impress upon
Example Sentences
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“I’m not trying to impress you. I’m just trying to impress upon you, I am like you. I am no better than you. I am a 960 SAT guy,” he said.
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
"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
“I cannot impress upon you more how indelible her memory and her mentorship is in relationship to maintaining the relationship to China,” Newsom said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023
I got the feeling this was something she often tried to impress upon them, with little success.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
