How to Use opposed in a Sentence

opposed

adjective
  • The mayors of both cities are opposed.
    — ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Still, the trade group remains opposed to the bill.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In fact, their coach isn’t opposed to it either.
    — Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The mayors of both cities are opposed.
    — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Just 18 of them backed the bill, while the rest were opposed.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Democrats are broadly opposed to both.
    — Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
  • For Supreme, the move could hardly seem more opposed to its ethos.
    — Marc Bain, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2020
  • Among Democrats, 66% are opposed.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Both seem opposed to removing the birth dose).
    — Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The classic idea of the leading man seems almost opposed to your work.
    — Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The final vote was six in favor of the appeal, four opposed.
    — Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Strongly opposed to the post and in favor of Franklin.
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In fact, those who saw costly ads touting the measures were more opposed to them.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Senate Democrats are firmly opposed to the bill.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Two-thirds of parents also were in favour of the ban, with 36% were opposed.
    — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Now, a group of homeowners long opposed to the change are suing to undo it.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • McCarthy is still opposed to the idea of a short-term debt limit increase.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 15 May 2023
  • And yeah, there are members of our neighborhood who remain opposed to this project.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Yet Democrats, for the most part, now remain firmly opposed to soda bans.
    — Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The parents in favor of vaccines began to fight with those opposed.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
  • Porter later came to support a cease-fire, while Schiff remains opposed to one.
    — Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • These kids coming out of Theodore High School are not opposed to good, hard work.
    — John Sharp | [email protected], 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
  • Far-right parties in the ruling coalition were firmly opposed to a cease-fire that might have freed the hostages.
    — Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
  • John, 61, was happy to hear it, and not opposed to his son's return to football.
    — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 28 Nov. 2020
  • So, in trying to play two twin brothers who are so opposed, there’s still some semblance of love beneath it all.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Such a contentious course will never happen as there are many opposed to such a radical move.
    — Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Second-and-seven, second-and-eight as opposed to second-and-four.
    — oregonlive, 13 May 2020
  • The people who are opposed to aid should realize that this is a very powerful source of strength for us.
    — CBS News, 9 Feb. 2025

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