enjoined

Example Sentences

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Confronted with the rules of fair play, the reader was enjoined to solve the case alongside the detective, which required seeing through the author’s sleights of hand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

“If you’re not actually doing what the District Court found you to be doing and enjoined you from doing, then there should be no harm,” Sung said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

When they stop individuals with no reasonable suspicion, they act in violation of federal law, and a court in California has enjoined this practice.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2025

"I enjoined the defendants from taking any action to implement the so-called 'Fork Directive' pending the completion of briefing and oral argument on the issues," said O'Toole in a hearing on Thursday.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2025

But the swineherd calmly stood near Penelope whispering what her son had bade him tell and what he had enjoined on her.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer