Example Sentences

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Even the term “net neutrality” was forbidding: “It’s a terrible, technical sounding phrase,” he said.

From The Guardian • May 12, 2016

Previously, a long and costly fight was likely when adult children challenged a conservator who was forbidding family contact.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2016

I learned along the way as I began to approach former executives at Apple that she was forbidding everyone to speak to me.

From The Guardian • Nov. 1, 2015

The Army turned over the deed to the land in 1969, but as late as last May, it was forbidding jets to fly over the area because of unspecified "safety factors."

From Time Magazine Archive

Sefia wanted to thank her, but the stony silence of the room was forbidding, so she only nodded back.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee