proscriptive

Example Sentences

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But the prohibitive costs and proscriptive laws sometimes mean there’s no choice at all.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024

Viewed this way, minding our p’s and q’s is less about proscriptive notions of correctness, and more about mindfulness, self-discovery and proper conduct.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

“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 • Jan. 20, 2022

People have this sense that we're going to learn some kind of proscriptive technique to prevent events like this from happening and that's not really what you learn from these events.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2017

In this way, in the late election, they had secured the success of Governor Reynolds—the Old Ranger—against Governor Kinney, who represented the vehement and proscriptive spirit which Jackson had just breathed into the party.

From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by Nicolay, John George