Example sentences for: proscriptive

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

  • We are descriptive of the usages we accept and prescriptive—perhaps proscriptive would be more descriptive—of those we do not like.

  • Such information is not prescriptive or proscriptive, it is descriptive of certain attitudes—right or wrong—about the language and has its proper place in a dictionary.


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