forbidding
Example Sentences
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The rules linking a sequence to a finished organism—biology’s “generative grammar”—remain, he acknowledges, a forbidding problem that may never fully yield.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Beijing retaliated by forbidding Chinese companies from ordering Boeing jets -- or receiving those already ordered.
From Barron's ● May 15, 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
It had loomed in my memory as a huge lone spike dominating the riverbank, forbidding as an artillery piece, high as the beanstalk.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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