Example sentences for: outlawed

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

  • Polytheism, however, persisted until 529, when an edict by Emperor Justinian outlawed the last “pagan” temples and closed the famous Athenian schools of philosophy.

  • Since the illegal-abortion rate remains high in countries where abortion is outlawed, contraception may be the only effective way to bring abortion rates down.

  • On Sept. 1, school beatings were banned from Britain's private schools, bringing them in line with state-run schools where caning was outlawed 13 years ago.

  • Then if you outlawed both pornography and religion, you'd make everyone happier, while simultaneously making everyone less free.

  • The practice of polygamy was outlawed just before the turn of the century, but polygamous families persist down to the present day.


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