impose
verb (used with object)
to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc..
have been imposing
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present perfect progressiveof impose.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Countries have been imposing barriers to travel and stricter restrictions on businesses and people.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
But the state’s local governments have been imposing and lifting requirements on their own, creating a confusing patchwork of regulations.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
League officials have been imposing stiffer punishments for hits to the head or neck area this season.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2011
They may not have been imposing maestros, but they knew a thing or two about Verdi.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2010
Viewed from the air, or some tall bluff on shore, it would have been imposing and stupendous, no doubt; but seen from the wet and rolling decks, it only impressed one giddily and painfully.
From American Notes by Charles Dickens
