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

And the mood he hated and feared was impinging upon his mind.

From The U. P. Trail by Grey, Zane

Nathaniel was there smirking at her in a corner of her bedroom, crunching on a cup of ice, and the shadow of his burly form was impinging on the edge of her bed.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Sills, Steven (Steven David Justin)

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 Ellis, Edward Sylvester