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
We didn’t impress upon him that he needed to make the decision there and then.
From BBC • May 13, 2024
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 cannot impress upon you more how indelible her memory and her mentorship is in relationship to maintaining the relationship to China,” Newsom said.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023
“My recommendation, Dorothy, is to give it another try. I can talk to the Grotes and impress upon them the need to improve conditions.”
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
