How to Use impinge in a Sentence

impinge

verb
  • But the tank does impinge on the front passenger’s work boots a bit.
    Tom Voelk, New York Times, 15 June 2017
  • This is not the first time that New Boise has impinged on Dudley’s livelihood.
    Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The justices also said that since Elster was still free to use the phrase, his free speech rights were not impinged upon.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
  • Soon tall cliffs of ice are towering above the impinging waves.
    National Geographic, 1 Apr. 2016
  • Values in this sense are prior to facts, while facts impinge on our values from the outside.
    Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 11 June 2020
  • But his surgeon wondered whether the culprit was a bone spur that was seen on an MRI impinging on a nerve.
    Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com, 14 July 2017
  • In one sense, Madrid’s poor domestic form shouldn’t impinge on its hopes in Europe.
    Jonathan Wilson, SI.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • There’s so many factors that can impinge upon the expression of that bond.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Gun rights advocates say the law impinges on Second Amendment rights and lacks due process.
    Erin Donaghue, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2019
  • In the memo, Shah said employees should be prepared to work longer hours and not be afraid to let work impinge on their personal lives.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2024
  • This didn’t seem like a very good design to me, that one sense — sight — should be impinged upon by the organ of another sense: smell.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 11 June 2017
  • The next step was for people to use it in the real world, but the messiness of nature had a way of impinging on the purity of Takens’ math.
    Quanta Magazine, 13 Oct. 2015
  • Once installed, a child seat impinges on only the last iota of front-seat travel for taller drivers.
    Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The judge also raised concerns that shutting down the NRA could impinge the free speech and assembly rights of its millions of members.
    NBC News, 3 Mar. 2022
  • A lot of rank-and-file voters will take notice when big brands speak out against measures that impinge on Americans’ right to vote.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Our citizens deserve to know why these global threats matter and impinge on our very way of life.
    Roger Wicker, National Review, 18 Feb. 2022
  • If used en masse and with facial recognition software, this could impinge on First and Fourth amendment rights.
    Kristina Libby, Popular Mechanics, 12 June 2020
  • Claire also collects about 25 percent of the stray light from outside its field of view, which impinges on its detector.
    IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
  • At 70 mph, only 67 decibels of noise will impinge on All Things Considered.
    Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 14 May 2020
  • Someone might feel their time impinged upon by their boss’s time, or a mother by her family’s time.
    Camille Bromley, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The court found, therefore, that True health didn't impinge on the Clinic's patent for treatment methods or induce anyone else to violate the patent.
    Jane Morice, cleveland.com, 18 June 2017
  • The court found, therefore, that True Health didn't impinge on the Clinic's patent for treatment methods or induce anyone else to violate the patent.
    Lisa Dejong, cleveland.com, 18 June 2017
  • Smells like wool, leather, animal soap and petrichor—the bloom of rocks after rain—rarely impinge, either.
    Sam Kean, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Fighting the bots Performers, promoters and venues have come up with ways to impinge on the bots and third-party sales, with varying results.
    Timothy Finn, kansascity, 29 Oct. 2017
  • The scan on the left showed Sharon’s torso in May 2001, a massive tumor impinging her left lung, the pleural effusion flooding her chest.
    Danielle Jackson, Longreads, 20 June 2017
  • Hua said in answer to a question about whether China’s military drill would impinge on those waters.
    Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Projects often impinge on indigenous lands, which can slow things down further.
    The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
  • And presently, definitely, magically, a thin silver stain began to form in the tube where the flame impinged on it.
    Deborah Blum, WIRED, 3 Apr. 2013
  • As moisture on south winds impinged on the front, near Ellicott City, storm cells blossomed in the unstable afternoon air.
    Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 28 May 2018
  • However, the i4's fastback shape does impinge on rear headroom somewhat.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 23 May 2024

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