FORBIDDING in a Sentence
Learn FORBIDDING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
63 example sentences for FORBIDDING, such as:
1. The doctor forbids him to smoke.
2. I forbid anyone to touch that clock.
3. They forbid any ships to enter the water.
4. My sense of tact would forbid an honest answer to you.
5. His face was ugly and forbidding, as Anna had never seen him.
2. I forbid anyone to touch that clock.
3. They forbid any ships to enter the water.
4. My sense of tact would forbid an honest answer to you.
5. His face was ugly and forbidding, as Anna had never seen him.
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Meanings and Examples of FORBIDDING
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forbidding
a. harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance
a. threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
Classic Sentence: (46 in 4 pages)
1 Oozing out from every drab wall, she felt a forbidding spirit which she could never conquer.
2 The interior walls of unpainted boards, which had been grateful in August, were forbidding in the chill.
3 The prospect was unlimited, but exceedingly monotonous and forbidding; not the slightest variety that I could see.
4 Magua shook his head, forbidding the repetition of offers he so much despised.
5 Rosa made a quick forbidding gesture; but she took a step into the room.
6 The one point that was forbidding about this reddleman was his colour.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: 9 Love Leads a Shrewd Man into Strategy
7 He was not a popular man, being somewhat cold and forbidding in his manners, but he had, as far as I know, no active enemies.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
Context Highlight In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
8 I approached and knocked at the door, which was instantly opened by a tall, gaunt woman with a harsh, forbidding face.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
Context Highlight In III. The Adventure of The Yellow Face
9 As we approached the forbidding and squalid inn, with the sign of a game-cock above the door, Holmes gave a sudden groan, and clutched me by the shoulder to save himself from falling.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
10 I awakened Weena, and we went down into the wood, now green and pleasant instead of black and forbidding.
11 She got up with a headache, was unable to talk, and unwilling to take any nourishment; giving pain every moment to her mother and sisters, and forbidding all attempt at consolation from either.
12 "Lord forbidding is pious, but not to the purpose," returned Mr. Jaggers.
13 He was highly popular, and I found that he took the familiar department of Mr. Jaggers's business; though something of the state of Mr. Jaggers hung about him too, forbidding approach beyond certain limits.
14 His face was ugly and forbidding, as Anna had never seen him.
15 Madame Odintsov looked at him twice, not stealthily, but straight in the face, which was bilious and forbidding, with downcast eyes, and contemptuous determination stamped on every feature, and thought: 'No.'
Example Sentence: (17 in 2 pages)
1 Parliament has passed an Act forbidding the killing of rare animals.
2 Miss Minchin's demeanor was so stern and forbidding that she could quell any unrest among her students with one intimidating glance.
3 A rock face, so forbidding from a distance, shows fracture lines from close up: nothing is forever, everything changes.
4 The court has issued an injunction forbidding them to strike for a month.
5 In the cold dawn light, the castle looked stark and forbidding.
6 She obtained a restraining order forbidding her partner from seeing their two children.
7 Concealed by a forbidding row of security guards, the pop-star left the building.
8 "The world set a red line when governments representing 98% of the world's population said the use of chemical weapons was abhorrent and passed a treaty forbidding their use even when countries are engaged in war." Obama said.
9 Once the rover touches down, the crew will see the landscape through the machine's eyes only. These trips into the forbidding desert help them to develop a gut sense of the Martian terrain.
10 I forbid anyone to touch that clock.
11 They forbid any ships to enter the water.
12 My sense of tact would forbid an honest answer to you.
13 The doctor forbids him to smoke.
14 The Church's canon law forbids remarriage of divorced persons.
15 Brazil's constitution forbids the military use of nuclear energy.