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
  • 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
  • Tiger sharks are among the most imposing predators of tropical seas.
    — Joel Sartore, National Geographic, 21 May 2019
  • At 5ft 8in, Owen was never the most imposing striker on the pitch.
    — SI.com, 4 June 2019
  • Adding Freeman gives the Dodgers an even more imposing lineup.
    — Beth Harris, ajc, 17 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • Kendrick’s oeuvre, almost all of it sculpture, is robust and imposing, alive with a zeal for making.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2021
  • The architecture may be too imposing and the admission price too high.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • At the heart of the property is the tahona, used to grind the agave used to make mezcal; this one is solar-powered though no less imposing.
    — Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • In fact, the Sens could’ve benefitted from them being more imposing.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Wembanyama and the Spurs look far more imposing than Jokić and those Nuggets did two years ago.
    — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 13 May 2026
  • 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
  • One of the people listening was an imposing but soft-spoken guy dressed in black, with a baseball cap nearly covering his eyes.
    — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • An available Sasquatch package with 35-inch mud-terrain rubber looks very imposing.
    — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • At a towering 6-foot-4, with a black belt in karate, Harvey Schwartz cuts an imposing figure.
    — Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • Malone works with Rocko, a German Shepherd, a bigger and more imposing dog than Abby.
    — Dennis Hohenberger, Courant Community, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Utah has one of the most imposing front sevens in the country, and Baylor continued to play smashmouth football and dominate at the line of scrimmage.
    — Michael Haag, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Though much less imposing than the 6,000-square-foot mansion, the Coffin Shop served an important function.
    — Kelly Kazek | [email protected], al, 4 Aug. 2020
  • In person, Rowbottom is striking — tall, platinum blond, soft-spoken — though less imposing than carefully self-possessed.
    — Mariella Rudi, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • 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

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