How to Use foist in a Sentence
foist
verb-
The changes foisted more of the costs onto the parties.
— David Nakamura, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2018 -
Don’t just foist the grape on the first tippler who comes to mind; share it in a meaningful way.
— Robin Abrahams, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2021 -
Trump also appeared to foist some of the blame for the heightened tension on Democrats.
— Ella Nilsen, Vox, 25 Oct. 2018 -
Or maybe the problem has been the talent foisted on the coach by the management wonks.
— Steve Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2017 -
The Spurs will get it, even if that result has been foisted upon them.
— Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 1 Sep. 2017 -
But avoid the temptation to foist too much off into the future.
— Tracy Brower, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022 -
The Iraq war was not foisted on the United States by conflict-craving zealots.
— Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2023 -
Redmond is no longer trying to foist phones on consumers who don’t want them.
— David Pierce, WIRED, 12 May 2017 -
But the comedy dies as her new husband foists himself upon her, in the tub and then on the bathroom floor.
— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2019 -
People canceled their flights and then airlines dragged their feet on the refunds or tried to foist a credit on them.
— Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021 -
Sav, meanwhile, wanted to foist the hard-to-cook sardine on front-runner Kennedy, which meant Reagan was able to make salmon.
— Kturnqui, oregonlive, 31 Aug. 2023 -
Then, the biggest lie that has been foisted on the American public was –was seen on Thursday night.
— Nbc Universal, NBC News, 30 June 2024 -
But places like Wal-Mart sell ugly produce at a discount, while you were foisted off full price, no choice.
— Bethany Jean Clement, The Seattle Times, 6 June 2017 -
So that throws out the whole argument that you're not allowed to sort of foist OECD guidance onto a member state.
— Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 -
Mr Hu and Mr Jiang had to work with successors who had been foisted on them by party elders.
— The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017 -
Trump has mastered both ducking blame and foisting it on others.
— Sarah Binder, Washington Post, 25 June 2018 -
All the scientists and post-docs are colluding to foist this scam, in order to win a few ten-thousand dollar grants.
— Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2010 -
It was not foisted upon them, but was supported by 90% of the Catalan people.
— Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2017 -
In the graphic novel, he was assigned the role of villain, and in the film, he was assigned it in a different way, where it was foisted upon him.
— Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 July 2023 -
Or perhaps confirm the limits even much of his own fan base foists upon the program no matter who would be running it.
— Eric Hansen, Indianapolis Star, 30 Dec. 2019 -
Now, this doesn’t mean that people should spend their work life foisting their politics on their co-workers.
— Roxane Gay, New York Times, 11 May 2024 -
The women are often gaudy in the short, tight, adolescent garb that some salesperson has foisted upon them, and their gray hair is bobbed.
— Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2024 -
Paying for it is another: The board could foist that bill onto shareholders.
— Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 4 June 2022 -
But aside from Clinton, most of the chaos was foisted upon those presidents, not fostered by them, Perry said.
— Jonathan Tamari, Philly.com, 19 Jan. 2018 -
Instead, Trump will foist the agreement upon Congress, who now have 60 days to determine a path forward.
— Kevin Liptak, CNN, 13 Oct. 2017 -
Read the fine print carefully to see what costs are covered, and if items like airport shuttles and in-country transport are foisted back your way.
— Doug Mayer, Outside Online, 15 Feb. 2023 -
The fear is that omicron will foist even more patients, and perhaps sicker ones, onto hospitals.
— Heather Hollingsworth, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Dec. 2021 -
Many people will discuss this as a faltering of culture and will foist blame on leadership.
— Thomas Bradley Cox, Forbes, 11 May 2021 -
The raid brought international attention to the newspaper and the small town of 1,900 — foisted to the center of a debate over press freedoms.
— John Hanna and Heather Hollingsworth, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2023 -
Musk’s power and privilege seem to be veering him into Howard Hughes-weird territory, where his crazy theories are matched only by his unique ability to foist them on the rest of us.
— Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
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