How to Use opposed in a Sentence

opposed

adjective
  • Of course, there are many still opposed to the rule-breaks.
    Amy Gunia, Time, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Some of them remain opposed to HB 1381, lamenting the loss of farmland that the bill could cause.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2021
  • This doesn’t mean that the labels are wholly opposed to AI.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 24 June 2024
  • These kids coming out of Theodore High School are not opposed to good, hard work.
    John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Some of those sitting out the shot are adamantly opposed to the vaccine while others claim to still be on the fence.
    Robert Hart, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
  • McCarthy is still opposed to the idea of a short-term debt limit increase.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 15 May 2023
  • Pushing openly for the overthrow of Henry, the gangs are opposed to the entry of the force into Haiti.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2024
  • There were many equally opposed to the calls to pack the court, with the same suggestions that democracy was at stake.
    Peter Suciu, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • In fact, those who saw costly ads touting the measures were more opposed to them.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Stewy and Ewan are in favor, for instance, while Sandy and Sandi are opposed.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2023
  • The vote was 10 in favor, four opposed and one abstention.
    Maggie Fox, CNN, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Galarza spoke out against the new contract and won support from many of those who were most vocally opposed to it.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Local fishers are strongly opposed to the plan, and there have been street protests in South Korea.
    Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 18 July 2023
  • Lawmakers would have known this ahead of the vote, as Cox threatened to veto last year’s opposed ban.
    Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The Bay Area shows the closest margin, with 64% in favor to 32% opposed, according to the poll data.
    Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Porter later came to support a cease-fire, while Schiff remains opposed to one.
    Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Of the comments, 47 are in favor of keeping Parr and Hoffman’s books in the curriculum, three are opposed.
    Lizzy Alspach, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2024
  • New rules emerged—rules that were somehow still opposed to the old rules but attempted to perform the same functions.
    Andrew Hartz, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2022
  • The rule needs Congressional approval – and there are some who are opposed.
    Ted Koppel, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • But while 95% of the comments were opposed, according to a legislature count, the bill passed.
    Bill Weir, CNN, 16 June 2023
  • Her father was so opposed to the two dating that Reid and his would-be father-in-law got into a fist fight early in their courtship.
    Aditi Sangal, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Somewhere along the line, healthcare became opposed to death and dying.
    Sophie Okolo, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • But the auto industry is opposed, saying the bill would make EVs even pricier.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
  • The comparatively small group of frequent users is most opposed to action: 75% of them say the U.S. should not try to force a sale and 84% oppose a U.S. ban.
    Jared Sousa, ABC News, 7 May 2024
  • And those people are opposed to his two-state solution.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2024
  • But the Sierra Club and some of the state’s other environmental groups are opposed.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 17 Mar. 2024
  • Mann was strongest in neighborhoods on the eastern and western edges of the city that also were the most strongly opposed to Issue 3.
    Michael Nyerges, The Enquirer, 6 May 2021
  • Hungary and Poland—two of the countries most opposed to taking in refugees during the 2015 migrant crisis—have thrown open their doors to Ukrainians.
    Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2022
  • But even some of Shelton’s biggest fans are opposed to her embrace of a zero-inflation target.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Trump's remaining items, by contrast, get much less strong support -- and cutting corporate income taxes is more apt to be strongly opposed.
    Gary Langer, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2024

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