A sentence with the word impress

Impress in a sentence

Here below you will find several sentences that illustrate how to use the word impress in a sentence.

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   This did little to impress his peers.

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   Even in Denmark, many of his compositions failed to impress.

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   Elaborate timber facing would have been used to impress visitors.

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   One theory is that they hoard shiny objects to impress other ravens.

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   He said that his greatest motivation was the desire to impress his parents.

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   Maudling, like Butler, made a speech that failed to impress the conference.

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   IGN’s Craig Harris wrote that the shooter would only impress for its graphics.

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   Tensions escalated after the captain of Romney began to impress local sailors.

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   Glenn’s keynote address immediately followed Jordan’s, and he failed to impress the delegates.

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    Some grand castles had long winding approaches intended to impress and dominate their landscape.

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    Such mechanical devices reached a high level of sophistication and were made to impress visitors.

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    The new Texas government had no funds, so the military was granted the authority to impress supplies.

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    Many reasons have been cited for its failure to impress audiences: competition from films such as E.T.

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    This piece failed to impress the judges, who awarded the prize to Adrien Barthe, the only other entrant.

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    Even as they tried to impress him, however, several authors voiced their opinion on Griswold’s character.

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    However, in a misguided attempt to prove he can kill something and impress his uncle, Stan kills Scuzzlebutt.

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    Ethiopian women, men and children fought as gladiators and gladiatrices at the games to impress the Armenian king.

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    From their opening game of the year, however, the Jayhawks began to impress voters with their offensive efficiency.

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    In what was effectively a Test trial, the uncapped all-rounder failed to impress with the bat, making a duck and six.

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    Soap opera columnist Jill Berry expressed her approval for the recast, stating, «Trevor’s Todd continues to impress me.

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    When they encounter other males, they use the same postures as described below for courting to impress their counterpart.

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    Metallica was motivated to make an album that would impress critics and fans, and began writing new material in mid-1985.

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    These towers were adorned with deity masks, and were built to impress the viewer, rather than serve any practical function.

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    The boats were built to an American design at the Pola Navy Yard after domestic design proposals failed to impress the Navy.

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    Unlike her West End audiences who enjoyed her coarse humour, her «blue» performances did not impress audiences in the East End.

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    The next day, Homer attempts to follow Marge’s suggestion by acting as a model employee to impress Grimes, but his efforts fail.

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    Lowden; the future commissioner and his law partner went into debt to impress potential clients, buying a law library secondhand.

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    Maya stelae were often arranged to impress the viewer, forming lines or other arrangements within the ceremonial centre of the city.

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    Brooks, in a letter to Smith, stated that the design for the quarter was «sufficiently original» to impress the National Sculpture Society.

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    His old-fashioned, racist, and outdated material fails to impress the audience when compared with the more trendy comedians also appearing.

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    He wanted the VOC-Mataram forces to march slowly through more areas in order to impress factions that were wavering over which side to take.

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    The design of the black dragon, which acted as Inuart’s pact beast, did not impress Shiba, who considered cutting it from the final product.

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    Kotaku’s Heather Alexandra contrasted the twist with those of BioShock and BioShock Infinite, writing, «[those] games want to impress you.

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    I have not tried to paint a portrait of the sun—such a thing is unpaintable—but I wanted to impress you with the idea of its enormous power.’.

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    The measure then went before the House of Commons, where it was introduced by William Bridgeman, who made a listless speech that did not impress MPs.

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    He attended lectures on electromagnetism given by James Jeans and Joseph Larmor, and did some research on cathode rays, but failed to impress Thomson.

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    In an attempt to impress a girl, however, Ged searches Ogion’s spell books and inadvertently summons a strange shadow, which has to be banished by Ogion.

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    Plans to dig a well near Wotton came to nothing, and the Duke’s expedient of drawing water from a pond near Quainton Road did not impress the pond’s owner.

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    He lived out his quiet life at Yale, deeply admired by a few able students but making no immediate impress on American science commensurate with his genius.

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    He continued to impress at his tenure with Monaco, and in his five seasons with the French club, the young winger scored 20 league goals in 105 appearances.

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    The conference had been staged largely to impress the media, at a cost of £750,000, although unsympathetic media outlets were reportedly banned from attending.

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    He continued to impress his superiors with his technical and tactical expertise, and at the end of the war he received the Distinguished Service Medal from John J.

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    In 1943, at the age of 15, Howe was invited to the Rangers player camp in Winnipeg; but quickly became homesick and failed to favorably impress the Rangers coaches.

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    Botting also considers the film has «poor sound quality, static scene set-ups and [a] lack of sets», and while it did not impress the critics, audience figures were high.

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    The new regime failed to impress readers, and circulation dropped from over 67,000 for the year ending October 1968 to under 45,000 the following year, a drop of over 30%.

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    To impress the Roman Senate, the queen endowed her children with sufficient assets, which included a jewelled candelabrum that was dedicated to the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus.

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    Similarly, regardless of how much knowledge he gains about Rita, and despite his accomplishments learned throughout the loops, he is unable to impress her enough to earn her love.

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    Though he had been chosen, in part, for his «fabulous skills as an orator», his speaking style and sermons, which had been so beloved in Europe, did not impress New York audiences.

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    Big Daddy Kane suggested that Wallace did not need a large vocabulary to impress listeners, stating that he «just put his words together a slick way and it worked real good for him».

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    Nancy was in charge of planning and hosting the important and highly anticipated state dinner, with the goal to impress both the Soviet leader and especially his wife Raisa Gorbacheva.

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1. She did not impress me at all.

2. The Grand Canyon never fails to impress people.

3. The boys were vying to impress her.

4. The Grand Canyon never fails to impress.

5. He uses big words to impress people.

6. Don’t ever change just to impress and please someone. Change because it makes you a better person and it leads you to a better future.

7. The speaker tried hard to impress the audience but left them cold.

8. Steve borrowed his dad’s sports car to impress his girlfriend.

9. The sights of the city never fail to impress foreign tourists.

10. He spoke loudly to impress.

11. The results failed to impress us.

12. Rick is slightly smarmy and eager to impress.

13. He was straining every nerve to impress the judges.

14. She played up her past achievementsjust to impress us.

15. Jed wanted to impress a Harvard professor and some other big guns.

16. You can try your best to impress the interviewers but in the end it’s often just a question of luck.

17. It’s important to impress your seniors if you want to be promoted.

18. Make the extra effort to impress the buyer and you will be rewarded with a quicker sale.

19. He tried to impress me with his extensive knowledge of wine.

20. Mr Simmons tried to impress on me how much easier my life would be if I were better organized.

21. Teachers should impress the children with the virtue of always telling the truth.

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22. She keeps trying to impress on me how she doesn’t fancy him but does she protest too much?

23. The boys were vying with each other to impress her.

24. He tried to impress his teachers by using big words in all his essays.

25. He tried to impress me by flexing his huge muscles.

26. Life isn’t a competition. It’s a journey. If you spend that journey always trying to impress others, to outdo others, you’re wasting your journey.

27. She threw in a lot of flashy footwork to impress the judges.

28. Ask young Harry to do it — he’s still an eager beaver and wants to impress by his willingness.

29. Some people go back for their education to acquire another degree or diploma to impress the society.

30. A style consultant will demonstrate how to dress to impress.

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- отпечаток, оттиск

an impress of a foot — отпечаток ноги 
an impress of a seal — оттиск печати 

- штемпель, печать, клеймо
- след, впечатление, отпечаток, печать (чего-л.)

the impress of beauty [of smb.’s influence] — следы красоты [чьего-л. влияния] 
to bear the impress of smth. — нести (на себе) отпечаток чего-л. 

- воен. насильственная вербовка
- реквизиция (имущества, денег)

- производить впечатление, поражать

to impress smb. favourably [unfavourably] — произвести на кого-л. благоприятное [неблагоприятное] впечатление 
to be impressed by /at/ a sight — быть под впечатлением зрелища 
he was deeply impressed with what he had heard — он был потрясён тем, что услышал 

- (on, upon) внушать, внедрять (в сознание); убеждать в чём-л.

to impress one’s beliefs on /upon/ others — внушать свои убеждения другим 
I want to impress upon you the necessity of hard work — я хочу, чтобы вы осознали необходимость напряжённой работы 
his words are strongly impressed on my memory — его слова врезались мне в память /запечатлелись в моей памяти/ 
I am not impressed — меня это не трогает 

- делать отпечаток; штемпелевать; клеймить

to impress wax with a seal — приложить печать к сургучу 
to impress a mark upon a surface, to impress a surface with a mark — сделать знак на поверхности 

- чеканить; штамповать

to impress a design on metal — отчеканить рисунок на металле 

- давить с силой
- насильственно вербовать
- реквизировать (имущество, деньги)
- (into) заставить сделать что-л.

they impressed him into a coat — они заставили его надеть пальто 

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She impressed me as a scholar. 

Она поразила меня как учёный.

You always manage to impress us with your ideas. 

Вам всегда удается произвести на нас впечатление своими идеями.

She impressed me with her grasp of the subject. 

Она поразила меня своим пониманием предмета.

He’s always trying to impress on me this thought. 

Он всегда старается внушить мне эту мысль.

She was very impressed by one of the male dancers. 

Один из танцоров произвёл на неё сильное впечатление.

Father impressed on me the value of hard work. 

Отец объяснил (воспитывал так что я понял) цену тяжёлого труда.

The young chess player impressed her audience. 

Юная шахматистка произвела впечатление на свою публику.

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