Example Sentences

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Their presence was a reminder of how fresh Scherzer’s ties to the Dodgers still are and how much his new team has foisted upon his shoulders in such a short time.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2021

I don’t think pushing any harder is necessary or going to help much, so I’d chalk it up to one of the many small sadnesses this pandemic has foisted upon us.

From Slate • May 28, 2020

But a growing international audience has foisted clout and visibility upon mezcal, which may bring unwanted pressure.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 4, 2016

You must try to be, in short, the Colonel Marmaduke Ruggles that wretched penny-a-liner has foisted upon these innocent people.

From Ruggles of Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon

Of the assertion that the cuckoo herself takes any interest in the future welfare of the egg she has foisted on her victim, or of its product, there is no good evidence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various