forbid
verb (used with object)
to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place.
are forbidding
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present progressiveof forbid.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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These ocean worlds are forbidding, hostile, sunless and remote — but many scientists say they also hold the key to life.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 2, 2016
But the technical, financial and political difficulties are forbidding and the pipeline is unlikely to be built soon, if indeed at all.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2016
Hinson and other experts said more carriers are forbidding multiple embryos from being transferred at once.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2014
In addition to its unconscionably lame response to the revelations about the life and death of enforcer Derek Boogaard, including his advanced brain deterioration, now the Rangers are forbidding their players from talking about Boogaard.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2011
The jeep trails do not cross it, nor even go close to it, for the mountains around it are forbidding, too steep and rocky even for jeeps, and are covered with thorny thickets.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
