He looked impressive, if a little out of his element.

Close to, the ship looked even larger and more impressive.

"He took such modern elements and made them look so impressive."

The two men, he thought, did not really look impressive.

"We always told him he ought to try to look more impressive."

So far, I had seen nothing that looked particularly impressive.

Close up, what'd happened to the back wall looked pretty impressive.

The idea is to cut the other person very badly, not to look impressive.

He raised his hand, trying to make it look impressive.