verboten

Example Sentences

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Things like smelly aftershave, essential oils, lotions and soaps would be verboten.

From Seattle Times

Inspired in part by research gleaned from a verboten American source, she’s figured out how to amplify their signal exponentially by bouncing it off the sun, which will effectively turbo-boost it.

From New York Times

The couple met through church, married and vowed to shelter their kids — home-schooled and raised on classical and Christian music, with boys, booze and bad behaviors verboten.

From New York Times

Even with that small print, it was a marked change from the Catholic Church’s decree two years ago that prayers for same-sex pairs would remain verboten as “ God does not bless sin.”

From Seattle Times

You can wander there, but the rides are verboten.

From New York Times