How to Use impactful in a Sentence

impactful

adjective
  • Here's a look back on some of the most impactful events of 2024.
    Time Video, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Just look at the game’s most impactful players — the ones who earned game balls.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Health’s list as one of the most impactful physicians in the country.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Nancy and Tal shared how the film was impactful for them.
    Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2023
  • On the opposite end, Speak Now’s part of the show was short but impactful.
    Waiss David Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2023
  • The same could be said of Eden’s would-be partner Claude (Stephan James), whose time in the movie is brief but impactful.
    Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
  • Donovan is one of the most impactful players in the country.
    Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • There’s big and loud and impactful as ever, so those will be there.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 May 2023
  • The Rams took the field needing arguably their most impactful win of the season.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • His athleticism and length have been impactful at both ends of the court.
    oregonlive, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Here are 10 of Lightfoot’s most beloved and impactful songs.
    Rob Tannenbaum, New York Times, 2 May 2023
  • The brief screen time doesn’t detract from the fact that his scenes are among the film’s most impactful — and not just because of the eroticism alone.
    James Factora, Them, 27 Nov. 2024
  • The tips are important, but her outlook might be the more impactful part of her videos.
    Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Then, the quartet wrote one of the most successful and impactful country songs of all time.
    Natalie Weiner, Billboard, 3 Apr. 2023
  • But that is not the same as solid, lasting, impactful change.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But the bigger story—and the one that will make episode seven all the more impactful for the viewers at home—is how Queens came to be in the first place.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The Browns’ special teams room is small compared to other groups, but as impactful as the rest.
    Irie Harris, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Once you’re fired up by tidying up a few small-but-impactful spots, break down the bigger ones.
    Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2023
  • There is no timetable for his return, but his loss is impactful.
    Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Sanders was impactful in both games, combing for 136 yards and a touchdown between the two games.
    Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The beige wall color echoes the stone's calming sandy tones, and a simple vase of lilies adds a small but impactful dose of greenery.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Google brings new features to Chrome all the time, but not all of them are quite as impactful as the three coming later this month.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Brent is without any doubt one of the most impactful and unstoppable recording artists in the world.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The walls, headboard, even the lampshades commit to print in an impactful fashion.
    House Beautiful, 4 May 2023
  • Foley’s Kolton Nero was perhaps the most impactful player in the game.
    Randy Kennedy, al, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The fact that her husband is a veteran who served 10 years in the British military, and the cardigan is all the more impactful.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Raylee Leiman has hit home runs for her high school softball team, but her efforts off the field have been just as impactful.
    Gary Curreri, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Still, none of those things make the payoff -- Jackson’s release and life since -- any less impactful.
    Joey Morona, cleveland, 5 Oct. 2022
  • This recipe includes an easy but impactful jar of pesto that adds a flavorful twist to classic lasagna.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
  • De Larrea is playing a limited role for Valencia, with just 211 total minutes thus far, but he’s also been an impactful player against some of the highest-level competition Europe has to offer.
    John Hollinger, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025

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