forbidden

Example Sentences

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Followers are now allowed to have their own blood removed, stored, and "given back", in a process called autologous donation, but are still forbidden from accepting donations from others.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The contract terms are unusually strict, however: The licensees can sell to 120 low- and middle-income countries, but are strictly forbidden to provision 26 middle-income countries in Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The platform will also be forbidden from restricting such third-party ticket sales in any way, whether by leveling extra fees or by adding any glitches to competitor transactions.

From Slate • Mar. 10, 2026

Throughout her life, “if she was forbidden to do or say something,” we read, “her first impulse was to do it anyway.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

I imagined that Irene had forbidden Russell to see me.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu