He "listened," refusing to open the two-way link just yet, and surface impressions trickled into his brain.

But his breed is new to me; I cannot gain more than surface impressions.

We in Starfleet are supposed to be above the concept of making judgments based on surface impressions.

Sometimes it supplies essential context to help get beyond the surface impression of a public event.

The immediate surface impressions that are essential for primary understanding are gone.

Observe carefully Try to move beyond surface impressions to see what is really going on.

Immediately, Deanna tried to get a surface impression from him, a general sketchy idea of the type of man he was.

"You sound quite certain considering that you only have surface impressions."

By the time he enters the novel, you realize that surface impressions are not reliable.

Impulsive, inclined to accept surface impressions instead of reasoning through situations.