forbidding

Example Sentences

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Which is apt enough: With this comes the forbidding sense of being at the end of the world with no guardrails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

In 1980, justices struck down a law virtually identical to Texas’, forbidding states from placing the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 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

In the moonlight, the forbidding buildings of Blackcliff are almost beautiful, the sable granite softened to blue.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir