debarring
Example Sentences
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"It simply excruciates me from you," he had said, thus debarring her from that only appellation which would certainly be the easiest, and which seemed to her the only one becoming.
From Marion Fay by Anthony Trollope
He stood upon his "imperfect education," his not belonging "to the first families, but the seconds"; and his shunning society as debarring him from the study he required.
From The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form by Henry Llewellyn Williams
The State commits an injustice in debarring a woman from the rights of a citizen because she chooses, over and above them, to perform the good works of a saint.
From Women and Politics by Charles Kingsley
They and their employers hated and feared La Salle, who, sustained as he was by the Governor, might set at nought the prohibition of the king, debarring him from traffic with these tribes.
From France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 by Francis Parkman
“No,” he said; “that would be debarring myself from escaping.”
From Commodore Junk by George Manville Fenn
