forbade
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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He forbade them to touch them—“I have told you my will! Thwart it at your peril, for I am guided by the ancestral spirits.”
From Literature
But her great-aunt forbade an immense, book-length list of things, and she couldn’t obey them all.
From Literature
In the final coup de théâtre, a black-and-white environment slowly transforms into a brilliantly green, leafy tree as Ana’s choked syllables become the “I” that her father forbade her to use.
Sharron believes Caitlin "would still be here" if the UK had graduated driving licences which forbade newly qualified, young drivers from carrying passengers their own age.
From BBC
Under such pressure, her parents relented, but forbade the couple from marrying until Brigitte was 18.
From BBC
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