prohibitory

Example Sentences

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In the following years, Cherian was arrested several times for violating prohibitory orders and participating in protests.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2022

“From this alone, it would seem to follow that Texas’s laws fall on the regulatory rather than prohibitory side of the line — and thus may not be applied on tribal lands,” he added.

From Washington Times • Jun. 15, 2022

A prohibitory sign "Attention! State border of Ukraine. Pass prohibited" is on display at the Senkivka checkpoint near the border with Belarus and Russia in the Chernihiv region, Ukraine February 16, 2022.

From Reuters • Feb. 25, 2022

We had a productive email exchange in which we both agreed that Godwin’s Law should be taken less as prohibitory than as cautionary.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2014

The prohibitory part of the Sunday precept does not affect works which are no impediment to devotion and which cast no dishonor on the day.

From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome