impinges

present tense third-person singular of impinge

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of impinges Blakeney, who left Universal last spring, specializes in equipping theme parks with all of the unsexy infrastructure required to function—toilets, cellphone towers—as well as ensuring that none of it impinges on the illusion. Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impinges
Verb
  • Spring and early fall often bring the strongest storms, when warm, moist Gulf air collides with cooler systems sweeping in from the Plains.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The past collides with the present, and the menu is rooted in the Gulf yet open to the world.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The steep new parking surcharge slams the brakes on that, hitting both visitors and the workers who would have served them.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Except Steven gets in a car wreck in episode two of season three, and trauma slams Belly and Jeremiah back together.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The ball smashes into the floodlights, and Hobbs sets off on his victory trot, in slow motion, with sparks cascading behind him like fireworks.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The trend isn’t one-sided either, as clips have surfaced of brides being the ones to start the frosting fight, like in this TikTok video where a bride smashes a piece of cake on her groom’s face.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The sheep alien bangs its head on the glass in the nextdoor cell, startling Tootles, who falls over and spills the tray.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Impinges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impinges. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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