proscriptive

Example Sentences

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But the move toward zero-emission vehicles represents a significant and aggressive step toward cutting greenhouse gases in the state — a step that one Washington Republican criticized as overly proscriptive.

From Seattle Times

I don't want to be too proscriptive to what listeners should be seeing or feeling or thinking.

From Salon

I think the beginning was a long time ago for anything and everything, so the first step is never proscriptive or formulated.

From New York Times

“You can be anyone you want to be, free from proscriptive constructs and sensory needs,” said Lucie Greene, the founder of Light Years, a futures and brand strategy firm.

From New York Times

Reading about her experiences there, in the essay “1979,” is illuminating for the way she portrays her subjective slice of history without an overdose of proscriptive hindsight.

From Los Angeles Times