IMPACT in a Sentence

Learn IMPACT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
111 example sentences for IMPACT, such as:
1. We need to assess the impact on climate change.
2. The ground seemed to groan at the terrible impact.
3. Then, Scarlett knew the truth, with the impact of a blow.
4. The report assesses the impact of Aids on the gay community.
5. It's difficult to assess the impact of the President's speech.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of IMPACT
impact
 v.  press or wedge together; pack together
 n.  a forceful consequence; a strong effect
Classic Sentence:
1  Then, Scarlett knew the truth, with the impact of a blow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
2  For a moment it was as though Melanie swayed under the impact of a heavy blow and Rhett's arm went around her waist to steady her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
3  As the full impact of the meaning smote her, Melanie became so embarrassed that she fumbled with the bandage until it slid off the wound entirely.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
4  Thud, thud, we could hear the impact of their great heads, and their bellowing shook the pans on the kitchen shelves.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIII
5  To a walker practised in such places a difference between impact on maiden herbage, and on the crippled stalks of a slight footway, is perceptible through the thickest boot or shoe.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
6  This did not originate in inherent shamelessness, but in her living too far from the world to feel the impact of public opinion.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
7  Its smart impact upon the distant water reached their ears like a kiss, whereupon Yeobright knelt down, and leaning over the well began dragging the grapnel round and round as Fairway had done.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
8  The ground seemed to groan at the terrible impact.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
Example Sentence: (103 in 7 pages)
1  The law requires a detailed analysis of the potential impact on the environment of a proposed project.
2  Persistence is the common trait of anyone who has had a significant impact on the world.
3  Environmental impact reports are required under many circumstances by federal and state law.
4  The book discusses the impact of Christian thinking on western society.
5  Businesses are beginning to feel the full impact of the recession.
6  The impact of the crash reduced the car to a third of its original length.
7  We need to assess the impact on climate change.
8  The front coach of the train took the full impact of the crash.
9  The report assesses the impact of Aids on the gay community.
10  This financial crisis had a much greater impact on Main Street.
11  Political correctness has had an impact on the language people use to describe women.
12  It's difficult to assess the impact of the President's speech.
13  They lose credibility quickly with a resultant adverse impact on employee performance and profit.
14  Cars are useful, but their impact on the environment is another matter altogether.
15  An adequate environmental impact assessment was not carried out on the bypass project.