Example sentences for: prohibiting

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

  • In an otherwise thoughtful article, "Teen-age Midol Junkies," Wendy Kaminer says that "we ignore the damage wrought by laws prohibiting selectively demonized drugs--notably marijuana, heroin, and cocaine (while allowing use of tobacco, alcohol, and Prozac)."

  • A "Talk of the Town" item argues that Clinton should be punished by prohibiting him from giving the State of the Union address.

  • The newly created League of Nations debated, but failed to pass, treaties prohibiting the torture of prisoners and attacks on civilians.

  • I asked Lewis to explain why Gore's fund-raising calls from the White House did not violate the law prohibiting the solicitation of funds on government premises.

  • In 1866, Congress began to act on its responsibility to guard against the aftershocks of slavery by prohibiting discrimination in all facilities open to the public.


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