forbid

Example Sentences

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To partake of the forbidden apple cake—and who could resist it?—is to know that joy is always ringed by sorrow, and made sweeter for it.

From The Wall Street Journal

A kitchen cat stared defiantly from the forbidden counter; Grief was nowhere in sight.

From Literature

But entering the store—our store—was now forbidden.

From Literature

He forbade them to touch them—“I have told you my will! Thwart it at your peril, for I am guided by the ancestral spirits.”

From Literature

They are not connected to the mains water and staying overnight is strictly forbidden.

From BBC