foists
- present tense form of foist (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Perhaps the Fed’s greatest political liability is its loquacity—the policy statements, economic projections, speeches, press conferences, meeting minutes and the rest that the central bank foists on the public.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
“Rising Phoenix” is bursting with a glossy visual style courtesy of director of photography Will Pugh, casting the athletes as gods whose speed, strength and finesse shatter preconceptions the world sometimes foists upon them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2020
Lyle Lanley, voiced by Phil Hartman, is the perfect con-man for Springfield, as he foists on them the disastrous and unnecessary monorail, playing on their desire for oneupmanship over neighbouring Shelbyville.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 28, 2019
Sister network Bravo foists “Housewives of Wherever” on NBC’s “Today” with synergistic zeal, but the best bang “Lockup” has ever received was a segment on “Oprah,” not in the NBC family.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2011
Rather, it foists itself on the eye of the passerby in a manner that is both irritating and melancholy.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
