How to Use imposition in a Sentence

imposition

noun

• Your kids can stay with me the night you're away—it's really not an imposition.
• With the imposition of the Morales Project, the water basin at the foot of the volcano is at risk.
  — Christina Noriega, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2022
• But Democrats and the left had feared the full imposition of Paul Ryan’s agenda.
  — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 30 July 2020
• Before the light of science the whole thing is shown to be an imposition.
  — Dan Schlenoff, Scientific American, 11 Nov. 2020
• At least eight jurors in such a case would have to agree on the imposition of a death sentence.
  — By Andrew Powell | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner, 16 Apr. 2023
• The end of Reconstruction in 1877 and the imposition of Jim Crow laws undid many of the gains the former slaves had made.
  — Michael E. Kanell, ajc, 17 June 2022
• For some men, the imposition of the Taliban’s male guardianship rules is a nuisance.
  — Margherita Stancati, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2022
• But without the imposition of fines, the change will likely be slow in coming.
  — Christopher Sherman, ajc, 1 Jan. 2021
• The traffic jam in the Turkish straits arose following the imposition this weekof the price cap on Russian oil.
  — Hanna Ziady, CNN, 8 Dec. 2022
• If the rise in cases warrant a re-imposition of strict lockdowns in major economies, then the stock could see a sharp drop.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes, 3 June 2021
• Its haul road—which runs from the De Long Mountains to the port—was the only rectilinear imposition across the vast landscape.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
• The plan would block the imposition of fees and permits for demonstrations deemed legal.
  — oregonlive, 30 Sep. 2020
• The fees charged by the city seem unreasonably low for this imposition.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2024
• Forcing all restaurants in Italy to close at 6 p.m. is a major imposition for a nation that loves to eat out.
  — Marcus Walker, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2020
• Although Britain avoided the imposition of tariffs by signing a trade deal with the EU, there is new friction at the border.
  — The Economist, 13 Mar. 2021
• In the Russian city of Khabarovsk tens of thousands march week after week to protest against the arrest of the local governor and the imposition of Moscow’s rules.
  — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2020
• But if my prosthesis came pre-stamped with a Taylor Swift theme, that would be an imposition.
  — Chloé Valentine Toscano, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2024
• On the ground, hundreds of trucks and cars have blocked the streets of the city and set up a tent commune to protest against the imposition of vaccination requirements for truck drivers.
  — Chris Stokel-Walker, Wired, 8 Feb. 2022
• The same set of assumptions that governed Obamacare led to the imposition of mask mandates and vaccine cards.
  — Peter Tonguette, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2024
• Britain’s new subject peoples knew it, too, and rebelled at the imposition of colonial rule.
  — Priya Satia, Time, 27 Apr. 2021
• Iran sits on the world's fourth-largest oil reserves, but its crude output has dropped since the imposition of US sanctions on its economy in 2018.
  — Abbas Al Lawati and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 4 Mar. 2022
• Chauvin will have 90 days from the imposition of his sentence to file an appeal with the Minnesota Court of Appeals.
  — Veronica Rocha, CNN, 25 June 2021
• The old prompt was an explanation; the newer one was an imposition.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2023
• The measures, which take effect Tuesday and run for at least two weeks, include the closure of Paris bars and the imposition of strict, new hygiene rules for restaurants.
  — Margherita Stancati, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2020
• But the real question for the county attorney is whether the law calls for the imposition of the death penalty because my job is to enforce the law — not decide what the law should be.
  — Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2024
• At the same time, Erdogan has refused to join the West’s imposition of tough sanctions on Moscow for its attacks on Ukraine.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2023
• This would be achieved through the imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminum that would impact China and other countries that did not belong to the group.
  — Steve Banker, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• As a result, Craft said the process leading to the re-imposition of U.N. sanctions had been initiated.
  — Edith M. Lederer and Matthew Lee, Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2020
• In the 1490s, for instance, a group of Florentine nuns began to show signs of possession following the imposition of strict new rules with the rise of the charismatic ascetic Savonarola.
  — Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
• Opposition parties are pushing to impeach both the president and the minister over the shocking but short-lived imposition of martial law, which briefly saw armed troops deployed in the streets of Seoul.
  — Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024