Impress

The cultural life of Kashmir has had the impress of great mystics.

The ‘visit’ was, in truth, a vast exercise in participatory theatre, designed to impress his allies and intimidate his generals.

bluish marks made by the impress of his fingers

As empty spaces, they carry an impress of the pure sterility imparted by death – the sense of the ascetic and the pure that comes with too many washings of the same white sheet.

It was a move designed to impress every eye watching.

Thus it is that, although religions claim universality, much of what is claimed to be universal is discovered to bear the impress of culture, society and history.

A book on British politics based on the 1980s and early 1990s inevitably bore the heavy impress of Mrs Thatcher and the ideas and policies associated with her.

Although mainstream church attendance is in decline, Scotland bears the impress of its Protestant history.

Twenty-three different seals were used to impress the 56 nodules from Thebes.

In contrast, entrances to palaces and places of worship are usually large and designed to impressvisitors with the power of the owner or the importance of a religion.

bluish marks made by the impress of his fingers

his desire to put his own impress on the films he made

Golden light makes the landscape seem otherworldly, yet it has the reassuring impress of humanity about it.

He was a prolific book illustrator, and as few other artists had the power to concentrate the impress of his genius in even the smallest and slightest of his works.

Also, the creepiest images – the ones that linger like the impress of clammy fingers on the back of your neck – are in the first volume.

The office, like the chair, was designed to impress more than actually function.

If you want to impress any ideas on people, try being reasonable.

Later, eager to impress Mark in the pub, she foregoes her normal vodka-and-coke and nonchalantly orders a glass of wine.

he has to put on an act to impress

They are also-significantly, perhaps-those showing the deepest impress of Swift’s work.

The impress of age and experience is not only disregarded but frowned upon.

the company should impress the cards with a stamp

Brass and, to some extent, bronze finishing tools have been used for centuries by bookbinders toimpress designs and lines onto leather bindings.

his desire to put his own impress on the films he made

he has to put on an act to impress

they carried a travel warrant authorizing them to impress transport and requisition billets

Although this should be an easy victory for Kaddour, the pressure to impress those at ringside will be great.

When he started dating a girl he was quite seriously about, Mum opened a bank account, weekly deposited money into and gave him an access card so he could impress his girl.

The conventional view held that cultural impress on the New World was rudimentary, artless, too recent to have mellowed the garish profusion of nature.