How to Use self-imposed in a Sentence

self-imposed

adjective
  • And a lot of it is self-imposed.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 17 Nov. 2025
  • The timeline and the stakes are all self-imposed.
    — Kristen Arnett august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
  • How much pressure is self-imposed, and how much is out of your control?
    — Andee Tagle, NPR, 17 Apr. 2026
  • But some of the obstacles to growth in Half Moon Bay are self-imposed.
    — John Ramos, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • This pressure, however, is self-imposed.
    — Ayana Underwood, Outside, 28 Oct. 2025
  • His Hollywood exile was self-imposed…and happily on his own terms.
    — Chris Nashawaty, Vanity Fair, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Your body begins to abandon you, but remaining are your responsibilities, a lot of which are self-imposed.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But when Laguna Beach leveled up in competition last week, the team had to overcome some challenges that were self-imposed.
    — Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But bit by bit, women operators are throwing off societal and self-imposed limitations and starting a new journey.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 8 May 2025
  • Michigan self-imposed a two-game suspension for Moore during the upcoming 2025-26 football season.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Michigan self-imposed a two-game suspension for Moore during the upcoming 2025-26 football season.
    — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Many of these restrictions are self-imposed, in coordination with the European Commission, and can be changed with sufficient political will.
    — Dalibor Rohac, Foreign Affairs, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The 60-year-old had permed her hair every six weeks for 30 years before realizing that chemically straightening her hair had become a time-consuming and self-imposed obligation.
    — Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 29 May 2026
  • The Senators’ older players, after some discussion among the team’s leadership group, self-imposed a business casual dress code ahead of the 2025-26 season.
    — Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • In late December 2020, Arizona self-imposed a one-year postseason ban and Miller was ultimately fired on April 7, 2021.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026

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