Example Sentences

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“The Virginia Legislature could not have regulated the advertiser’s activity in New York, and obviously could not have proscribed the activity in that state,” he wrote.

From New York Times • Jul. 11, 2022

So, various colleges and universities have proscribed speech that might “annoy or otherwise inconvenience” anyone, and certain “attitudes,” and “verbal harm” from injurious “assumptions” or “implications.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2022

“It’s like a bad marriage in which we have proscribed roles,” the Pakistani lawyer said.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2010

Most of the northern and middle states have proscribed for ever, the importation of slaves; and in some others, the prohibition is limited to a certain time.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 by Various

We should also bear in mind that the Spaniards were not the only people who have proscribed men for the exercise of their religious belief.

From The Faith of Our Fathers by Gibbons, James