How to Use oppose in a Sentence

oppose

verb

• He met the man who will oppose him in the next election.
• The change is opposed by many of the town's business leaders.
• The group opposes the mayor and is trying to find a candidate to run against her.
• These two teams opposed each other in last year's playoffs.
• The governor opposes the death penalty.
• We're hoping we can get more senators to oppose the legislation.
• You've opposed every suggestion I've made.
• But Johnson has opposed bringing the measure to the House floor for a vote.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2024
• Though the closure will affect tens of thousands of jobs, few are opposed to it.
  — Julie Watson and Lisa Baumann, ajc, 7 Apr. 2023
• How to return the ball After the serve, the opposing team must let the ball bounce once before hitting it across the court.
  — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 14 June 2023
• In March, those who opposed it traveled to Austin to rally against the statewide effort.
  — Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
• At the time, a small group of House Republicans joined with most Democrats to oppose the measure.
  — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 25 Sep. 2024
• Most of the Republicans in the House supported the bill and most Democrats opposed it.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 10 May 2023
• Stealth fighters like the F-22 are shaped to deflect opposing radar waves.
  — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2023
• At one point the group even organized two opposing protests to take place at the same time in Houston, Texas.
  — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 26 July 2023
• The crown prince added that the kingdom was opposed to any form of civilian targeting and the loss of innocent lives.
  — WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
• But Hamas has been pressing for a more durable end to the fighting, which Israel opposes.
  — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
• What is one of the things these opposing residents want the King to do in relation to its colonial rule of the country?
  — CNN, 2 Nov. 2023
• Hogan opposes Trump at the top of his party’s ticket but had not endorsed Biden.
  — Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2024
• Netanyahu has consistently opposed a deal that would end the war.
  — Trita Parsi, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
• Your discontent peaks around the 10th, when Venus opposes wet-blanket Saturn in your 11th house of groups.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2023
• This Moon is directly opposed to your sign ruler, Jupiter, so the potential for growth feels distant.
  — Jennifer Culp, Them, 6 Sep. 2024
• That a large majority of the population opposes these things doesn’t faze them in the least.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
• Though miniskirts and thigh-high boots paired with blazers and turtlenecks have done the trick so far, this all-black look is the most seamless blend of the two seemingly opposing styles yet.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2023
• That bill, opposed by the White House and dead on arrival in the Senate, leaving Congress still deadlocked over how to fix a decade's long dilemma with no end in sight.
  — ABC News, 14 May 2023
• But Miramar residents showed up in droves to oppose it, per the Herald.
  — Sommer Brugal, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
• The House Freedom Caucus opposed the bill for lack of spending reductions and money for the border.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
• Feinstein was one of the few senators who opposed DOMA in 1996.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2023
• Which, of course, means opposing much of what Trump’s own administration put together on AI.
  — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024
• Nearly three-fourths of respondents opposed the split, 8% supported it and 19% had either no opinion or needed more information.
  — Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024