The phrase "broad impression" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a general or overall perception of something, often in a context where details are not specified.
Example: "The artist's work left a broad impression on the audience, evoking a range of emotions."
Alternatives: "general impression" or "overall impression."
Still, until new evidence emerges, the June employment report left a broad impression of weakness.
You can't tell me hearing a broad impression of a funny-sounding "ethnic type" wouldn't cheer him up.
In recent weeks, the tough stances of several senior bank policy makers on inflation has contributed to a broad impression that at least some officials are itching to raise interest rates as soon as tension eases in the financial markets.
But the cheer over that number merely points up the disappointment over the many years that came before.The recent appearance of a new database, the fruit of a project called EU-KLEMS, that accounts for the sources of European growth and productivity does not alter this broad impression.
First, the evaluators present a broad impression of GIGAME's effectiveness from the point of view of users.
Our results provide a broad impression of the biological consequences of p,p´-DDE on the hepatic health of mice.
Axelrod said most voters did not pay attention to the detail of politics in the way that the media and insiders did, instead getting broad impressions and focusing when they have to.
But more dangerous for schools than some parents' disaffection is the broader impression of exclusivity a posh uniform creates.
If you explain to children, for example, that all this equipment in hospitals, where you have an x-ray or any procedure, would of had an engineer involved to develop the machine that has helped cure patients, it gives a broader impression early on to children of the wide possibility of this career.
The reports filed from scouts on site are valued highly, because while the videotape is sterile and soundless and a television broadcast is packed with commercials and cheerleaders, a scout can get a broader impression of a player watching him in person.
Our review complements the review by O'Flaherty et al. (2015) by more comprehensively conducting a systematic review across the literature and thus generating a broader impression of the field of interest.
