Wondering how to use Foist in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as inflict or enclose.
Foist meaning
- To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
- To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick.
- To pass off as genuine or worthy.
Using Foist
- The main meaning on this page is: To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant. | To force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit; to stick. | To pass off as genuine or worthy.
- Useful related words include: inflict, put in, stick in, inclose.
- In the example corpus, foist often appears in combinations such as: to foist, foist the, foist on.
Context around Foist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Foist
- In this selection, "foist" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, helped, media, cannot, himself, sic and arch stand out and add context to how "foist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and media foist all kinds and apapa to foist the show. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "foist" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with foist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Meanwhile, Obasanjo was foist (sic) on Nigerians as President in 1999. (11 words)
Maybe the judge was deliberately trying to foist this case on a higher court. (14 words)
In that rank he was present at the battle of San Marcial foist of August 1813. (16 words)
This is the part where you crack jokes about the “courage” of removing the headphone jack, but it does make me wonder: if Apple was willing to foist that kind of change on users, why doesn’t that courage extend to changing the charging port? (45 words)
We, like Nicaragua, reject diktat and push back against attempts to foist an ideology we don’t believe in. In our international relations, we are committed to the principles of sovereign equality and unconditional mutual respect,” said Roman Golovchenko. (39 words)
The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to media publications on the purported attempt to foist Arch. Bulama Waziri as National Secretary, through abuse and contravention of the norms, procedures and established processes of the party. (37 words)
This is the part where you crack jokes about the “courage” of removing the headphone jack, but it does make me wonder: if Apple was willing to foist that kind of change on users, why doesn’t that courage extend to changing the charging port? (45 words)
Example sentences (19)
Any attempt to allow Mr. Lamidi Apapa to foist the show of shame he and his minions exhibited today at the sitting of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal would be strongly resisted by Organised Labour.
His genius was to foist himself on US by appealing to the latent cruelty that's always been burbling away beneath America's roiling surface.
Meanwhile, Obasanjo was foist (sic) on Nigerians as President in 1999.
This is now proving a crucial win – a vital defense against the return to mandate insanity some are trying to foist on us.
We, like Nicaragua, reject diktat and push back against attempts to foist an ideology we don’t believe in. In our international relations, we are committed to the principles of sovereign equality and unconditional mutual respect,” said Roman Golovchenko.
The statement reads: “Our attention has been drawn to media publications on the purported attempt to foist Arch. Bulama Waziri as National Secretary, through abuse and contravention of the norms, procedures and established processes of the party.
He said getting President Muhammadu Buhari out of power and breaking the evil yoke that he helped foist on Nigeria by supporting him in 2015 and 2019 ought to be his primary objective today.
It said the action was motivated by the desperation and desire to “foist the rule of the thumb” on the nation.
Rather than foist a one-size-fits-all machine onto players, Microsoft has the potential to more closely cater to their needs, which could help to put the Xbox back on top once more.
Society and media foist all kinds of images about what we should look like and how we should live”.
There are the people who foist their personality on you for the duration of their drink, demanding your company but never hearing a word you say.
This is the part where you crack jokes about the “courage” of removing the headphone jack, but it does make me wonder: if Apple was willing to foist that kind of change on users, why doesn’t that courage extend to changing the charging port?
This is why you cannot foist data upon your existing marketing team but instead you must retrain or hire those with data expertise.
A foot-dragging Congress was a major factor in President Barack Obama’s use of his pen to foist unwise decisions on us, such as his Department of Justice’s policy.
Council member Rob Zur Schmiede, who worked with Whalen on the citywide undergrounding proposal, said they explored various funding mechanisms, including how to foist costs on visitors.
Maybe the judge was deliberately trying to foist this case on a higher court.
The Imo APC stakeholder disclosed that the purported mock primaries is another gimmick to legalize illegality in the State, and a desperate bid to foist an unpopular candidate in the party and people of the State.
In that rank he was present at the battle of San Marcial foist of August 1813.
It was then that Dmitry Fedorovich (Ustinov) jumped at someone's bright idea to foist Aeroflot's "bride in search of a wedding" on the military.
Common combinations with foist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to foist 13×
- foist the 2×
- foist on 2×
- foist an 2×