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
• 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
• Please, put down that flimsy freebie tote that was foisted upon you at that work conference five years ago, or the cool thrift-store find with the non-working zipper.
  — Amanda Randone, refinery29.com, 18 June 2024
• Executives were also wary of foisting higher prices on consumers, especially after many big corporations were accusing of price gouging lately.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024