forbid
Example Sentences
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An early TV commercial for Apple Daily featured the then 48-year-old Lai biting the forbidden fruit while dozens of arrows took aim at him.
From BBC
When Harry sneaks into the Hogwarts library at night concealed by the Cloak of Invisibility, he opens a forbidden book that begins to scream.
Without that constant bullying, maybe a few will allow themselves to think forbidden thoughts or to ask questions.
From Salon
Early this year, the FTC filed its lawsuit against Pepsi based on a decades-old law called the Robinson-Patman Act that forbids suppliers from selling goods at different prices to retailers.
Not until I sat down to write the script that would provide a space for me to express the taboo, the forbidden, the absurd and the terrifying feelings I knew I wasn’t alone in.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
