Sentence examples for been imposed upon from inspiring English sources
verb
To establish or apply by authority.
- Congress imposed new tariffs.
It's a war that has been imposed upon us.
Passive, they have been imposed upon and have survived.
It has simply been imposed upon them - surely an absolute flouting of the principles of mutuality.
It read: "My behaviour was wrong and I accept the punishment that has been imposed upon me as a result.
In recent months it has been imposed upon several food companies and financial-services firms, among others.
Look what's happening in southern Europe – brutal austerity has been imposed upon Greece and other countries and they are rolling back renewables, ramping up fracking and offshore drilling.
Barack Obama has been imposing upon the United States a plutocracy.
He will not be imposed upon.
It will never be imposed upon them".
Havana says both agreements were imposed upon Cuba and are thus void.
And you never, ever feel that the music is being imposed upon with metaphorical conceits.
