impressionability
Example Sentences
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“Just shy of the reality we now occupy, ‘The Atmospherians’ is full of visceral, often sickening emotion, as expressed through Sasha’s impulsive shifts in mood and impressionability.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
Now, teaching students of the same age, she is mindful both of their potential and their impressionability.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 10, 2021
Bearing in mind the impressionability of a sleepy child’s psyche and the position of power the reader holds, often it borders on creepy indoctrination.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 26, 2016
In the film’s early scenes, Watts’s character seems the very picture of a naïve, wannabe starlet, all can-do gumption crossed with wide-eyed impressionability.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2014
She recollected the extraordinary impressionability to nocturnal terrors that Luis had confessed with shame in moments of expansion.
From The Grandee by Armando Palacio Valdés
