impressionable
adjective
im·pres·sion·able
im-ˈpre-sh(ə-)nə-bəl 
: capable of being easily impressed
Examples of impressionable in a Sentence
The teacher was accused of forcing his political beliefs on impressionable teenagers.
The book had a profound effect on his impressionable young mind.
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Indeed, the right-wingers expressing their opposition to the Tates on Thursday tended to argue that the brothers impart the wrong values to their impressionable audience.
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
Judge Neil Chawla said Westwood had used his status and credits on shows, including BBC series Doctors, to prey on impressionable teenagers.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
Childhood’s a hugely impressionable time, even when you’re not being brought on the set of Psycho II to re-create the abusive early years of a murderous character played as an adult by your own father.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
After the talk, he was approached by a graduate student named Ian Mertz (opens a new tab), who’d fallen in love with catalytic computing five years earlier after learning about it as an impressionable young undergrad.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025
Judge Neil Chawla said Westwood had used his status and credits on shows, including BBC series Doctors, to prey on impressionable teenagers.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2025
Childhood’s a hugely impressionable time, even when you’re not being brought on the set of Psycho II to re-create the abusive early years of a murderous character played as an adult by your own father.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
After the talk, he was approached by a graduate student named Ian Mertz (opens a new tab), who’d fallen in love with catalytic computing five years earlier after learning about it as an impressionable young undergrad.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Impressionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impressionable. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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