming features."
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud - At least, that's what he told Lady Frumpley—she's the woman of unassailable virtue.
— from Bull-dog Drummond: The Adventures of a Demobilised Officer Who Found Peace Dull by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile - It is based on the unassailable facts of variation, heredity, and the tendency of animals to multiply in numbers.
— from The Making of Species by Frank Finn - It was fenced away from the public view, but there it was, a gigantic and unassailable fact—and to be heard from, yet, if I lived and had luck.
— from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain - Certainly, Isidore was an exceptional case of notorious, unassailable virtue.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant - He is equally unassailable by the temptations of indolence or of sensuality.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. Bradley - THE INVIOLATE HILLS One cause of the unique character of the Sussex Downs is their virginal security, their unassailable independence.
— from Highways and Byways in Sussex by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas - On lonely veldt and behind unassailable kopjes a daring and sullen foe held on.
— from Masterman and Son by W. J. (William James) Dawson - And if its results should confirm the conclusions already come to, it will go far to establish them on an unassailable basis.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 393, July 1848 by Various - The evidence against him was perfect in every detail, and absolutely unassailable.
— from The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories by Mark Twain