foisting
- present participle of foist.
Example Sentences
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We are in a time of tech giants foisting updates on a public that hasn’t asked for them.
From Slate • Aug. 4, 2025
But it was in his novel “Next Season,” which I’m always foisting on theater friends, that Blakemore managed to capture the evanescent world of the stage in all its heartbreak and glory.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023
Prior to foisting this mental damage onto a fictional character, Brodesser-Akner's experience delivering her first son was similar to that of her character's.
From Salon • Jan. 23, 2023
“I respect people’s views about that. But I don’t respect us foisting it onto others.”
From Seattle Times • May 24, 2022
After a breakfast of fatback and grits with lots of butter—Cook foisting a second helping onto Ophie despite her protests—Ophie was sent to take Mrs. Caruthers her morning tray.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
