forbid
verb (used with object)
to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place.
is forbidding
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present progressiveof forbid (3rd person singular).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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The district, drawing up extensive policies around Kennedy’s return, is forbidding spectators or media on the field during or immediately following games.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 31, 2023
Its native habitat is forbidding: remote areas of the Himalayas.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023
Eric Garcetti is forbidding trick or treating this year, but my house is on a big trick-or-treating street.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2020
One rule that seems to already have been implemented is forbidding the use of a riding crop to urge horses unless it’s required for safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2019
Pursue your way, and, crossing a wild and marshy heath, you notice a lonely house surrounded by thorny broom, the aspect of which is forbidding, though it is gaily painted.
From Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches by William Jesse
