Example sentences for: verboten

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

  • The books use the politically verboten term Palestinian , as well as the Arab word for the 1948 war--the Naqba , or catastrophe.

  • Now that everyone has declared Milosevic a war criminal and has agreed that the United States' manhood is at stake, the "N word" is verboten in Washington.

  • Keeping Tabs is highly skeptical of a Franz corn purchase, however, because the National Enquirer says that the actor recently shed 35 pounds on the kind of high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet in which corn is verboten . Franz, the story says, owes it all to the diet books sent him by--wouldn't you know it?

  • Let's use this occasion to remind ourselves of other verboten words.

  • Alas, there is no etiquette, per se, regarding cell phones, though some high-end restaurants have tagged them verboten . Prudie is noticing that concert halls and theaters now have printed announcements requiring their restriction, as well.


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