Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like. From LearnThat.org. [Will Rogers, American humorist and writer.]
To make a batik, you impress a design with wax. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : The neighbors were impressed into helping the family move. From Dictionary.com.
It drew me in almost immediately whereas Enterprise failed to impress from the get-go. From Wordnik.com. [This Is How Enterprise Ends] Reference
Balfour of Burley; and so deeply did the idea impress him, that he dropped. From Wordnik.com. [Old Mortality] Reference
Courting disaster, he expected Chavez to "impress" him. From Wordnik.com. [A Special Supplement: The Chicanos] Reference
The cuddling thing may have been something to "impress" you. From Wordnik.com. [blog: No cuddles, no reading aloud, svp.] Reference
Rendell can continue to wear his flag pin where it may "impress" people. From Wordnik.com. [Rendell: 'Very unlikely' Clinton will win] Reference
I think it's more difficult to "impress" and please readers as a career progresses. From Wordnik.com. [Repetitive Virginity] Reference
He said statements by police that the operation was conducted by the book did not "impress". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
I think young women are more interested now about how their clothes can reveal and "show off" parts of their body to "impress". From Wordnik.com. [Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine] Reference
We would fain impress this on Mr. Beddoes. From Wordnik.com. [Review of The Brides' Tragedy] Reference
Churchill and Roosevelt wanted an edge as well as a way to "impress" Stalin. From Wordnik.com. [SteveLendmanBlog] Reference
I'm willing to bet Ms Adams has 'made the grade' even with those she's trying to 'impress'. From Wordnik.com. [Conceptual Guerilla - Central Command in the War of Ideas] Reference
When playing stronger players, I would often try to 'impress' them by manoeuvres they were unlikely to have foreseen. From Wordnik.com. [Chess news by ChessVibes] Reference
Postanjian said, adding that the initiative was actually intended to "impress" PACE, which had long lobbied for the amnesty. From Wordnik.com. [EurasiaNet] Reference
Many business owners will attempt to 'impress' their audience with big words, industry jargon and other comprehension roadblocks. From Wordnik.com. [Small Business Brief / Current News] Reference
In time of war the commanders of British naval vessels were authorized to "impress" British seamen, even out of British merchant vessels. From Wordnik.com. [Formation of the Union, 1750-1829] Reference
With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed. From Wordnik.com. [Macbeth] Reference
"impress" them. he has a reputation for "dark" humor. what do you think?. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions] Reference
What i like about that article is that it makes clear there is still an opening to "impress" the locals. From Wordnik.com. [A dangerous gambit] Reference
"impress" as many "seamen" as possibly he could procure, giving to each man so impressed 1s. "for prest money.". From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
"All I'm doing is trying to impress them," he says. From Wordnik.com. [One Strike And They're Out] Reference
The bland room apparently failed to impress Sergeyev. From Wordnik.com. [A What-If Problem] Reference
In 1993 he got his first opportunity to impress Boris Yeltsin. From Wordnik.com. [Outside, Looking In] Reference
She liked to throw decadent feasts to impress visiting dignitaries. From Wordnik.com. [The Queen of Denial] Reference
He also wanted to impress his boss with his access to the secretary. From Wordnik.com. [The Trials Of Mike Espy] Reference
There's no doubt such a sentence will impress other wayward executives. From Wordnik.com. [Big Crimes, Big Time] Reference
He is notorious for his ability to impress strangers and disarm opponents. From Wordnik.com. [The Politics Of Promiscuity] Reference
The pitch: impress your clients by showing up for the meeting in a hot car. From Wordnik.com. [Sedan Begone] Reference
They'll need to dress to impress the Georges and Carolyns of the corporate world. From Wordnik.com. [The Apprentice] Reference
In addition to Tripp, Lewinsky may have been trying to impress someone else: her mother. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton And The Intern] Reference
At one pricey restaurant not long ago I tipped extravagantly, chiefly to impress a new date. From Wordnik.com. [Over-The-Top Tips] Reference
A cadet who threw in the towel recalled why he enrolled at West Point: to impress his friends. From Wordnik.com. [CHOOSING A SOLDIER SCHOOL] Reference
He says it is crucial to attract more visitors to the marsh to impress on them the importance of wetlands. From Wordnik.com. [Unkind To Feathered Friends?] Reference
The interior architecture is immensely scaled, designed to impress and inspire awe, like so many public spaces in Riyadh. From Wordnik.com. [An Oil Oasis] Reference
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