forbidding

Example Sentences

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Ms. Clark imbues Hillcrest with eerie metaphoric resonance, making it both forbidding and tenderly familiar.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

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

From Barron's • May 15, 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

The last forty or fifty miles seemed particularly grim and forbidding, most of it being in die Strellon Game Reserve.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford