forbids
- present tense form of forbid (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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Some of those strikes could violate international law, which forbids attacking civilian infrastructure.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
But he cannot be deported due to a 1971 law that forbids the removal of a small group of Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK more than 50 years ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
It forbids having soldiers “quartered in any house ... in time of peace.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
And eBay forbids fulfilling orders by purchasing items elsewhere at the time of sale and shipping them directly to customers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The Fourth Amendment, the court reasoned, forbids the police from seizing people and searching them without some individualized suspicion that they have committed or are committing a crime.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
