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Set in one tatty motel room in 1967 Detroit, “Voices” is a vicious flick about rising two soul acts hellbent on getting on stage that night to impress Motown Records’ Barry Gordy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

"In the 1840 narrative, Byfield sought to impress wealthy patrons by presenting himself as a dutiful soldier and deserving veteran," O'Keeffe says.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

To impress doubtful sommeliers abroad, Milani challenged them to blind taste tests, and said they often preferred the Chinese wine to French or Italian comparisons.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

It's an exciting time for collectors, whether they're looking for never-before-seen designs, classic shirts reimagined or niche releases from far-flung lands to impress their colleagues at five-a-side.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

But at the end of the day, I don’t think I illustrated this short film to impress other people.

From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day

In his speech at the Fed’s Jackson Hole conference last month, Warsh expressed impatience with inflation, saying he wasn’t impressed by cooler inflation readings in June and July.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

Former England defender Jamie Carragher was among those watching on impressed following his "almost perfect" display.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Howe was impressed and recommended her for the “Shameless” writers room.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

I’ve been pondering AI since its transformative nature was fully impressed on my consciousness years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Especially because I also couldn’t help but be impressed by her audacity.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

As the company achieves notable growth — sales more than doubled in the latest quarter — it’s also impressing Wall Street with its profit performance.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026

Fresh from impressing Iraola in New York, Chambers hammered home from inside the box in the seventh minute after Milos Kerkez got a touch on Szoboszlai's corner.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Buddhas float overhead like a divine ideal but also weigh down on their visitors, impressing on us the difficulty of ever reaching enlightenment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

But Rockets' bowlers held their nerve late in the innings as Spirit lost five wickets for 42 balls, with spinner Calvin Harrison impressing again with 2-25.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

As Elijah Muhammad spoke, the two Clay brothers practically led the applause, further impressing everyone with their sincerity—since a Muslim rally was about the world’s last place to seek fight fans.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

She looked at Bazarov—and stood still in the doorway; so greatly was she imprest by the inflamed and at the same time deathly face, with its dim eyes fastened upon her.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. by Henry Cabot Lodge

I own belief may be imprest on the mind otherwise than by the force of reason.

From Answer to Dr. Priestley's Letters to a Philosophical Unbeliever by Matthew Turner

Allowing for the changes produced by time, I think sufficient analogy may be found between the ancient and modern uses of the words "imprest" and "debenture."

From Notes and Queries, Number 37, July 13, 1850 by Various

The chosen angels, and the spirits blest, Celestial tenants, on that glorious day My Lady join'd them, throng'd in bright array Around her, with amaze and awe imprest.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Thomas Campbell

I know of no other use of the word "imprest" as a substantive; and though we see "debenture" often enough in railway reports, I cannot perceive the analogy between its meanings in the two cases.

From Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850 by Various