impinge
verb (used without object)
to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on orupon ).
was impinging
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past progressiveof impinge.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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First baseman Evan White had hip surgery Monday in New York to repair a tendon that was impinging a joint.
From Seattle Times ● May 22, 2023
After about a year, though, he concluded that the amount of time he was spending practicing the accordion was impinging on his chess studies.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
Slowly nature was impinging that fact upon him.
From Kazan by James Oliver Curwood
Her tone was a clear intimation to the man of wits that he was impinging upon somebody else's preserves and he grinned amiably.
From The Angel of Terror by Edgar Wallace
The sail was spread, and the strong gale was impinging dead against it, and yet, strange to say, the flatboat remained as motionless as if sunk at the bottom of the river.
From The Phantom of the River by Edward Sylvester Ellis
