proscriptive

Example Sentences

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But the prohibitive costs and proscriptive laws sometimes mean there’s no choice at all.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2024

Viewed this way, minding our p’s and q’s is less about proscriptive notions of correctness, and more about mindfulness, self-discovery and proper conduct.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2023

But it’s to Leaf’s credit that there’s nothing simplistic, and certainly nothing proscriptive, about how that closure takes place.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2023

I think the beginning was a long time ago for anything and everything, so the first step is never proscriptive or formulated.

From New York Times • Apr. 27, 2022

He joined the Know-nothings, with no sympathy for their proscriptive creed, but in the break-up of parties using them for the anti-slavery cause,—and to secure his own election to the United States Senate.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring