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
• For Supreme, the move could hardly seem more opposed to its ethos.
  — Marc Bain, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2020
• Love stands opposed to death—it alone, and not reason, is stronger than death.
  — David Treuer, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020
• 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 | [e-mail], 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
• John, 61, was happy to hear it, and not opposed to his son's return to football.
  — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020
• 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
• Braun is among a group of Republicans who remain opposed to the House bill.
  — Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 17 Mar. 2020
• 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
• Again, the draft is more about maximizing the amount of talent and the long-term talent on your team as opposed to filling needs.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2020
• 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
• LeJeune said the entire group remains opposed to tolling.
  — al, 23 Nov. 2020
• Second-and-seven, second-and-eight as opposed to second-and-four.
  — oregonlive, 13 May 2020
• 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
• The big question is whether Israel will insist on enforcing the cease-fire, which Hezbollah is opposed to, or leave it up to the Lebanese army.
  — Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
• However, most Democrats have remained firmly opposed to the bill.
  — Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 22 Jan. 2025
• Trump is now opposed to banning TikTok on national security grounds, a reversal from 2020.
  — Joe Walsh, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 28 Feb 2025