Example sentences for: forbade

How can you use “forbade” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • She was on a diet that forbade dessert and coffee, so she left the dining room before the other guests.

  • Valid regulations implementing the statute required funding recipients to refer pregnant clients "for appropriate prenatal . . . services by furnishing a list of available providers that promote the welfare of mother and unborn child," but forbade them to refer a pregnant woman specifically to an abortion provider, even upon request.

  • Graves even reports that the god's mother, "foreseeing what trouble his lust would cause, forbade him to marry."

  • In 1996, Salinger's agent forbade a nonprofit Catcher in the Rye Web site from using quotations from the novel, garnering the usual rash of publicity.

  • London forbade Bermuda to trade with or otherwise support General Washington’s revolutionaries.


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