debarring

Example Sentences

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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 Kingsley, Charles

If you abide by it, you deny the Absolute and Infinite in the very act of affirming it, for, in debarring the First Cause from self-revelation, you impose a limit on its nature.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George

If I did, no doubt, by the same parental authority, my epistle would be intercepted—still further compromising her—still further debarring the chance of a reconciliation with her father!

From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne

But even when dying, he retained strength and presence of mind enough to dictate a will, debarring his wife from any share in his property, or any part in the education of the child.

From Vineta The Phantom City by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

This was ingeniously framed with an appearance of justice, as if debarring from office only those who to rebellion had added perjury.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring