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pression

American  
[presh-uhn] / ˈprɛʃ ən /

noun

  • pressions
    plural
  1. the act of pressing; pressure.


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For the past six weeks he had been a voluntary patient for chronic manic de pression at a psychiatric hospital in suburban Washington.

From Time Magazine Archive

One story that made a deep im pression told of a legionary whose first act was to ask for the next train to Baccarat.

From Time Magazine Archive

At 42, Harbison is developing a greater depth of ex pression with each new work.

From Time Magazine Archive

She beckons Charlotte for a second opinion, her ex pression uncertain, one arm modestly shielding the bodice.

From Time Magazine Archive

The seamanship at fault: but this ex- pression may be glossed by supposing the boatswain to have sounded that call on his whistle.

From Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published by Robert Seymour Bridges

Of course, when you read the Bible, im- pressions are made upon your mind.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll

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