Imposing

Examples

• The coach-tax and plate tax are examples of the former method of imposing; the greater part of the other duties of excise and customs, of the latter. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I exclaimed, as I looked round; for I had never before seen any half so imposing. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• It was impossible to see this grand and imposing sight, and not to feel its singleness, if we may so speak. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I am surprised to find him a meeker man than I had thought, and less imposing in appearance. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I was convinced upon this return trip that there was a future for the horseless carriage, although I did not at that time expect it to be so brilliant and imposing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Riviere had succeeded in imposing himself: Archer, reddening slightly, dropped into his chair again, and signed to the young man to be seated. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• It was not a very good day for a visit, he said; he would have preferred the first day of term; but it was imposing, it was imposing. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I think that we are now sufficiently imposing to strike terror into a guilty breast. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The imposing stupendous bulk of this material has unconsciously influenced men's notions of the nature of knowledge itself. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• At the distance of a few miles the Pyramids rising above the palms, looked very clean-cut, very grand and imposing, and very soft and filmy, as well. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But what shall we think of a governor playing such pitiful tricks, and imposing so grossly upon a poor ignorant boy! Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Few people had discovered some cowardice and much infirmity of purpose under this imposing exterior. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Imposing on you to give their Grubbers nothing but blame, and to give them nothing but credit! Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Reason first appears in possession of the throne, prescribing laws, and imposing maxims, with an absolute sway and authority. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• This faith gives a solemnity to his reveries that render them to me almost as imposing and interesting as truth. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The world is blinded by his fortune and consequence, or frightened by his high and imposing manners, and sees him only as he chooses to be seen. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Well, that 'ud be imposing, too, on Tellson's. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• The Sphynx is grand in its loneliness; it is imposing in its magnitude; it is impressive in the mystery that hangs over its story. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• During this time Governor Denny assented to a law imposing a tax, in which no discrimination was made in favour of the estates of the Penn family. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• How imposing the Louvre is, and yet how small! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• If you should have any reason for imposing conditions upon me, I will respect it without asking what it is. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• He closed his book hastily; and was at once ushered into the imposing presence of the renowned Mr. Fang. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• His clothes were shabby, but he had an imposing shirt-collar on. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Imposing an alleged uniform general method upon everybody breeds mediocrity in all but the very exceptional. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Most of the Parthenon's imposing columns are still standing, but the roof is gone. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Everything appeared very stately and imposing to me; but then I was so little accustomed to grandeur. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He was a man of about fifty, tall, portly, and imposing, with a massive, strongly marked face and a commanding figure. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• They were not lofty, but having no rivals near, they looked well and imposing where they grew. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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