impinge

Example Sentences

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He cited a 2019 Supreme Court judgment to say the opposition's demand for machine-readable voter lists could impinge on people's privacy.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

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

“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

To impinge the tone near the nasal passage gives it a nasal quality, a fault most common with the French, acquired probably through the necessity of singing certain French words—bien, for example—through the nose.

From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Miller, Frank E.