How to Use impose in a Sentence

impose

verb

• The judge imposed a life sentence.
• I needed to break free from the limits imposed by my own fear of failure.
• Some states impose even stricter caps.
  — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
• The school could have imposed the ban last year but chose not to do so.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2023
• Do not attempt to impose your will on the kitchen.
  — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
• Our o-line imposed their will on their defense.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
• The walk was his way of trying to impose a price on his pain.
  — Cory Oldweiler, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022
• Then, of course, there are wounds imposed by the Knicks.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 June 2026
• The three can impose their will on teams in the center of the pitch.
  — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
• The house looks rather grand from the ocean but not imposing from the land side.
  — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 12 Feb. 2018
• By way of thanks, the town imposed a block on any rehab firm that wants to grow.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• How rugged and imposing will this Bond be?
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2025
• He was forced to accept it, because it was imposed on him.
  — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025
• The judge cannot be the same one who imposed their sentence to begin with.
  — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
• Some farmers are starting to impose fees to trek across their land.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 24 Nov. 2019
• Goshawks are imposing birds, twice the size of a falcon.
  — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 22 Jan. 2026
• Burns used his 7-foot-5 frame to impose his will under the glass.
  — Joseph Pastilha, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
• Lebanon’s army is nowhere near strong enough to impose its will on Hezbollah by force.
  — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
• To turn around and impose a curfew is a slap in the face to the federal court.
  — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 23 Dec. 2020
• Trump imposed them last March and hiked them to 50% in June.
  — Josh Boak, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
• Trump has ordered that two rules be repealed for every new one imposed.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 18 Apr. 2026
• How much was something imposed on her by all of these powerful men around her?
  — Julian Sancton, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
• Officials did not say if any penalties were imposed in this case.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 1 Sep. 2025
• What types of rules could my city, town or village impose on exotic pets?
  — Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 30 Oct. 2025
• The French restaurant isn't the first to impose rules on its customers.
  — Bridget Hallinan, CNT, 3 Oct. 2017
• Musk wouldn’t have to buy every share to be able to impose his will on Twitter.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
• Is it decided by you, or imposed by others?
  — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
• And at the same time, there's been a decrease in the number of new death sentences imposed per year.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2017
• Lake and Will counties can impose a new gas tax of up to 8 cents a gallon.
  — Dan McCaleb, Daily Southtown, 7 June 2019
• The bill imposed no new conditions on that funding.
  — Mark Conway, Baltimore Sun, 9 May 2026