verboten

Example Sentences

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Bipartisanship isn’t merely difficult in Washington — it’s verboten, according to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

From Washington Times

Working out was once verboten, because doing what archetypical jocks were doing was inherently understood as a betrayal of the skateboarding lifestyle.

From New York Times

Even better than the FTC mapping out verboten conduct that federal law allows, however, would be for federal law to stop allowing it.

From Washington Post

If we simply make words verboten or taboo, we miss the opportunity to understand that we have the power to change the relationship between gender and language.

From Washington Post

For four years under President Donald J. Trump, even uttering the phrase “climate change” was verboten for many Republicans.

From New York Times