Sentence examples for impinging from inspiring English sources

In my field, orthopedic surgery, designating wear and tear of cartilage as "osteoarthritis" (the suffix, "-itis," points to inflammation that is not present) wrongly suggests that anti-inflammatory medications are necessarily better than gentler painkillers; calling shoulder pain "impingement syndrome" has prompted many surgeons to cut out normal but supposedly "impinging" bone.

"We are not impinging on resources.

This would create more uniformity across the states without impinging on state rights (a good thing).

These foes are incensed that, as economies become more closely intertwined, trade policy is increasingly impinging on such sensitive issues as food safety and the environment.They resent the constraints of world trade rules, which the WTO now has the power to enforce even though, at the same time, they want to use those powers to achieve their own ends.

The idea that the EU is all about distant technical adjustments is laughable now that the euro is impinging on many basic functions of sovereign national governments, most obviously in Greece, Ireland and Portugal, but also in all the parties to the fiscal compact.

As a travelling companion he is likely to be much more bothersome: getting up and going to the toilet, impinging on your arm-rest, chatting when you want to sleep.

Malaysia alleged the work was impinging on its sovereignty, harming the environment and threatening the livelihoods of some of its fishermen.After arbitration, the dispute was settled amicably enough.

Disorder had a way of impinging on his life.

The new system would give them greater control over who provides treatment, and therefore over costs, without impinging on their freedom to offer top-up coverage.But the biggest sticking point may be opposition in Congress to the tax increases required to pay for the reform.

But it is also impinging on the successful service industries, many of which have built their own.

If the euro is to survive, it will likely do so by impinging on them yet further.And what of the European Parliament?