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

The ART Act, she said, was introduced to stop commercial use of surrogacy, to regulate and supervise clinics, not to impinge upon personal freedoms of aggrieved parents.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 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

Currents of air that impinge upon small portions of the body, as from small apertures, or from a 266 window slightly raised, should be avoided.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin