forbid

Example Sentences

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Not long after, adults will follow suit and find themselves relishing the activities they once forbade their children from.

From The Wall Street Journal

There was just one problem, write Robert O’Connell and Laine Higgins: Johnston, a senior shooting guard for High Point University, is usually forbidden from attempting a shot anywhere near the rim.

From The Wall Street Journal

There was just one problem: Johnston, a senior shooting guard for High Point University, is usually forbidden from attempting a shot anywhere near the rim.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rules explicitly forbid listings that have “been part of selective or gated marketing practices that require a consumer to work with the listing brokerage to get access to the Listing.”

From Barron's

I tore my eyes from the spectacle as swiftly as I could, for Christoffels’ expression forbade us to notice anything out of the ordinary.

From Literature