forbidding

Example Sentences

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Beijing retaliated by forbidding Chinese companies from ordering Boeing jets -- or receiving those already ordered.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Which is apt enough: With this comes the forbidding sense of being at the end of the world with no guardrails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

He saw no signs forbidding parking where he pulled over, and the curb was not, by all appearances, painted red, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

A government notice said junta chief Min Aung Hlaing ordered releases of more than 7,300 prisoners convicted under legislation forbidding "financing of terrorism" and harbouring or arranging transport for "any terrorist group".

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

A grim-faced guard marched beside me, her scowl forbidding me to take pleasure in the expedition.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom