How to Use imposing in a Sentence

imposing

adjective

• He's an imposing man with a powerful voice.
• Most fudge and add an inch or two to make the players seem more imposing.
  — Steve Brand, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• At 5ft 8in, Owen was never the most imposing striker on the pitch.
  — SI.com, 4 June 2019
• The most imposing performance is that of Corona—not the virus but the beer, whose labels face the camera with pride.
  — Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 25 June 2021
• Most people pass it by, absorbed by the more imposing palm trees.
  — Adrian Higgins, Washington Post, 12 June 2019
• This one figures to be a bit more imposing than the previous one.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 June 2021
• There was a museum in there it’s a very imposing building to look at.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 July 2022
• Adding Freeman gives the Dodgers an even more imposing lineup.
  — Beth Harris, ajc, 17 Mar. 2022
• The most imposing streak is owned by 1A girls private school powers that have teamed up to capture 11 straight titles.
  — Steve Gorches, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Nov. 2021
• Tiger sharks are among the most imposing predators of tropical seas.
  — Joel Sartore, National Geographic, 21 May 2019
• The new centers are part of an overall trend in health care to shrink facilities down from the more imposing hospitals of the past.
  — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2018
• Imposing costs on homeowners through a property tax is seen as a way to...
  — Dominique Fong, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2017
• At Oracle Arena, one of the most imposing arenas in the league, the Pistons (5-2) moved to 2-0 on this early season trip out west.
  — Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2017
• Brooklyn has a plethora of championship mettle and may be the most imposing team in the East from a pure talent standpoint.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
• At a towering 6-foot-4, with a black belt in karate, Harvey Schwartz cuts an imposing figure.
  — Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023
• One of the defining early works of Pina Bausch was her danced 1975 production, with the cast's three singers shadowing far more imposing lead dancers.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• Kendrick’s oeuvre, almost all of it sculpture, is robust and imposing, alive with a zeal for making.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2021
• With the gang members’ world crashing down around them, the Spanish army arrives, promising to be the most imposing enemy yet.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 26 Aug. 2021
• Though much less imposing than the 6,000-square-foot mansion, the Coffin Shop served an important function.
  — Kelly Kazek | [e-mail], al, 4 Aug. 2020
• The most imposing ones were essentially slabs of steel riddled with small holes, like giant cheese graters.
  — Jeremy Miller, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
• Past this store, at the end of Takkeciler Caddesi, in the textile district, is one of the bazaar's most beautiful and most imposing outposts.
  — Olivia Wells, Town & Country, 14 Jan. 2013
• Malone works with Rocko, a German Shepherd, a bigger and more imposing dog than Abby.
  — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 20 Dec. 2017
• After years as a soft spot on a lot of schedules, Vineland in the last two years emerged as a South Jersey power with a physically imposing lineup.
  — Phil Anastasia, Philly.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• The most imposing sculpture is a 17th-century metal plaque showing the figure of a royal courtier in high relief.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2021
• The athletic sedan, which looks like a more imposing version of the current-gen M4 sports coupé, is at the heart of the company’s electrification push.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2021
• This is a 1920s Tudor by the architect Hal Thomson, who designed some of the most imposing residences in Dallas.
  — Barbara King, House Beautiful, 24 Mar. 2015
• An inch here, a millimeter there, even the most imposing ranges were built in increments; rocky peaks rising pebble by pebble.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2022
• Yet the former first-round pick is in a fantastic position to erase those failures as part of baseball’s most imposing lineup.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2018
• Handling Donald is easily the most imposing task for an Eagles offense that was thrown off by the Seattle Seahawks' pressure in a 24-10 loss last week.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2017
• They will be strongly favored to win all 14 games that month, with San Antonio, Minnesota and Utah the most imposing opponents.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2018

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