IMPACT in a Sentence

Learn IMPACT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

111 example sentences for IMPACT, such as:

1. I was flung forward by the impact.
2. The impact dented our car's fender.
3. Her speech made a profound impact on everyone.
4. The building makes a tremendous visual impact.
5. He collapsed under the full impact of the blow.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPACT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
impact
 n.  forceful consequence; strong effect; influencing strongly
Classic Sentence:
1  Then, Scarlett knew the truth, with the impact of a blow.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
2  For a moment it was as though Melanie swayed under the impact of a heavy blow and Rhett's arm went around her waist to steady her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
3  As the full impact of the meaning smote her, Melanie became so embarrassed that she fumbled with the bandage until it slid off the wound entirely.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
4  Thud, thud, we could hear the impact of their great heads, and their bellowing shook the pans on the kitchen shelves.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIII
5  To a walker practised in such places a difference between impact on maiden herbage, and on the crippled stalks of a slight footway, is perceptible through the thickest boot or shoe.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 6 The Figure against the Sky
6  This did not originate in inherent shamelessness, but in her living too far from the world to feel the impact of public opinion.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 10 A Desperate Attempt at Persuasion
7  Its smart impact upon the distant water reached their ears like a kiss, whereupon Yeobright knelt down, and leaning over the well began dragging the grapnel round and round as Fairway had done.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 3 The First Act in a Timeworn Drama
8  The ground seemed to groan at the terrible impact.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI
Example Sentence: (103 in 7 pages)
16  The environmental impact of power generation is being assessed.
17  Only ever work on the thing that will have the biggest impact.
18  The study will also evaluate the assessment procedures in use and examine their impact on children and on the school more generally.
19  When an executive comes into a new job, he wants to quickly make an impact.
20  They say they expect the meeting to have a marked impact on the future of the country.
21  The financial impact on the town was staggering.
22  The building makes a tremendous visual impact.
23  Technology has had an irreversible impact on society.
24  The impact of the new legislation has been greatly overstated.
25  Our correspondent has been assessing the impact of the sanctions.
26  He collapsed under the full impact of the blow.
27  Her speech made a profound impact on everyone.
28  The impact dented our car's fender.
29  I was flung forward by the impact.
30  The plane completely disintegrated on the impact.