How to Use imposition in a Sentence

imposition

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  • 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
  • All of that puts the U.S. at risk of ending up on the wrong side of cost-imposition efforts from adversaries big and small.
    — Benjamin Jensen, The Conversation, 25 July 2019
  • The answer will depend on the closeness of the friendship and the extent, and frequency, of the imposition.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • That said, the imposition on gun owners — a group that includes me — would be trivial.
    — Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 20 Sep. 2019
  • The martial law imposition, the first of its kind in South Korea in more than 40 years, lasted only six hours.
    — Joel Thayer, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025
  • The martial law imposition, the first of its kind in South Korea in more than four decades, lasted only six hours.
    — Hyung-Jin Kim The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 27 Jan. 2025
  • 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 species of justice that the families wished to have was one where there was not the possibility of the imposition of the death penalty.
    — Anna Schecter, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2020
  • 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
  • The imposition of tariffs is leading to a freer exchange rate.
    — The Economist, 5 Aug. 2019
  • In return, the White House has suspended the imposition of its threatened tariff hikes, which had been due to take place on Oct. 15.
    — Charles Hankla, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • Those are two mitigating factors that often lead to the imposition of a sentence much lower than the maximum.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 Feb. 2025

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