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Example Sentences

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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 • Mar. 21, 2026

Since 1996 Cambodian law has forbidden the unauthorised removal of antiquities, with a prison punishment of up to eight years.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The shift in attitude hasn’t been firmly diagrammed; instead, what’s going on here is mostly subconscious, like a collective unlocking of forbidden territory.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

She is often seen wearing her hair long, which is forbidden for her peers, and wearing designer clothes, which are out of reach for most in her country.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

What made the escapades even more exciting was that my mother had forbidden my going to the river.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson