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.
• The house looks rather grand from the ocean but not imposing from the land side.
  — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 12 Feb. 2018
• The school could have imposed the ban last year but chose not to do so.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 27 Aug. 2023
• The walk was his way of trying to impose a price on his pain.
  — Cory Oldweiler, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022
• There is no word yet on how the penalties will be imposed.
  — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2018
• 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
• By way of thanks, the town imposed a block on any rehab firm that wants to grow.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2023
• The French restaurant isn't the first to impose rules on its customers.
  — Bridget Hallinan, CNT, 3 Oct. 2017
• And very rarely try to impose my view on another artist.
  — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 20 Dec. 2019
• Some farmers are starting to impose fees to trek across their land.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 24 Nov. 2019
• The plan also would impose size limits, prohibiting the catch of the giants of the species.
  — David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• Mantras then are a kind of healthy, self-imposed brainwashing that puts the brain in a calm state.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartzy, 10 Aug. 2019
• The judge has imposed a gag order on all parties to the custody battle.
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2019
• 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
• Therefore, the Court should not impose such a sentence.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2023
• At almost six meters long, the drones are imposing out of the water.
  — Joseph Ataman, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
• Musk wouldn’t have to buy every share to be able to impose his will on Twitter.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
• But the group did do a really good job of imposing its will up front against one of the best defenses in the nation.
  — Michael Haag, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
• The bill would also impose criminal penalties on health care providers who fail to provide the care.
  — Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2023
• But farm groups are unconvinced and have raised concerns about the high costs this will impose on the industry.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 11 Oct. 2022
• Moreover, the penalty that is imposed has to be more than the profit made by overloading.
  — Prachi Salve, Quartz India, 12 Feb. 2020
• Insiders shook their heads at the idea that Beijing could impose one.
  — New York Times, 28 June 2021
• Last summer, the city was forced to impose a ban on outdoor watering.
  — Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2019
• Much of the world lives in countries that impose controls on what can and cannot be said about their governments online.
  — Jennifer Daskal, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2020
• The board reviews complaints against doctors and can impose sanctions.
  — Greg Garrison | [e-mail], al, 13 Aug. 2020
• Many companies also impose rules about how many leaders can share the same flight.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2023
• In India, half of the workforce lost jobs overnight when the country imposed one of the world’s strictest lockdowns.
  — Washington Post, 14 May 2020
• As much their style can be imposing, our style can be imposing as well.
  — Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 28 Oct. 2023
• Poland called for the EU to impose a total ban on trade with Russia.
  — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 21 Apr 2024