How to use oppose in a sentence

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• The government have done a U-turn and are now supporting greater European integration instead of opposing it.From the entry u-turn
• The pass was long and was gathered by the opposing goalkeeper.From the entry long
• The opposing team's forward hooked me, but the referee didn't see it, so no penalty.From the entry hook
• Fans from opposing teams clashed on the streets after the game.From the entry clash
• The team won off a late-game fumble by an opposing player.From the entry off
• It all went off when the opposing teams' fans met at the railway station.From the entry go off
• Those opposing the building plans were in the majority, so the building project was canceled.From the entry majority
• The arrows pierced through the welded ranks of the opposing army.From the entry weld
• There’s only a smattering of people who oppose the first amendment.From the entry smattering
• Though it was a commonly held opinion, now only hardshell Baptists oppose dancing.From the entry hardshell
• In his first year, his hitting tore up the league's opposing pitchers.From the entry tear up
• The gloves are off in this match; both teams are purposely committing fouls against opposing players!From the entry gloves are off
• Counterpropaganda that seeks to characterize an opposing propaganda as a false message is a form of metapropaganda.From the entry metapropaganda
• This proposal has no legs. Almost everyone opposes it.From the entry leg
• The opposing soldiers exchanged fire across the burning streets.From the entry exchange
• When there are diametrically opposing views on a big issue that concerns millions of people, doing comprehensive research just makes sense.From the entry comprehensive
• We overpowered the opposing army within a couple of hours.From the entry overpower
• The opposing political party is deploying high profile speakers to counterprogram the convention with small rallies at nearby sites.From the entry counterprogram
• He was on record as opposing abortion.From the entry on record
• The soldier was backthrusting to resist the opposing force's advance.From the entry backthrust
• This deflagatory reaction created sufficient pressure to propel a projectile out of a tube with enough speed to kill or injure an opposing combatant.From the entry deflagatory
• As a ploy to discredit the reformist politician, the opposing party had hired a lookalike to act as his evil twin and be seen in a variety of compromising situations.From the entry evil twin
• The truth panic had the unwelcome side-effect of emboldening those it sought to oppose.2025 October 2, William Davies, “A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0”, in The Guardian. From the entry fake
• Counterprotesters shouted epithets as they walked by, but the opposing groups kept it nonviolent.2025 January 15, Linda Feldmann, “Outside the DC jail, where Jan. 6 rage and devotion live on”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived…. From the entry epithet
• It could even include reactionary bots to craft a digital world of opposing opinions.2022 September 24, Isaiah McCall, “"The Dead Internet Theory" is New and Spreading Everywhere”, in Medium, archived from the original on…. From the entry dead internet theory
• The opposing view sees it as an abject failure and historically irrelevant.2021 September 12, Andrew Anthony, “‘We showed it was possible to create a movement from almost nothing’: Occupy Wall Street 10 years on”…. From the entry asterisk
• To the opposing party for damages for having misrepresented or miswarranted your authority.2021, Bernard A. Burk, Veronica J. Finkelstein, Nancy B. Rappoport, Ethical Lawyering: A Guide for the Well-Intentioned, page 166. From the entry miswarrant
• Reporters and opposing candidates collected the errors of Ronald Reagan by the notebookful.2017, The Presidential Character: Predicting Performance in the White House, by James David Barber, Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry notebookful
• Resistance can also be met by rolling with it instead of opposing it.2017, Jill Ehrenreich-May, Sarah M. Kennedy, Jamie A. Sherman, Emily L. Bilek, Brian A. Buzzella, Shannon M. Bennett, David H. Barlow…. From the entry roll with it
• Most recent polls suggest a slight majority of voters oppose the idea of an in-out Nexit vote.2016 July 7, Anna Holligan, “Will Dutch follow Brexit with Nexit or stick to EU?”, in BBC News. From the entry Nexit
• And despite all this, your toe will be the milestone opposing your heels.2016 November 8, Benito del Pliego, “Translation Tuesday: Five Poems by Benito del Pliego”, in Sam Carter, transl., edited by Katharine…. From the entry unwitness
• Opposing gun control was also consistent with a larger anti-regulation, libertarian, and anti-government conservative agenda.2012, Jill Lepore, "Battleground America: On Nation, Under the Gun", The New Yorker. From the entry gun control
• Counteradaptation postulates that the initial positive rewarding feelings are followed by the opposing development of tolerance.2010, Marie A. Chisholm-Burns, Terry L. Schwinghammer, Barbara G. Wells, Pharmacotherapy Principles and Practice, page 610. From the entry counteradaptation
• I must be prepared to outarm those who would attack and outmagic the magicians who oppose me.2010, Kenneth G. Old, The Wizard of Wozzle, page 124. From the entry outmagic
• In his reports Bigge did not totally oppose Macquarie′s policy of restoring emancipists to ‘society’.2008, John Bradley Hirst, Freedom on the Fatal Shore: Australia's First Colony. From the entry emancipist

Meaning of oppose

1. verb To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.
2. verb To object to.
3. verb To present or set up in opposition; to pose.

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Questions about oppose in a sentence

How do you use oppose in a sentence?

Oppose is used as a verb. For example: “There is still time to oppose this plan.”

What is a short sentence with oppose?

“Many religious leaders oppose cloning humans.”

What does oppose mean?

Oppose means to attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc.; to contend against.