How to Use impressive in a Sentence

impressive

adjective
  • He has an impressive manner.
  • Her first performance was very impressive.
  • He has an impressive vocabulary for a 10-year-old.
  • But the Chiefs have been the more impressive team in the postseason.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The surge of Bank of America in the list is impressive.
    Peter Vanham, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The most impressive thing about this dress has to be the wrinkle-free fabric.
    Ali Faccenda, Travel + Leisure, 17 May 2023
  • French toast is one of the simplest recipes to make, and still manages to be very impressive.
    Jessica Furniss, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2023
  • For an impressive dessert, serve each bar on a plate with a scoop of ice cream and a drizzle of caramel sauce.
    Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2023
  • That is impressive even for a team clicking at a league-best 28.9%.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • More impressive: that kid’s shirt with the six retro robots on it.
    IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The Bills have been impressive all year, with their offense and defense ranking in the top three of the league.
    Ian Firstenberg, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • Hendrix was even more impressive, striking out the side in the fourth.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Yet none of them may be able to outshine Sánchez’s impressive rock.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Instead, his absence made what the club achieved all the more impressive.
    Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
  • That’s just the cherry on top of an already impressive jet.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2023
  • For that to be your first hit, that’s pretty impressive.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The phone also has an impressive battery life of up to 24 hours per charge.
    Rudie Obias, Variety, 16 May 2024
  • The Mega Millions prize for this evening has amassed an impressive sum of $560 million.
    Doc Louallen, USA TODAY, 15 July 2023
  • The passing stats might have been even more impressive.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 25 Mar. 2023
  • One of the most impressive of these features is called Face Unblur.
    Brandon Widder, The Verge, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The night saw winners made of The Bear and Succession, which tied for the most wins with six, and Beef (which took home an impressive five).
    Melissa Locker, TIME, 16 Jan. 2024
  • This small-yet-mighty nightstand holds up to 20 pounds per shelf, which is impressive for a nightstand of its size.
    Casey Clark, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 July 2023
  • And 99% uptime over the duration of a four day trade show is still impressive.
    IEEE Spectrum, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The man vying for bench minutes at the guard spot, Love, has also been impressive.
    Michael Haag, Dallas News, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The impressive numbers behind the latest No. 1 are worth a closer a look.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Inspired by a retro '70s cake, this recipe is very simple to make and will look impressive on the Church potluck table.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Even more impressive is the mole flight, a trio of sauces accompanied by charred lamb ribs.
    Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Plus, Ruane adds that many future studies of snakes and lizards are likely to come out of the impressive dataset.
    Popular Science, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Well, that’s fine and all, but what’s most impressive about the Starbucks is its timelessness—a modern classic.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Luke Evans, with a movie star face, enviable physique and impressive resumé, is not immune to the same spirals of regular folks.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024

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