Sentence examples for was imposing on from inspiring English sources
He appeared to be very short when he walked but was imposing on horseback.
Our self-assigned role was to correct the cultural distortions that apartheid was imposing on us.
While he felt that he was imposing on us, he had absolutely no problem calling over Juliet to help him.
His round, without the waiting that comes with playing in a pairing, required only about 3 hours 45 minutes, a fair bit of it spent drying off his equipment or pondering the unusual choices the weather was imposing on him.
The issues of payment and the delays all the political wrangling was imposing on their business plans were high on the agenda as the oilmen dined on lamb roast and shrimp and sipped imported wine.
It was Thursday when we spoke, two days after the N.C.A.A.'s Committee on Infractions unveiled the penalties it was imposing on Miami after a long, tortured — and botched — investigation by the N.C.A.A.'s much-feared enforcement staff.
No fine was imposed on the company.
A temporary tax surcharge was imposed on very high earners.
A tighter watch was imposed on corruption among local officials.
Overnight, financial discipline was imposed on wayward officials.
The English system was imposed on French areas after 1759.
