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
"I have continued to impress upon the chief executive that any further slippage in the programme would have a considerable impact on the island communities," he said.
From BBC • Dec. 22, 2023
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 just can’t impress upon it enough how much I feel like my whole community is rallying behind me for this book,” Chin said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 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
