impressionable

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Recent Examples of impressionable If children were impressionable, then mothers did all the impressing. Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025 Jacksonville has a rookie general manager in James Gladstone and an impressionable owner in Shad Khan. Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025 And Parker Posey’s impressionable accent alone is sticky enough to keep her top of mind with TV Academy members. Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 18 Apr. 2025 After the talk, he was approached by a graduate student named Ian Mertz, who’d fallen in love with catalytic computing five years earlier after learning about it as an impressionable young undergrad. Ben Brubaker, Wired News, 30 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impressionable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressionable
Adjective
  • The first big work people make, that first foray into the public eye, has something so naive about it.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • But his answers Thursday painted the picture of an organization willing to trust internal answers over trading Jamal Murray, Aaron Gordon or Michael Porter Jr. That is either delusional, naive, or both.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • While our lives tick along as normal these endless thousands of innocent human souls are still being expelled from the earth… for what?
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
  • Al Nassr When a YouTuber named Abu Omar dared to do an innocent impression of supervillain Lionel Messi at the home of Cristiano Ronaldo, Al Nassr gave a calm and measured response.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • That genuine moment became a symbol of love, sacrifice and something deeper — breaking generational cycles.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 30 May 2025
  • Samantha seems to have genuine chemistry with Chivon, but his sister Adeena (Sundra Oakley) is not thrilled about the relationship and confronts Samantha about it.
    Melissa Locker, Time, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • And yet in this doomsday tale, King is at his most sincere.
    Jake Coyle, Twin Cities, 5 June 2025
  • His motives are sincere even if his relationship with women and his family might be better served through therapy.
    Carole V. Bell, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • The Trump administration has been accused of disregarding due process protections, especially for vulnerable groups, such as the U.S.-born children of undocumented immigrants.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Without strong glutes to stabilize your pelvis and support your spine, other areas of your body are stressed and become more vulnerable to injury.
    Dana Santas, CNN Money, 30 May 2025

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“Impressionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressionable. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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