When George Bernard Shaw visited New Zealand a reporter asked him his impression of the place and, after a pause, Shaw is said to have replied: "Altogether too many sheep.".    From LearnThat.org.  [George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish literary Critic, Playwright and Essayist. 1925 Nobel Prize for Literature]

He left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The events left a permanent impression in his mind.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

His impression of her was favorable.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

I wanted to create an impression of success.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

He made a good impression.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

He did a funny impression of a politician.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

He watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

By the term impression, then, I mean all our more lively perceptions, when we hear, or see, or feel, or love, or hate, or desire, or will.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding] Reference

I read the article and your impression is the one I got, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Quantifying Shane Battier] Reference

"Each day, the impression is there's a little more depth than was originally thought.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Wisconsin's Heatley atop CSB ratings] Reference

"So I think generally the impression is a better connection and a more sort of real vibrance going on.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Following Film And TV, Music Takes Stab At 3D] Reference

When you return to mountains, after long absence, the impression is as fresh as though you had never seen them before.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canadian Cities of Romance] Reference

My own impression is it has got to be very, very strong.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Goes The War?] Reference

They do, but my impression is that it's all orchestrated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into the Den of Spies] Reference

The general impression is that Sherman will now proceed to.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News from Abroad] Reference

The main impression that they leave behind is of boyishness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raffles and Miss Blandish] Reference

Like a website, a card is a long term impression of your company.    From Wordnik.com.  [ThoughtMechanics] Reference

My impression is that we must go in for budding genius, if we seek.    From Wordnik.com.  [Familiar Letters of William James III] Reference

Descend into the valleys and a very different impression is gained.    From Wordnik.com.  [War Story of the Canadian Army Medical Corps] Reference

The Scotch impression is strong, and the people, to commence with, are.    From Wordnik.com.  [Samuel] Reference

When you fly in the impression is that it is soft and gentle and easy-going.    From Wordnik.com.  [By Jet to Jo'burg] Reference

But the impression is common enough, and the theories have been made to fit it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fire Within] Reference

"The initial impression is that it appears to be somewhat random," Henninger said.    From Wordnik.com.  [richard moreau] Reference

The impression from a two-hour meeting with him lasted the whole week afterwards.    From Wordnik.com.  [A GIFT TO LEO TOLSTOY] Reference

This may seem like extravagant praise, but the impression is borne out by the facts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Report of Another Journey] Reference

The Scotch impression is strong, and the people, to commence with, are Presbyterians.    From Wordnik.com.  [SAMUEL] Reference

Hmmm. As a Locus subscriber, I'm not sure I ever got that impression from the magazine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Portraying Science Fiction Writers as Wealthy] Reference

My impression is that we see community support officers – a good Labour innovation, yes?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Police reform holds big risks for coalition] Reference

One very strong impression is of hunting little lizards on the rocky top of an open knoll.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter IV] Reference

And they have - they give you a certain impression simply because you never really meet them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Raised In America And Aligned With Al-Qaida] Reference

Senior guard Mustapha Farrakhan gave his best Tony Montana impression from the movie "Scarface.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Virginia men's basketball team predicted to finish No. 11 in the ACC] Reference

My impression is that the Italian press was very supportive of Spezi and critical of his imprisonment.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journalist and the Murderer] Reference

The king made no reply; but I thought I saw that the sound of that word made a certain impression on him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ruin of a Princess] Reference

But my really quick impression is that it might be easier to find and control the stuff you're looking for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Facebook launches new user home pages] Reference

This impression is heightened very horribly when the unwary stranger, peeping timidly in, as I did, through.    From Wordnik.com.  [Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys] Reference

My personal impression is that the existing leadership in neither house understands what they're about to face.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Happens To The Tea Party After Election Day?] Reference

This only reinforces my impression from the earlier books that the Budayeen is as important a character as the people.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVIEW: The Exile Kiss by George Alec Effinger] Reference

The overall impression is one of a perfect storm of disparate factors coming together to overwhelm an otherwise sound market.    From Wordnik.com.  [Overheard: Flash Answer] Reference

The impression is that voting has been fairly quiet so far, but it's expected to become much brisker as the afternoon goes by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tower Hamlets: polling day] Reference

The impression is left that this book could have been, should have been, about a far more complex and diverse character than portrayed.    From Wordnik.com.  [REVIEW: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon by Julie Phillips] Reference

“My general impression is that this boy will be normal and well-adjusted — rather dynamic and positive,” the psychiatrist reported.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Makes Us Happy?] Reference

My impression is that having two books released within a year of one another qualifies, within the classical definition, as an "invasion.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Haven Kimmel discusses A Girl Named Zippy] Reference

After the hearing, the lawyer told reporters: "The more we hear the more the impression is that someone tried to whitewash what happened.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Rachel Corrie case: Israeli soldier in bulldozer 'did not see her'] Reference