imposed upon
Example Sentences
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Havel calls for people to remove the signs and endorse a different world order than the one imposed upon them.
From Salon • Jan. 20, 2026
This is not a law imposed upon the U.S. by someone else.
From Slate • Jan. 12, 2026
Dr Aladwan was previously subject to an IOT in September, which determined that no restrictions should be imposed upon her.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
Her fate has been practically Victorian: a nearly decades-long public judgment of her allegedly declining mental state, followed by quasi-imprisonment via the conservatorship imposed upon her in 2008.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
It was a drama about nothing, the missing boys; it was Hermione’s life imposed upon her own.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
