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
• The French restaurant isn't the first to impose rules on its customers.
  — Bridget Hallinan, CNT, 3 Oct. 2017
• 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
• There is no word yet on how the penalties will be imposed.
  — Katherine Lagrave, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2018
• Mantras then are a kind of healthy, self-imposed brainwashing that puts the brain in a calm state.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartzy, 10 Aug. 2019
• James had asked the judge to impose a penalty of at least $370 million.
  — Michael R. Sisak, arkansasonline.com, 17 Feb. 2024
• 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
• Walcott knocked Marciano down in the first round and imposed his will for the better part of 12 rounds.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 18 Feb. 2020
• Poland called for the EU to impose a total ban on trade with Russia.
  — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
• The plan also would impose size limits, prohibiting the catch of the giants of the species.
  — David Fleshler, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Sep. 2021
• Therefore, the Court should not impose such a sentence.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2023
• Lake and Will counties can impose a new gas tax of up to 8 cents a gallon.
  — Dan McCaleb, Daily Southtown, 7 June 2019
• Musk wouldn’t have to buy every share to be able to impose his will on Twitter.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
• The White House said Biden had not yet decided whether to impose a ban.
  — Ben Gittleson, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2022
• 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
• Some farmers are starting to impose fees to trek across their land.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 24 Nov. 2019
• And very rarely try to impose my view on another artist.
  — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 20 Dec. 2019
• If both sides can't agree on contracts, Congress could step in to block a strike and impose terms on the workers.
  — Josh Funk, ajc, 21 Oct. 2022
• The judge has imposed a gag order on all parties to the custody battle.
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 17 June 2019
• At almost six meters long, the drones are imposing out of the water.
  — Joseph Ataman, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
• Scott would scan the horizon for a break in the trees, his heart pounding to the rhythm of the ticking clock Barry had imposed: The plane is going down.
  — Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• The White House plans to impose new sanctions over two recent missile tests.
  — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022
• Insiders shook their heads at the idea that Beijing could impose one.
  — New York Times, 28 June 2021
• Moreover, the penalty that is imposed has to be more than the profit made by overloading.
  — Prachi Salve, Quartz India, 12 Feb. 2020
• 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

Last Updated: 3 May 2024