forbidden ground
Example Sentences
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In Poland, forbidden ground to foreign journalists since September 1939, the first year of Nazi stewardship resulted in two balance sheets.
From Time Magazine Archive
Unfortunately, Trespasser Fergusson has been so conscious of the professional sanctity of the forbidden ground that he has removed his everyday shoes and trips it awkwardly in borrowed slippers.
From Time Magazine Archive
He did not answer, and I was aware again of that feeling of discomfort, as though I had trespassed on forbidden ground.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
They are forbidden ground to vehicles, including bicycles, a prohibition which constantly brings undergraduates before the Police Court.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward
Numbers of country folk were hanging about the great gates of the avenue, drinking in the impromptu information of the lodge-keeper; but they did not venture to enter upon the forbidden ground.
From Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 2/2 A Romance of Real Life by Payn, James
