- present participle of impose.
imposing
Example Sentences
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The car itself is an imposing four-door "Grand Tourer", with a long bonnet that deliberately harks back to Jaguar's emblematic 1960s E-Type.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Rugged and imposing, he is a sound choice to play a military figure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
He disagreed with the stance of environmental groups that imposing more drastic water cutbacks is the answer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
‘We would be imposing benefit reductions on a population that is already experiencing rising poverty.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
Before us stood a mountain of a woman who looked even more imposing because of the brightly colored Hawaiian shift she wore.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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