How to Use impress in a Sentence

impress

1 of 2 verb
  • What impressed me most was the wear.
    — Olivia Cefalu, InStyle, 22 Jan. 2026
  • And that is what impressed me the most.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Shough has not impressed off the bench.
    — Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
  • She, too, was impressed by the kids.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2026
  • So this is the first one that [impressed] her.
    — Kaitlin Stevens, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Yet the show’s four singers each impress in their own way.
    — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 3 May 2026
  • Yet Maye failed to impress against any of them.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • There’s no doubt Boldy has impressed.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The device does not try to impress in short bursts.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 3 June 2026
  • My motive then had been to impress him with my good taste.
    — Bee Wilson, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Want to impress every guest at the potluck?
    — Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 25 May 2026
  • Use a pretty mold to impress the guests.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
  • This is the place to impress a client or your future in-laws.
    — Tanya Edwards, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026
  • This cake is dressed to impress and deserves to be baked from scratch.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This cake is dressed to impress and deserves to be baked from scratch.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
  • The coach added that he was impressed by his team’s resolve.
    — Joe Davidosn, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Quill said that talent alone doesn’t impress him.
    — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The goal here isn’t to impress anyone.
    — Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Lastly, what has impressed you most about him?
    — Douglas Robson, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Again, though, none of this seemed to impress online.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Mersereau said he was impressed by the sheer number of floats and marchers.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • We were impressed by the foot roller setting, which felt great on our sore feet.
    — Sarah Bradley, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2024
  • That’s what impresses me the most.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 Mar. 2026
  • That’s what impresses me the most.
    — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Which of these singers impressed you the most on Monday?
    — Andy Swift, TVLine, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The classroom was a chance to impress Alex.
    — Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This plum gig was one sure to provide a chance to impress Dalio.
    — Rob Copeland, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
  • But this did not appear to impress Winans.
    — Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • And what impressed me the most is the ability to change speeds.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • This is a tureen not too precious to use but fancy enough to impress.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2025

impress

2 of 2 noun
  • Make this 9x13 cake to feed—and impress—a crowd.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
  • About how youth is clay that responds to the impress of charismatic people and ideas.
    — Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Washington Post, 22 June 2023
  • Three sides of the ground impress, the two biggest especially.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 21 May 2026
  • Nor did the Stryker impress in its Iraq War debut.
    — Seth Harp, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Nearby, the quality of fresh seafood impresses at a bustling wet market.
    — Laura Manske, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • But few moments along the trail impress like reaching Downpatrick, the route's final stop.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Meanwhile, the sheer scale of Chinese efforts both impresses and alarms.
    — David Kilcullen, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2020
  • But, should Neave impress during pre-season, the head coach may even decide to keep him around the first-team setup longer term.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 16 May 2025
  • Upstairs, the layout and square footage impress and make room for everything from family to guests and hobbies.
    — Miriam Schwartz, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2026
  • All Emmitt Finnie has done is impress at every Red Wings prospect event since he was drafted.
    — Max Bultman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Will this summer program impress admissions officers or blend in with others?
    — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Milton spent nearly all of last season as the Patriots’ third-stringer but did impress in Week 18.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The Echo Show 8 impresses with its high-quality display and versatile features.
    — Maddie Michalik, Travel + Leisure, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Chris Lowe’s production design impresses with the Oceanic Institute and the very cool dive suits and sea vessels.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Spurs impress — and Kudus shines Tottenham looked much more organised under new manager Thomas Frank.
    — Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Overwater bungalows suspended over turquoise waters are enviable, but even the entry-level rooms and suites impress with private balconies and patios.
    — Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Pretty ripe strawberries and red bush fruit, delicate—even with the structure—and a consistently reliable wine that overdelivers and impresses.
    — Lana Bortolot, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • And drug literature can be a hard sell for some, especially if the reader feels anxious about their own coolness, and develops a sort of you-won’t-impress-me-so-there carapace in advance as a form of self-protection.
    — Literary Hub, 25 June 2026
  • The 61-year-old actress was dressed to the impress to host a fundraising event for the National Women's History Museum.
    — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024
  • Monk’s costume design impresses, as Elodie must use parts of her dress to engineer her way out of dire encounters with the dragon (voiced by Shohreh Aghdashloo) and the maze of its underground lair.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The push for fully autonomous systems, agents that plan, reason, and act without human oversight, has created an automation theater where demos impress, but production systems disappoint.
    — Joel Hron, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The hardware specs impress, but the most appealing thing is the $400 price tag—up until now, Wi-Fi 6E routers have been prohibitively expensive.
    — Gear Team, Wired, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Every candle in the collection impresses, but Côté Maquis stands out with an elusive, intoxicating aroma that’s hard to describe yet instantly captivating.
    — Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Designed by William Briggs and built by Tom Black, the nearly 6,000-square-foot home impresses with arched doorways, spacious rooms and sophisticated fireplaces.
    — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 27 June 2023
  • On the road, even the entry-level 350+ impresses, the steel suspension tending more towards soft compliance than engaging poise, but still offering a relaxing, rewarding drive experience.
    — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But the standout that surprises, impresses and delivers in equal measure is a fully operational vineyard of 2,500 productive French Chardonnay and Pinot Noir vines on the estate’s south-west facing slopes.
    — Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025

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