FOIST in a Sentence

Learn FOIST from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for FOIST, such as:

1. He doesn't try to foist his beliefs on everyone.
2. I don't see my role as foisting my beliefs on them.
3. He's religious but he doesn't try to foist his beliefs on everyone.
4. The author discovered that the translator had foisted several passages into his book.
5. It would serve her right for picking up trash and foisting it off on her friends and relatives.

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 Meanings and Examples of FOIST
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foist
 v.  introduce or insert wrongfully, surreptitiously or without warrant; force another to accept especially by stealth or deceit
Classic Sentence:
1  It would serve her right for picking up trash and foisting it off on her friends and relatives.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
2  The rank and file, however, were either foisted upon the city, or else lived off the population directly.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
Example Sentence:
1  He doesn't try to foist his beliefs on everyone.
2  He's religious but he doesn't try to foist his beliefs on everyone.
3  I don't see my role as foisting my beliefs on them.
4  Nelems says she finds it fascinating that the lack of empathy in society has been foisted onto young people and is being seen as a generational issue.
5  The author discovered that the translator had foisted several passages into his book.