inhibited
Example Sentences
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The US State Department said last year that "official complicity, including at senior levels, inhibited effective law enforcement action against trafficking crimes" in Cambodia.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
"I know that I've benefited from the warnings put on books and on topics of discussion within the seminars but I've not felt inhibited from my degree."
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
It was something neither she nor her coaches had ever clocked from just straight video footage, inhibited by limiting angles and baggy snowboarding clothing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
For example, at Bluebonnet, people’s limited access to correspondence and other mail has inhibited their ability to correspond with their families and legal teams to defend themselves.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025
From the moment in which she entered the room Úrsula felt inhibited by the maturity of her son, by his aura of command, by the glow of authority that radiated from his skin.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Vocabulary lists containing inhibited
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
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Lesson 4
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"Love's Vocabulary" by Diane Ackerman
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