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

She asked Justice Department lawyers what set apart the most recent cuts from previous ones she enjoined.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 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

“Nor has the Government adequately identified which particular provisions, if any, are sufficiently independent of the enjoined definitional provision and thus might be able to remain in effect,” reads the ruling.

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2024

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