impinge
verb (used without object)
to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on orupon ).
were 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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Initially, Whitcomb wrestled with doubts that her basketball demands were impinging on her duties as a new mom.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2023
“She wasn’t an extrovert per se, but half of Sabrina was looking out the window at all times,Some other set of realities were impinging on the one that we were all in with her.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
One of them, a Tesla employee who had been hired to work remotely, told Reuters that the mixed messages were impinging on work.
From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2022
It was as though, somewhere, a piano were playing and the actual notes were impinging on his ear-drums.
From Love of Life and Other Stories by Charles Livingston Bull
