give the impression

Synonyms

sound seem pose stank

Examples

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech. Thornton Wilder

Those who want to look like hard workers give the impression that they aren't up to their jobs. Baltasar Gracián

The stationmaster's whiskers are of a Victorian bushiness and give the impression of having been grown under glass. P. G. Wodehouse

The book begins and ends with the visits to give the impression of a tunnel into their ancestors and family history. I believe in going backwards into the past - I felt I was digging a tunnel back to the past. Anita Desai

Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. Ella Maillart

I give the impression of elusiveness sometimes, and rightly, because I really do have an inner chamber in my temple I'm not mature enough to open. Northrop Frye

Words in the phrase

give the impression

Close letter words and terms

give the green light to give the heave-ho give the high sign give the impression of give the impression of being give the judas kiss to