The phrase "impression of intimacy" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to refer to the feeling of closeness or familiarity between two people or groups of people. For example, "The sunset dinner on the beach created an impression of intimacy between the couple."
But any impression of intimacy is offset by a facial expression that remains glassily still, and a voice that never modulates.
His speech is slow and deliberate, conveying a faintly ironic impression of intimacy – but also the occasional suggestion of contempt, as if accommodating his interviewer's stupidity.
Strikingly tactile and relaxed, when she talks, she leans in closely, her body language almost conspiratorial, creating an instant impression of intimacy – yet her stride is heavy and purposeful, commanding authority without grandeur.
Within his fan base, which draws heavily from both the jam-band and action-sports scenes, there's a prevailing impression of intimacy that doesn't jibe with total album sales of more than 15 million worldwide.
There are friendships we'll let fade to nothing; others for which we'll put on a facade for a few hours at Christmas; or friendships of necessity, where we'll give the impression of intimacy without the reality.
Bush, who uses his rare Camp David invitations to flatter foreign leaders with the impression of intimacy, has made Lula key to his strategy to counter the influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and to expand the production of ethanol and other alternative fuels.
It was proximity, and a sense of intimacy, that made the impression stick.
The presence of friends and lovers — along with counterculture icons like Ken Kesey, Robert Frank, Danny Seymour, and Wavy Gravy — adds to the sense of intimacy, and to the impression of paging through someone's photograph-filled diary.
("My wife says it's like a Swiss Army knife"). The first and lasting impression is one of playful comfort and warmth, of intimacy yet spaciousness, the collaborative results of Mr. Flueckiger's architecture and Ms. Flueckiger's art.
Just over halfway through this issue, you're going to find a photograph of eleven people...all conveying an impression of...uneasy intimacy...effected by a photographer desperate to herd an edgy group into his frame....The results are illuminating.
Over dinner with Mr. Millepied in Paris, Ms. Early offered her impression of his dance "Triade," which featured two male and two female dancers engaging and disentangling from moments of intimacy.
