Example sentences for: forbade

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

  • The original Hatch Act forbade government employees to raise funds, give partisan public speeches, or volunteer for any candidate or party.

  • 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.

  • The NYT gets a nice detail: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif fired Musharraf as he was flying back to the country and forbade his plane to land; as the plane ran low on fuel, the army commandeered first the air control tower and then the country.

  • He ran for Congress from Massachusetts and, revitalized, served for 18 years--notably helping to overturn the shameful "gag rule" that forbade the reading of anti-slavery petitions on the floor of the House.

  • It's surprising that Tribe's essay doesn't discuss his textualist argument for the unconstitutionality of Colorado's Amendment 2, which forbade cities to enact anti-discrimination ordinances based on sexual orientation.


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