forbidding

Example Sentences

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A government notice said junta chief Min Aung Hlaing ordered releases of more than 7,300 prisoners convicted under legislation forbidding "financing of terrorism" and harbouring or arranging transport for "any terrorist group".

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

But that decision does not prevent Congress from forbidding them by legislation.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

Ms. Sheehy has a somewhat steely and slightly forbidding chilliness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

“At the time we received and began using those addresses, there was no policy forbidding leasing or requiring the IPs to stay in-region,” he said in an email.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Anyone so freaked out by a puny fake wasn’t capable of handling a real alligator, especially in the forbidding darkness of a Travelin’ Johnny.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen