impinge
verb (used without object)
to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on orupon ).
has impinged
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present perfectof impinge (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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This year, Bad Brains were nominated – the first time hardcore punk has impinged on the event’s consciousness: no Black Flag, no Minor Threat, no Dead Kennedys.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2018
“For too long, the property has impinged on local residents’ quality of life.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2016
Pharmaceutical reports in the sports section have grown longer than the box scores, and money has impinged on the game past the point of cynicism.
From Time Magazine Archive
A complex, hastily expanded phenomenon, Radio has impinged upon Education quite as powerfully but even more crudely than upon the worlds of Music, Politics, Advertising, Theatre, Sport, Religion.
From Time Magazine Archive
His career has impinged upon the five great cities of Boston, New Orleans, Philadelphia, London, and New York.
From Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z by Various
