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She had immediately sung her way into the hearts of Berlin music-lovers, provided that you care to call a mixture of snobbishness, sophisticated impressionableness and goose-like imitativeness—heart.

From The Indian Lily and Other Stories by Lewisohn, Ludwig

But then the swift and rare response of her faculties arose in no small measure from this impressionableness.

From Donal Grant, by George MacDonald by MacDonald, George

The latter was a well-nourished, rosy-cheeked lad, with a quick, merry eye, but betraying his intense impressionableness.

From The Created Legend by Cournos, John

Arthur's gallant, and he's impressionable—but he's fastidious, and fastidiousness is always the check on impressionableness.

From Alice Adams by Tarkington, Booth

Few, if any, even of those she had spent her life among, knew Jacinth Mildmay thoroughly, or had any suspicion of the impressionableness, the almost fantastic imagination, hidden under her quiet, almost cold exterior.

From Robin Redbreast A Story for Girls by Barnes, Robert