Example sentences for: proscribed

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

  • But it is the breakdown of decorum, the rejection of a social value that everyone knows is necessary, yet proscribed, that the relajo subverts.

  • The words proscribed by the old production codes were swearing or profanity in the true sense, with purely spiritual connotations in their reference to the Deity.

  • They use both prescribed and proscribed terms, depending probably on efficiency, personal preferences, and `what others do.

  • The Catalan language was again proscribed, even in schools and churches.

  • Its main definition in the Random House reads, “proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: taboo words ,” which I believe is a lot closer to what the editors were seeking than Vulgar .


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