Example sentences for: oppose

How can you use “oppose” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Paul Krugman, in his recent article, "A Raspberry for Free Trade," suggests that the opponents of imports from countries with poor working conditions are in fact being disingenuous: They don't really oppose the bad conditions.

  • What they oppose is the competition.

  • Even members of the recent commission who oppose full privatization supported investing part of Social Security's accumulated surplus in the private marketplace.

  • If you oppose an idea--say, censure of the president or the effort to establish "findings of fact"--just damn the idea as "unconstitutional" to silence the opposition.

  • 56 percent of the respondents say the U.S. should try to force Saddam from power, but 56 percent also say they oppose a U.S. invasion with ground troops.


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