impinge upon
Example Sentences
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As Ms. Carr shows, the parental perspective of what is happening may not impinge upon what siblings think is happening.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
"It is important that nothing is said that would either potentially defame an individual, nor impinge upon the police investigation which is ongoing," stated the letter, signed by two senior members of the church.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025
There’s so many factors that can impinge upon the expression of that bond.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2022
Achieving a world in which one’s sexual orientation does not impinge upon one’s life choices and opportunities is the crux of the gay rights movement — or at least it used to be.
From Washington Post • Nov. 30, 2020
As it is impossible to indefinitely increase the supply to ordinary burners, multiple-flame burners have been invented, in which two or more ordinary flames are united so that they may impinge upon each other.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 by Various
