impress upon
Example Sentences
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Williams wants to impress upon folks that he is an iconoclast, and it comes off as smarmy.
From Salon • Jan. 10, 2025
We didn’t impress upon him that he needed to make the decision there and then.
From BBC • May 13, 2024
In 2019, he took his Cabinet to the Central Valley to impress upon top aides the import of the drinking water issue.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2024
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 did this in order to impress upon him the seriousness of our cause and also to evaluate his character.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
