impinge

Example Sentences

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However, reality can’t help but impinge on daily life.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2025

In other words, actions like mining development, agriculture and so on, unleash a whole lot of chemicals which impinge on us every day.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2024

To those who say any changes could impinge the freedoms of young people, Natalie has a simple and direct answer.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024

“We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and they don’t work.”

From New York Times • May 6, 2024

Was not the tinted music so cunningly merged as to impinge first on the optic nerve?

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James