impress upon
Example Sentences
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In the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials struggled to impress upon the public the grave risks associated with the disease, as well as how easily it could spread.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
Williams wants to impress upon folks that he is an iconoclast, and it comes off as smarmy.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025
"I have continued to impress upon the chief executive that any further slippage in the programme would have a considerable impact on the island communities," he said.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023
Dr. Melody McCloud: She says that, “...my chief desire in presenting this book is to impress upon somebody's mind the possibility of prevention.”
From Scientific American • Nov. 2, 2023
But I do feel like every second we spend standing these inches apart is one that I must impress upon my mind until my entire memory conforms to its shape.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
