How to Use impinge on/upon in a Sentence

impinge on/upon

phrasal verb
Definition of impinge on/uponnext
  • Our citizens deserve to know why these global threats matter and impinge on our very way of life.
    — Roger Wicker, National Review, 18 Feb. 2022
  • If used en masse and with facial recognition software, this could impinge on First and Fourth amendment rights.
    — Kristina Libby, Popular Mechanics, 12 June 2020
  • Hua said in answer to a question about whether China’s military drill would impinge on those waters.
    — Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The warmth, the sweetness, the sounds, the soft feel of the fur, the photons of light impinge on my senses as a messy smattering of electrical signals—largely misinformation.
    — Kc Cole, Wired, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Take Sundy Praia, a tented camp on the beach, which was built from scratch four years ago and is deliberately hidden from view so as not to impinge on the untouched landscape.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2022
  • The switch to a fabric roof from the previous retractable hardtop also means that putting the top down doesn't impinge on trunk space, which is sufficient to swallow a large suitcase or a couple of roll-aboards.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 12 July 2023
  • But, those distractions really do impinge on your ability to enjoy a movie and process what’s going on.
    — Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2020
  • Critics fear that if enacted, the law would impinge on freedom of information and media rights.
    — Fox News, 1 Dec. 2020
  • But, any more storage than that usually starts to impinge on front-pocketability.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 29 June 2022
  • At the heart of Timber Unity is a decades-old fight against the environmental regulation that might impinge on rural working-class jobs.
    — Britta Lokting, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2022
  • China’s growth shortfall will not only impinge upon its domestic priorities but also hurt the rest of the world.
    — Daniel H. Rosen, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Treasurer Meier, then a state senator, said opponents successfully argued that the measure would impinge on the right of free speech.
    — Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2022
  • In a letter to Senate leaders last week, the group has said eventual bill text must address due process concerns and exclude any bans or restrictions that impinge on rights of law-abiding gun owners.
    — Julie Bykowicz, WSJ, 18 June 2022
  • So Ladapo’s declaration should not impinge on the ability of doctors to vaccinate children.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 10 Mar. 2022
  • For years, the local community and the Landmarks Preservation Commission have stamped out attempts to impinge on that aesthetic.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The streamliner's arcing roof does impinge on rear headroom somewhat, but noggin space is still competitive.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 13 May 2023
  • The low, wide display screen doesn’t impinge on outward visibility, while a lean dash sits above parallel floorboard lighting and clear, crystal pedals.
    — Karl Brauer, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The dinner plate and stomach microbiome are treated as the last redoubt of resistance to anything that would impinge on consumer self-determination.
    — Jan Dutkiewicz, The New Republic, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Private equity isn’t the whole story here, but its rise accentuates finance’s power to guide city politics away from any measure that might impinge on the extremely wealthy.
    — Sam Needleman, The New York Review of Books, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The Emerge network was built with the permission from their tenants to use their confidential data for specified purposes that do not impinge on proprietary data.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Otherwise, these things could impinge on interior space.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 23 Sep. 2020
  • However, significant concerns have been raised as to whether such technologies may impinge on human rights to privacy, fairness and bias in detection.
    — Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Opponents say the bill would impinge on First Amendment rights, particularly free speech and religious liberty.
    — NBC News, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Since then, the Johnsons have appeared in national and local media, claiming the monument designation would impinge on their ability to use the land and usher in unwanted visitors who would wreck the landscape.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Dec. 2022
  • If a network is built with the proper permissions from their tenants to use their confidential data for specified purposes that do not impinge on proprietary data.
    — Steve Banker, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Health experts say mandates are vital to getting enough of the population protected to curb the spread of the virus, while some officials and segments of the population are arguing such mandates impinge on personal freedom.
    — Madeline Holcombe and Chris Boyette, CNN, 26 Aug. 2021
  • At the crux of the dispute is the ongoing tension between constitutional guarantees of individual rights and what the military says is its need to maintain an effective fighting force that at times must impinge on those rights.
    — Derrick Bryson Taylor, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2022
  • On the left, rigid ideology, judgementalism, and cancelling increasingly impinge on freedom of speech.
    — Time, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Nor will this impinge on his top short-term priority – to reestablish stability and his personal control, after the show of defiance by his longtime protégé, Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner militia group.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 June 2023
  • With a colorless prime minister in Jean Castex — Mr. Macron has tended to be wary of anyone who might impinge on his aura — there have been few other compelling political figures able to carry the president’s campaign in his absence.
    — New York Times, 4 Apr. 2022

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