Words similar to forbade

Example sentences for: forbade

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London forbade Bermuda to trade with or otherwise support General Washington’s revolutionaries.
The original Hatch Act forbade government employees to raise funds, give partisan public speeches, or volunteer for any candidate or party.
The ticket agent refused to check the rabbi's bags once he left, telling the wife that "security reasons" forbade him from checking the luggage of ticket holders who were not present.
Honor called on them to avenge their master's death, but the laws forbade murder.
In 1985, the judiciary committee prevented Reynolds from moving up at Justice because of the Reagan administration's position--which Reynolds endorsed--that Bob Jones University, which forbade (and continues to forbid) interracial dating, should be allowed to keep its tax-exempt status.