How to Use high-impact in a Sentence

high-impact

adjective
  • At the end of the day, her key to pulling off a high-impact outfit is to simply go with the flow.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
  • What else to know: Flagg is not the only high-impact recruit.
    — Zachery Eanes, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Thompson logged 25 points in 27 minutes for his third high-impact game off the bench.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Consider the design of your home and how a high-impact tile design would flow with the rest of your space.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2025
  • There is the potential for high-impact heat the week of Sunday, August 13.
    — oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The money would go to high-impact paving, a process that involves surface repairs to extend the life of a road by about 10 to 15 years.
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Think of some of the high-impact drugs that began in university labs.
    — Roopa Ramamoorthi, STAT, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Though on the pricey side, Jonathan Adler vases are stunning statement pieces that make high-impact gifts.
    — Kathleen Felton, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2023
  • For high-impact workouts, only the best running sports bras will do.
    — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 4 Sep. 2024
  • And — it must be said that bringing dogs to someone else’s home overnight is a high-impact thing to do, even if your dogs are well-behaved.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Just pick your favorite white suit, wear it back-to-front, and voila—you’ve got yourself an easy, but high-impact, costume.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
  • This high-impact one from Amazon comes in 19 colors and is adjustable.
    — Addison Aloian, Women's Health, 21 June 2023
  • Also, don't be afraid to mix and match different floral pieces for a high-impact take on this trend.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Great for high-impact, smokey eye looks, its flake-free wax lends itself just as well to everyday wear.
    — Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 26 June 2024
  • So, does knee pain mean high-impact exercise is a total no-go?
    — Caitlin Carlson, Women's Health, 15 May 2023
  • Ear cuffs are the low-stakes, high-impact accessories that have taken the jewelry world by storm.
    — Samantha Solomon, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2024
  • Rees breaks down exactly what to do for this low time commitment but high-impact kitchen DIY project.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Architectural Digest, 27 Dec. 2024
  • This stretchy style is great for both low- and high-impact activities and has a supportive high waistband to keep them in place all day long.
    — Ali Faccenda, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The term is given to high-impact fragrances that are superpowerful and can be smelled halfway across the room.
    — Sophia Panych, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Even though age is starting to catch up to him, Rodgers is more than capable of being a high-impact quarterback.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
  • All around the country, fighters sweat, puke, and bleed their way through an endless grind of high-impact training for the slim chance of getting a shot at real money.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 14 Jan. 2025
  • This eye shadow provides high-impact sparkle in just a few swipes, no blending necessary, and just a little dry-down time.
    — Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Jan. 2025
  • One of the solutions was what's known as high-impact tutoring, where tutors are brought in to help students in the classroom during school hours.
    — Caitlin Huey-Burns, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2025
  • These are high-impact, high-urgency pain points that, if addressed in time, can help avoid large-scale issues within the workstream.
    — Stephen Turban, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Using bold color in a small area is high-impact and offers an alternative for the color-averse.
    — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2023
  • With just the right amount of cushion in key locations across the footbed, these socks will keep your feet happy for entire days of high-impact activity.
    — Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The state budget, currently about $300 billion, is just one of those high-impact policy venues.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Yahoo looks forward to working with Google and the rest of the email community to make these common sense, high-impact changes the new industry standard.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Build layers to customize your shine, from subtle to high-impact brilliance.
    — Jessica Diner, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, castor seed oil, rambutan extract, and a blend of peptides help to nourish your lashes while coating them with high-impact color.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2025

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