Thesaurus / impressed

impressed

How to use impressed in a sentence

Impressed by the lugubrious scene, Aguinaldo yielded, and the next day peace negotiations were opened.

A characteristic which distinguished them and which impressed Mrs. Pontellier most forcibly was their entire absence of prudery.

Few persons can attain to adult life without being profoundly impressed by the appalling inequalities of our human lot.

Janet's silence impressed Hilda: it was not merely strange--it was formidable: it affected the whole day.

Porter had impressed upon his men that to be captured by the Yankees meant certain death.

After they had been married some months, my wife visited your wife, and the latter seemed to be greatly impressed with the union.

It is true that I was impressed with him in a way, because the man was rather—er, inspiring, and I entertained hopes.

And why, he suddenly thought again, were they so impressed by the mere fact of his coming to revisit his old school?

In New York he was much impressed with the "elegant country seats," with the bountiful hospitality, and the lavish way of living.

Also, that the quality that had impressed me first as being malefic was really only its singular and original strangeness.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985