Example sentences for: prohibition

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

  • In 1878, the Supreme Court upheld the conventional view that the prohibition represents permissible intervention by the state to protect the weak against entering into exploitative relationships.

  • While they survive now only in museums, especially in Vancouver (see page 155) the ritual gift giving known as potlatch has re-emerged after years of official prohibition.

  • I do not believe that such a blanket prohibition is necessary.

  • The rule will become effective 1 year from the date of publication in the Federal Register except that the prohibition regarding sale to any person younger than 18 years of age and the requirement for photographic identification to verify the age of purchasers will become effective 6 months after publication.

  • Only during Prohibition did it branch out of ethnic neighborhoods and into bootlegging, gambling, and prostitution.


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