How to Use oppose in a Sentence

oppose

verb

• He met the man who will oppose him in the next election.
• The change is opposed by many of the town's business leaders.
• The group opposes the mayor and is trying to find a candidate to run against her.
• These two teams opposed each other in last year's playoffs.
• The governor opposes the death penalty.
• We're hoping we can get more senators to oppose the legislation.
• You've opposed every suggestion I've made.
• But Johnson has opposed bringing the measure to the House floor for a vote.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
• What groups have paid to promote the station and oppose it?
  — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022
• The mention of fees made all three groups much more likely to oppose the measure.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2022
• Trump’s attorneys and tell the court if Trump would oppose it.
  — Zoe Tillman, Bloomberg.com, 11 Aug. 2022
• Lawyers for the plaintiffs do not oppose the stay, according to the motion.
  — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2022
• Though the closure will affect tens of thousands of jobs, few are opposed to it.
  — Julie Watson and Lisa Baumann, ajc, 7 Apr. 2023
• How to return the ball After the serve, the opposing team must let the ball bounce once before hitting it across the court.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 14 June 2023
• And those who oppose the terms could appeal to the United States Supreme Court if judges on the appeals court approve the plan.
  — al, 7 Nov. 2022
• In March, those who opposed it traveled to Austin to rally against the statewide effort.
  — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
• At the time, a small group of House Republicans joined with most Democrats to oppose the measure.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2024
• Most of the Republicans in the House supported the bill and most Democrats opposed it.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 10 May 2023
• Stealth fighters like the F-22 are shaped to deflect opposing radar waves.
  — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2023
• Already, the Navajo Nation is moving to oppose any changes in the law.
  — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 17 Sep. 2022
• At one point the group even organized two opposing protests to take place at the same time in Houston, Texas.
  — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 26 July 2023
• The crown prince added that the kingdom was opposed to any form of civilian targeting and the loss of innocent lives.
  — WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
• But Hamas has been pressing for a more durable end to the fighting, which Israel opposes.
  — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
• Countries willing to oppose them need to do a much better job.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022
• What is one of the things these opposing residents want the King to do in relation to its colonial rule of the country?
  — CNN, 2 Nov. 2023
• For many of those opposed, the current plan represents the most recent example of how plans for the park leave them out.
  — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
• Hogan opposes Trump at the top of his party’s ticket but had not endorsed Biden.
  — Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2024
• To be fair, Richemont did have a valid reason to oppose Bluebell’s board nominee.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
• For example, while 56% approve of tariffs on China, 62% oppose tariffs on Canadian goods.
  — Avery Lotz, Axios, 9 Feb. 2025
• When those polled were asked specifically about adult transgender female athletes competing in women’s sports, 69% opposed it.
  — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 27 Feb 2025