impressible
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- impressibility noun
- impressibleness noun
- impressibly adverb
- overimpressibility noun
- overimpressible adjective
- overimpressibly adverb
- unimpressibility noun
- unimpressible adjective
Etymology
Origin of impressible
Vocabulary lists containing impressible
Example Sentences
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It's not quite as bright as last month's Hunter's supermoon but should still provide an impressible spectacle for sky gazers, although clouds may obscure the view in some places.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2024
Some players use it to pay utility bills or help out family members, and there are coaches and administrators who feel it helps ward off the temptation to accept impressible benefits.
From Washington Times • Oct. 31, 2018
The Buckeyes received a one-year postseason ban in 2011 for an impressible benefits scandal involving players swapping memorabilia and equipment for tattoos and cash, along with coach Jim Tressel lying to the NCAA.
From Washington Times • Dec. 1, 2017
On June 20, 1910, in Manhattan's Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, a pretty, impressible girl of 21 named Eleanor Butler Alexander was overshadowed at her own wedding.
From Time Magazine Archive
“He talks little, sir: what he does say is ever to the point. His brain is first-rate, I should think not impressible, but vigorous.”
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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