How to Use impose in a Sentence

impose

verb
Definition of imposenext
Synonyms for imposenext
  • I needed to break free from the limits imposed by my own fear of failure.
  • The county imposes a 1 percent tax on restaurant and bar tabs and a 2 percent tax on hotel rooms.
    — Staff Reports, Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2024
  • That's why the 'Super S' logo is imposed over wooden paneling that was on the court where the new building now stands.
    — Rick Fires, arkansasonline.com, 12 July 2024
  • As part of sentencing, a judge may impose travel restrictions, but that's usually only done when there's concern that the person might flee.
    — Julia Reinstein, ABC News, 1 June 2024
  • 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
  • The bill imposes strict limits on the amount of THC that plants can contain.
    — Ashley Okwuosa, The Examination | Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Zoe Jaeger, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Amy Yurkanin, Al.com, Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • 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
  • Congress is now poised to pass a budget that imposes cuts to the media agency’s funding.
    — The Editors, National Review, 11 July 2024

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