forbid

Example Sentences

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“It’s not because of illness, God forbid, or anything else bad, is it?”

From Literature

So they bandied together, booked Barcelona and have forbidden access to all independent media to ensure their privacy.

From BBC

She doesn't blame those doctors or nurses - she says they had been forbidden by managers from telling parents about the problems with the water system and the infection risk.

From BBC

Under the federal conflicts-of-interest statute, government officials are forbidden from taking part in a “particular matter” that can financially benefit them or their immediate family unless they have a special waiver from the government.

From Salon

Mr. Kempt, who worked as a criminal lawyer in the Arctic for almost two decades, conjures this forbidding landscape and its residents with artful authority.

From The Wall Street Journal