impose
verb (used with object)
to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc..
am imposing
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present progressiveof impose (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I am imposing all of those constraints because I understand how significant, how damaging, how horrible this crime is.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 22, 2022
My present disabled condition must apologize for the heavy tax which I am imposing upon your patience and industry.
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. Evans Wilson
You know, I do not admit that I am imposing on Barbara.
From Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw
"Now you can see whether I am imposing on you," he continued, indignantly.
From In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant by Jules Verne
