How to Use enforce in a Sentence

enforce

verb

• Police will be enforcing the parking ban.
• Nikon does not enforce any such speed restrictions, so the lens can keep up with the Z 8 and Z 9.
  — PCMAG, 28 Mar. 2024
• The force was deployed to help enforce the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the war in the country.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 11 July 2023
• The law was enforced by agents of the school committee — truant officers — with fines of up to $5 per week.
  — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2024
• The bill says the Alabama Department of Revenue shall adopt rules to enforce the cap.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 1 June 2023
• Manila grounded the navy transport ship on Second Thomas Shoal in 1999 and has manned it with Filipino marines to enforce its claims to the area.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 22 Oct. 2023
• The court will decide whether the older or newer law, or a combination of the two, will be enforced.
  — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2023
• Florida’s statute must give way to the Constitution and laws of the United States and must not be enforced.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• Prigozhin was buried in St. Petersburg, and the funeral was closed to the public, enforced by armed police.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 30 Aug. 2023
• The court lacks the literal force or money to enforce its decisions.
  — Jessica A. Schoenherr, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
• In its Friday blog post, Meta said parents will be able to set time limits and enforce breaks for their preteens on the headsets.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 16 June 2023
• Library staff called county police to enforce the ban, the statement said.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
• But her mother Judy also traveled with her to South Africa to help enforce their religon’s rule.
  — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 25 July 2023
• The coupling of the statutes allows Border Patrol to enforce the state trespassing law on people who stop along the border wall in the area.
  — The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2023
• Reviews from players and fans have been mostly positive, but Scherzer isn't a fan of the rigid way some of the rules are being enforced.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 2 June 2023
• Additional oral arguments are set for April 3 on the heart of the case -- whether Texas can legally enforce SB4.
  — Aarón Torres The Dallas Morning News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 26 Mar. 2024
• What’s less clear, however, is how such orders could be enforced.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
• The show reflects the range of portraiture and the ways the art form has been used to discriminate and enforce hierarchies across gender, race and class.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• But some do enforce late fees or send unpaid debts to collection agencies.
  — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
• So Cash got a second court order, and the judge ordered the sheriff’s office to enforce it, according to her lawsuit.
  — Laura Strickler, NBC News, 23 July 2023
• But the idea that those in power need to enforce subjective standards to allow for free speech is dangerous.
  — WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
• New York City began enforcing a strict law on short-term rentals earlier this month.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2023
• Broadway show coffee mugs, sourced from the Applause Shop, enforce Loretta’s love for theater.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 29 Aug. 2023
• The president’s refusal to enforce existing law is the problem.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
• In states like New York, the gap between what’s legal and what’s enforced has allowed illicit stores to pop up among the legitimate ones.
  — Jane C. Hu, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
• Having more shelter space also allows the city to enforce its urban camping laws, Lewis said.
  — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
• Advertisement One central question is whether Congress needs to pass a law to enforce the ban.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• If there were more homeless people than beds, then the city couldn't enforce its anti-camping ordinance.
  — Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2024
• Just last month, the Supreme Court rejected Florida’s request to enforce its drag law after a lower court blocked the measure statewide.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
• The rules were initially enforced in certain events but were expanded and made stricter by World Athletics this year.
  — Time, 11 July 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024