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
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 think the first thing we need to do is impress upon the decision-makers how bad the problem really is.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2023
There had been public meetings in England, protests, petitions, letters—the whole machinery of democratic expression had been set in motion to impress upon the British Government the need for action—and not a thing was done.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
