How To Use Foist In A Sentence
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Even his friends and foster siblings were expecting him to spend a good deal of time in the hoosgow or taking an extended dirt nap due to all this foolishness he was foisting upon the community.
Archive 2006-10-01
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Metternich, Castlereagh, and Hardenberg saw in them a ruse for foisting on France either Bernadotte, or an orientalized Republic, or
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
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This was when the women's liberation movement was in full swing, and the brassiere was regarded as an offending piece of ‘body machinery’, designed by men and foisted on women.
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None of this is simply false: ideology is not a set of delusions foisted upon the stupid.
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He doesn't try to foist his beliefs on everyone.
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You would think the miserable little people who foist this politically correct left wing stupidity upon us would considering applying for citizenship elsewhere.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Quite a Warning Label
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He's religious but he doesn't try to foist his beliefs on everyone.
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Anyway, the cow has left me in the lurch and now I have to do her work (which was originally mine which I foisted on her) as well as my own.
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Besides, I'm one of those strange people who prefers live versions of songs over the over produced studio recordings the labels foist upon the artists.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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Too many of the jokes seem obvious and over-used, while most (if not all) of the characters struggle to rise above the cliches foisted upon them.
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The Inconvenient Truth for scientists so heavily invested in the alarmist GW theories currently being promulgated [perhaps even fraudulently foisted] is that it is becoming more and more evident that the Earth’s climate is beyond our present control.
Waldo Jaquith - Major evolutionary discovery.
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Eventually a triangle develops among Hayes, the empath; Samantha Fairbanks, the nice English girl foisted on him by the Company as an assistant; and Garvey, the hard-boiled city cop trying to do an impossible job.
Why Steampunk's Time Has Come
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Our own community foisted a base tax on its residents.
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The author discovered that the translator had foisted several passages into his book.
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Although an agreement in principle exists, market observers still fear that it won't be enough to prevent bondholders from having new terms foisted on them in the form of a restructuring or default.
Euro Drops Below $1.44
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But he too must perish, for life is a continuous process, and humanity an old man, refusing to be decompounded and rebuilt to the linear utopianism of the dreamer and theorist, come out of the silence with his ideal to be foisted on unregenerate society.
Leonid Andreyev: 1871-1919
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The author discovered that the translator had foisted several passages into his book.
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Why, even a Syrian like myself knows that if you had not got your name foisted into that old man's will, you would have been starving by this time, and all your books must have been put up to sale.
Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03
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Dewar supported the back-to-work bill, saying if the city and the union would not go to arbitration voluntarily Parliament would "foist" it upon them.
Ottawa Sun
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I'm always suspicious when a previous generation tries to foist its heroes on me.
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He's patient and doesn't foist his presence on anyone, but rather waits for them to acknowledge him as a companion.
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Instead of the central board of directors foisting decisions on unwilling parties, policy formation reflects endless bargaining between diverse competing interests.
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Every investment product or service ever devised by Wall Street and foisted upon the public demands what I refer to as a "fiduciary response.
Forbes.com: News
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I think the ploy to foister the program off on the school system, as a history education module, underscores the intent of deception.
In New Letter, Clinton's Lawyers Demand ABC Yank Film
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When and if you intend to foist 3,580 patients on to doctors in other practices, what will their reaction be?
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Medicare D is the the absolute worst thing foisted on our elders and the sickest among us by this corrupt govmint. ptooey! for shame.
Firedoglake » Christian Right Fight Heating Up
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Drunk! odds blades and poniards, he that would refuse to swallow a dozen healths on such an evening is a base besognio, and a puckfoist, and shall swallow six inches of my dagger!
Kenilworth
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If we can agree on that then we can all stop playing deil-speed-the-liars with the wingnuts who think Obama has been foisted on the American people by the Comintern, or whatever repalced it.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
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I'd love to have someone "foist" something as nice as that on me!
Caron 3eme Homme
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Managers may groan at the prospect of yet another administrative process being foisted on them, but today's procedures for separating organizations and employees are just too slipshod.
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We had one first edition hard cover that stayed in mylar on the bookshelf, but the beat up paperbacks that had been rescued were “reading copies” and would be loaned out to anyone my beloved could foist them upon.
Obsessed « So Many Books
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Fears that the euro project is part of some malign plot to foist an unaccountable European superstate upon EU members must be addressed.
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Downton doesn't exclude his own acclaimed work from that same viciously fickle fashion cycle and is uncomfortable with the label foisted upon him: the world's greatest fashion illustrator.
The Age News Headlines
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Leopold makes it abundantly clear, in his most often quoted remark, that round about 1750 - before his genius son was born, and only 20-30 years after the St Matthew Passion was written - not only were violinists using what we now call vibrato, but they routinely used far too much of it a criticism sometimes foisted upon Itzhak Perlman today.
New music; concert halls; and The Emperor's New Clothes
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Usage Many Aborigines understandably dislike the use of 'Aborigine' or 'Aboriginal' since these terms have been foisted on them and can carry pejorative overtones: they prefer to use the word for 'person' from a local language.
Languagehat.com: ABORIGINES.
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That was a name foisted on them later by the Spanish: it comes from Aztlan, the White Place (which the Aztecs listed as their place of origin and which you can find in hymns within Servant of the Underworld), but they never used it that way.
Archive 2010-01-01
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The 84-year-old leader caused outrage in October 2005 when he used a speech at the FAO to tell donor nations not to "foist" food on Zimbabwe and compared the then British premier Tony Blair to Italy's wartime dictator, Benito Mussolini.
ANC Daily News Briefing
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He foisted the box of worthless gadgets back onto Katie then did a quick reconnoitre of their current position.
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Some of the critics want to foist their narrow ideological positions on him.
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Instead of the central board of directors foisting decisions on unwilling parties, policy formation reflects endless bargaining between diverse competing interests.
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He accuses Mr Behnam of foisting his opinion on others.
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If a group of bigots decides to foist its tight-assed views on the rest of the community as to what is deemed acceptable in movies, the theatre, or in print, they should be told to shove it, in no uncertain terms.
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The author discovered that the translator had foisted several passages into his book.
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If a group of bigots decides to foist its tight-assed views on the rest of the community as to what is deemed acceptable in movies, the theatre, or in print, they should be told to shove it, in no uncertain terms.
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This tough policy was not foisted on reluctant tenants by councillors.
Times, Sunday Times
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I wish that we could see the pier-glasses and the girandoles and the twisted sofas, the fauns foisted upon the ceiling and the rident goddesses along the wall.
The Works of Max Beerbohm
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People will still need jobs and legislatively, NOTHING will be done to foister ANY new jobs.
Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
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While it could be interesting, one may hope GoOgle will not foist aka force it upon gmail users.
Google Wave “Is What Email Would Look Like If It Were Invented Today” | Lifehacker Australia
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The Normans' attempt to foist their language on their subjects would eventually result in the mongrelism of Middle English which explains modern English's glut of synonyms.
Gothic buildings: pillars of faith
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However it is likely that parties will foister the same old faces upon us and deny us any real choice.
Politics.ie - 3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,27,28,29,30,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,41,42,48,49,50,52
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This is a bad and sucky trend; one of my resolutions is to try not to be a part of it, or not accept it when it is foisted upon me.
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Racing lately has been surrounded by hysteria, which is one of the most pejorative words in the language, as it was foisted upon us in antiquity by men who had determined that only women became emotionally overwrought.
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They must have a tragically low opinion of the average viewer's intelligence to foist something this poorly written upon us.
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The constitution allows for a democratic procedure, rather than foisting a candidate on an association from the central party.
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The drift has shrunk the tax base and foisted ever-higher bills on citizens already paying the highest council tax in Scotland.
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The author discovered that the translator had foisted several passages into his book.
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The sheer amount of poorly controlled data foisted on a poorly informed and easily troubled public was matched only by the catechistic fervor of the authors.
The Ugh Factor in 'Healthy' Foods
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He doesn't try to foist his beliefs on everyone.
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Has nothing been learned from the architectural abominations foisted on our city in the 1960s?
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Regardless of the labels foisted upon the blogs and news outlets outside of the mainstream, McClellan has now confirmed what these outlets already reported and he consistently and vehemently denied.
Did McClellan Pave the Way for a Renewed Call for Impeachment?
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Thou runnest on with thy cursed nonsensical reformado rote, of dying, dying, dying! and, having once got the word by the end, canst not help foisting it in at every period!
Clarissa Harlowe
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If we can't "foist" religious values on our young why should we be able to foist any kind of "man made" relative belief in the worth of any kind of values?
Drudge Retort
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Anyway, an alert reader points out that a new, "fire-safe" type of cigarette is being foisted on the puffing public, by governmental mandate, and the new smokes are not going over well with the addicted consumers.
From bad to worse (Jack Bog's Blog)
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I have not yet received my ballot papers for postal voting - something that has been foisted on millions of us without it being thought through.
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Which sounds decidedly embarrassing, and for all their work pulling strings behind the scenes, Arlyn and John have often been called pushy and criticised for foisting such grand ambitions on their children at such young ages.
Rain Phoenix's unusual childhood
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P.D. says: ssc@66, I, too, am infurated that McCain foisted this ignorant woman upon us.
Think Progress » Defending ‘Tea Party Profiteers,’ Odom Tells Activists ‘We Should Reward Them With Our Pocketbooks’
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Ridden with nerves, she was also mother of twin-daughters neurotic and plain who, sered by nature and yellowed by time and on the wrong side of the matrimonial hedge, had been only too glad to foist her on to the plump shoulders of jolly, capable, pretty Sybil and to get rid of them both for the winter.
The Hawk of Egypt
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I agree with the first name basis – many companies foister this as a way of making people feel they are part of the “Team” – but too often business relationships remain sterile first name or not.
FOCUS • by Oonah V Joslin
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He warned that the council could repeat the same mistakes if it suddenly foisted schemes on other sites.
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In the words of this table _oi_ and _oy_ are pronounced alike. coy coil join loin toil soil foist boil coin cloy point broil joist hoist joint enjoy voice royal noise spoil moist avoid choice annoy doily employ oyster anoint poison boiler
The Beacon Second Reader
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Oh, I nearly forgot, we are lucky enough to have a refuse collection and now CPZ has been foisted upon us against our wishes, I might add.
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Everyone from Ickes to retired General Pershing to Eleanor Roosevelt to even his brother Vincent tried to foist friends or relatives on him, many the Army had rejected as physically unfit.
Wild Bill Donovan
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But for God's sake, don't let those Victorians foister the damn thing on NSW.
Crikey » Canberra Calling
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I keep getting work foisted on me at the last minute.
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There was an immediate clampdown on any subject that smacked of regicide and the San Carlo attempted to foist on Verdi its own re-write of the libretto.
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It started with the U.S. Treasury defaulting on its gold obligation to foreigners in 1971, thereby foisting a regime of irredeemable currency upon the world.
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I fear that you're foisting your will on unconsenting people.
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With all the congratulatory backslapping and kudos for them filling the media, does no one stop to think about the total about-face that has been foisted on the membership of both parties.
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It is a little unusual, in fact, more than a little unusual that they didn't have the complaint filed and that the police went out there and are now going to kind of foist it upon the DA's office.
CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2002
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What I can say from my time as an Assistant Crime Books Cooker was that IG is absolutely on the money with describing how we team and lade the figures so as to best fit the arbitrary targets foisted on us from on high.
Humbug « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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The huge dowries foisted upon the families of young women are seen as a greater social evil.
Times, Sunday Times
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But, considering that SM originally wrote the story for adults and the publishing industry pegged them as YA books, it's hard to be too critical of her for foisting the questionable romantic boyfriend model on the all the "impressionable" reading teens out there.
No TWILIGHT, please
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He called on his team to display that old fashioned Scottish characteristic of aggression, which can be as much a virtue as a vice unlike other traits some would foist upon teams.
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But then some old drunk foisted a gun into my hands one night and said, ‘Get out along that road and kill me a blue belly.’
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I realize now that the hyperactivity was her response to the overwhleming change that had been foisted on her.
Pupdate
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He foisted the box of worthless gadgets back onto Katie then did a quick reconnoitre of their current position.
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In the old Soviet days, the Samizdat used to talk of ‘kitsch’ (not the arty-farty kind), a sort of gloying jelly you had to fumble with in dealing, day-to-day with the vile nomenclature foisting its mix of ludicrous ideology, lying targets and statistics, propaganda and vicious impersonal control on all and sundry.
New Financial Year – Now We Can Arrest Again « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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But protesters say planners are foisting essential services on to the proposed development so eventually it will have to go ahead.
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The survey suggests that builders earn 4.2 billion annually in extra costs foisted on homeowners at the end of a building project.
Times, Sunday Times
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Nor must they foist in a syllable or clip one of the verse, but must enounce firmly and repeat what is set down for them in due order.
The Growth of English Drama
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He foisted his work on me
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Clothing design should not be about creating pricey and snobbish brands to be foisted on a gullible public.
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Foist,301 and to be caried alongst the coast of Syria by the sea side, that all the port townes might see, and understand who he was.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
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Perhaps this is a reflection of the calibre of leadership and policy direction that the UDM will foister on the people of South Africa.
ANC Daily News Briefing
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Regional Development Agencies are dangerously gathering all manner of powers; like being able to foister Gypo camps on people who have no democratic way of holding them acountable.
Gordonomics, life in Soviet Britain: The true cost of voting Labour.
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It foisted an unnecessary holiday on all Government schools, certainly an outrageous concession that nobody deserves and demands.
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What's far worse is the phenomenon of the inflationary recession that Keynesians are always trying to foist upon us.
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Mood and Figure the pretentious antilogies which they foist upon the public; and, indeed, such licences of composition often prevent honest men from detecting errors into which they themselves have unwittingly fallen, and which, with the best intentions, they strive to communicate to others: but we put up with these drawbacks to avoid the inelegance and the tedium of a long discourse in accurate syllogisms.
Logic Deductive and Inductive
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I agree with the first name basis – many companies foister this as a way of making people feel they are part of the “Team” – but too often business relationships remain sterile first name or not.
FOCUS • by Oonah V Joslin
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It was a sad day when idiot John McCain foisted you off on the American people.
Think Progress » Pentagon Disinvites Anti-Muslim Evangelist From Prayer Day Event, Palin Calls It A ‘Sad Day’
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The survey suggests that builders earn 4.2 billion annually in extra costs foisted on homeowners at the end of a building project.
Times, Sunday Times
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We tend to be foisting the blame on the individual here, when I think in your article you said medicine's got to take some of the blame here because we've oversold the benefits of medicine.
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Full of self-doubt and lack of true self-esteem, the hero's emotions express themselves in extravagant, paranoid projections, envies and resentments - most of which he foists onto his indirect or mediated rival.
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When I was young my parents often foisted me upon a reluctant aunt for the weekend.
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I don't see my role as foisting my beliefs on them.
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Instead of the central board of directors foisting decisions on unwilling parties, policy formation reflects endless bargaining between diverse competing interests.
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When I was young my parents often foisted me upon a reluctant aunt for the weekend.
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Many Aborigines understandably dislike the use of 'Aborigine' or 'Aboriginal' since these terms have been foisted on them and can carry pejorative overtones: they prefer to use the word for 'person' from a local language.
Languagehat.com: ABORIGINES.
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Their argument that same-sex marriage was being foisted on a resistant population by "activist judges" has now been swept away, and so all they have left is fulmination and hand-wringing.
Right and Wrong
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Drunk! odds blades and poniards, he that would refuse to swallow a dozen healths on such an evening is a base besognio, and a puckfoist, and shall swallow six inches of my dagger!”
Kenilworth
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And, indeed, the foisted passages in many places are so evident, yea shameful, that no man who is not resolved to say any thing, without care of proof or truth, can once appear in any defensative about them.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
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These twelve private credit monopolies were deceitfully and disloyally foisted upon this Country by the bankers who came here from Europe and repaid us our hospitality by undermining our American institutions.
PUTTING THE "FEDERAL" BACK IN THE FEDERAL RESERVE
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And provided you don't come foisting your legumes on me, I won't slap you with my baloney.
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He has shareholders to answer to, but that does not mean he foists his ideas on people.
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When that day comes I doubt you'll be anything but praiseful of such a ‘courageous judge,’ the forward-thinking philosopher king foisting his or her advanced notions of justice on the unthinking, retrograde masses.
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What this amounts to is foisting onto women the responsibility for reducing "the opportunities for crime" by changing their behaviour.
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This tough policy was not foisted on reluctant tenants by councillors.
Times, Sunday Times
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The drift has shrunk the tax base and foisted ever-higher bills on citizens already paying the highest council tax in Scotland.
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The title for her novel was foisted on her by the publishers.
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We cannot afford to have yet another undesirable and unacceptable image foisted upon our town.
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Although we fought all of her pushy efforts to foist her old-fashioned, haute-bourgeois culture on us, I would have to say, 40 years later, that my amateur classical musicianship is one of my greatest pleasures.
Tales Out of School