forbade
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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Shall I describe thee as thou late didst sit, The gater gated and the biter bit, When impious hands at the dead hour of night Forbade the way and made the barriers tight?
From Cambridge Pieces by Butler, Samuel
The king's high command Forbade that his business be done with slack hand;— And my father I left, sore distressed.
From The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches by Wilson, Epiphanius
Crushed all the hopes of my earliest day, Sent me from father and mother away— Forbade me to read, nor allowed me to pray— Long, long ago—long, long ago!
From The Liberty Minstrel by Clark, George W.
Nay, I will, that's flat:— He said he would not ransom Mortimer; Forbade my tongue to speak of Mortimer; But I will find him when he lies asleep, And in his ear I'll holla "Mortimer!"
From Northumberland Yesterday and To-day by Terry, Jean F. (Jean Finlay)
The bowl and water-pot he bare, And garb which wandering Bráhmans wear Forbade a doubt to rise.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
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