IMPRESSION in a Sentence

Learn IMPRESSION 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.
295 example sentences for IMPRESSION, such as:
1. I forget that you're just a false impression.
2. Michaelis knew at once he had made an impression on her.
3. You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
4. The thief had left an impression of his foot in the garden.
5. The choice was meant to create an impression of party unity.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of IMPRESSION
impression
 n.  all the copies of a work printed at one time
 n.  a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Now, up to last night, we have had no rain for a week, so that those wheels which left such a deep impression must have been there during the night.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER IV. WHAT JOHN RANCE HAD TO TELL
2  So sinister was the impression which that face had produced upon me that I found it difficult to feel anything but gratitude for him who had removed its owner from the world.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER V. OUR ADVERTISEMENT BRINGS A VISITOR
3  He has an impression that the man was tall, had a reddish face, and was dressed in a long, brownish coat.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
4  Napoleon was well aware of the bad results that might follow if the real facts of the food situation were known, and he decided to make use of Mr. Whymper to spread a contrary impression.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
5  Sir," said I, affecting a coolness that I was far from truly possessing, "you speak enigmas, and you will perhaps not wonder that I hear you with no very strong impression of belief.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
6  With this impression of her interesting character upon her, Mrs. Sparsit considered herself, in some sort, the Bank Fairy.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
7  The Prince looked narrowly at the superscription, and then at the seal, placed so as to secure the flex-silk with which the billet was surrounded, and which bore the impression of three fleurs-de-lis.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
8  The cup went round amid the well-dissembled applause of the courtiers, which, however, failed to make the impression on the mind of the Saxon that had been designed.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
9  The fair Saxon related the singular conference to her husband, on whose mind it made a deep impression.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
10  But as a matter of fact, it was some old impression of authority on her own mind or soul that she could not get rid of.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
11  Michaelis knew at once he had made an impression on her.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
12  He was estimating her, and the extent of the impression he had made.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
13  William's desire of seeing Fanny dance made more than a momentary impression on his uncle.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
14  I suppose no time can ever wear out the impression I have of his looks and voice as he said those words.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
15  There had remained only a general impression of roughness and loudness; and now he scarcely ever noticed her, but to make her the object of a coarse joke.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
Example Sentence: (85 in 6 pages)
1  His heroic action has left a deep impression on people's minds.
2  I wanted to appear friendly and approachable but I think I gave the converse impression.
3  His first speech as president made a strong impression on his audience.
4  She tried to create the impression of strong sunlight by stippling the canvas in yellow and white.
5  You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
6  The village gives a good impression of what a medieval city would have looked like.
7  It's important to create a good impression when you meet a new client.
8  The choice was meant to create an impression of party unity.
9  Careless spelling mistakes in a letter can create an unfavourable impression.
10  A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
11  Paul is Mister Big in our department, so it's important to make a good impression on him.
12  The thief had left an impression of his foot in the garden.
13  I forget that you're just a false impression.
14  I skimmed through it to get a general impression of the text.
15  A smart appearance makes a favourable impression at an interview.