prohibitionist

Example Sentences

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The Senators owner, a prohibitionist through and through, made things harder on himself by subsisting without a source of revenue that other teams availed themselves of.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2023

Most of the shops are to be operated by people of color who had been incarcerated by prohibitionist laws.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2023

They included the prohibitionist Edwin Scrymgeour, who ultimately claimed victory along with Labour's E. D. Morel.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2022

The disease notion, however, obscures those facts and narrows our view to counterproductive criminal responses, like harsh prohibitionist crackdowns.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2022

"That sour-faced prohibitionist?" growled Mr. Hines, employing what I suspect to be the blackest anathema in his lexicon.

From From a Bench in Our Square by Adams, Samuel Hopkins