Used in a Sentence

imposing

How to use imposing in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for imposing.

Editorial note

The whole time he never made me feel like I was imposing or wasting his time.

Examples10
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of imposing gathered in one view.

adjective

impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

adjective

used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for imposing.

adjective

impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

adjective

used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person; "his distinguished bearing"; "the monarch's imposing presence"; "she reigned in magisterial beauty"

Example sentences

1

The whole time he never made me feel like I was imposing or wasting his time.

2

It feeds the big boys, who can easily pay, while imposing additional taxes on new folks.

3

The DOJ is scrutinizing this deal and may wind up imposing conditions that could be vital to Google.

4

Also shame on France for imposing a minimum 15 minute delay for picking up a customer.

5

Why are you imposing your steel box on people living in cities, many of which do not own cars and want walkable streets?I mean, this is the news website for a startup accelerator.

6

PayPal has rightfully earned a reputation of imposing arbitrary decisions on account holders.

7

Municipalities created these regulated taxi systems, and used monopoly status as a carrot in return for imposing regulation.

8

Say, if your game's entities take up a maximum of 32 bytes of memory each, and you are ok with imposing a hard limit of 256 entities in the world at once, you could allocate an 8 kilobyte memory buffer and manage it yourself.

9

Why do people not hold their city council peeps accountable for imposing this overpriced monopoly on them?My guess is that most don't realize it is a government created monopoly, and the ones who do, many think that there would be no cable if the city hadn't given those rights away as an incentive to install all the cable.

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So, what used to be regarded as a dispute over garbage at the local dump becomes a massive environmental enforcement action by which dozens of parties face multi-million dollar liabilities; what used to be a distribution chain in which only the end-point seller typically bore liability to the consumer becomes massive product liability suits going back to the manufacturers and imposing strict liability on them in ways that can ruin a multi-billion business; what used to be the $.25 that a cab driver overcharged you because of some shifty trade practice becomes a major class action in which all the vendors in the area are swept in to face a protracted legal fight and potentially substantial damage exposure; etc., etc., etc.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use imposing in a sentence?

The whole time he never made me feel like I was imposing or wasting his time.

What does imposing mean?

impressive in appearance; "a baronial mansion"; "an imposing residence"; "a noble tree"; "severe-looking policemen sat astride noble horses"; "stately columns"

What part of speech is imposing?

imposing is commonly used as adjective.