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Example sentences for "forbade"

Lexicographically close words:
forasmuche; foray; foraying; forays; forbad; forbare; forbear; forbearance; forbeare; forbeareth
  1. England was dependent upon foreign countries; they required the settlers to plant mulberry trees, and forbade the sale of rum, the chief commercial staple of the colonies.

  2. They also forbade the introduction of negro slaves.

  3. In 1782 the sect forbade slave-holding by its members.

  4. The upshot of this was that Miss Egerton went sorrowfully away, for the doctor absolutely forbade the girls to move from their present quarters for another week or fortnight.

  5. That province was under the able government of Ali Vardi Khan, who peremptorily forbade the foreign settlers at Calcutta and Chandernagore to introduce feuds from Europe.

  6. Twice he advanced for the relief of Lucknow, but twice prudence forbade a reckless exposure of troops wasted by battle and disease in the almost impracticable task.

  7. This embargo was the result of an act of Congress which forbade the exportation of all goods from the United States to Great Britain or her dependencies.

  8. The great conqueror forbade all Europe from commercial intercourse with his English enemies.

  9. Virginia and Ohio had both enacted statutes which forbade them access to their borders.

  10. I also forbade our carriers to hire local natives to carry their loads, and thus rendered our caravan on the march much more compact, and thereby less open to attack.

  11. Beyond this our guide said it was impossible to go: I was for ascertaining this by myself, but my father forbade me to attempt the passage further.

  12. Roman laws once forbade extravagance, theatres, divorce--they forbade the religions of Bacchus, Serapis and Isis.

  13. To lie against God as if He forbade us to do good on the Sabbath day, is not that impiety?

  14. He admitted that Prussia should be indemnified, but "the sacred principle of legitimacy" forbade the sacrifice of Saxony to them.

  15. His opposition became so exasperating that the King forbade him to come to the Court for some months.

  16. The king said so, and forbade that any person should appear in his presence again in that dress.

  17. The king forbade his officers to support anything proposed by General Lafayette; and the queen refused to allow him to remove her and her family to the loyal city of Rouen.

  18. Some lurking weakness in the man himself, that forbade his ever coming to a full content?

  19. Her own ambition, Scott's ultimate salvation, alike forbade him to renounce his ministerial career.

  20. Then the priest within him rallied to the need, although the latent man of science in him forbade him to accompany the rallying with many words.

  21. Ferdinand found his best warriors were being killed one by one, and he straitly forbade his knights to accept the Moors' challenge.

  22. Julian had no reason to love King Roderick; his own connection with the deposed and probably murdered King Witiza forbade fellowship with the usurper; and his daughter's dishonour fanned his smouldering rancour to a blaze of vengeful fury.

  23. Ieyasu, who by this time was supreme in the empire, suddenly forbade the progress of the ceremony.

  24. The instructions(208) which were issued to the members of the Society of Jesus, however, forbade any father to meddle in secular affairs or to interfere in any way with the political concerns of the government in which they were laboring.

  25. He forbade the priests and monks in the great Buddhist monasteries, who had become powerful and arrogant, to bear arms, or to harbor those bearing arms.

  26. Then the magician said, "You are bewitched by the girl who forbade you to go hunting; she knew you would find a maid better than she is.

  27. For the Spirit of the Mountain had taken her to himself; and when she greatly desired to return to her own people, he told her to go in peace, but forbade her to tell any man who had married her.

  28. The bishop of Ancona discharged him as one of the Portuguese Marranos to whom freedom of religious confession had been allowed by the pope and the cardinals, but forbade him to preach against Christianity.

  29. He forbade their meddling in affairs of state, saying that in such matters he preferred to rely on his own powers.

  30. But the rabbis of Mantua employed the procedure of Ben Adret concerning the study of profane literature, that is, they forbade the reading of Dei Rossi's works by young people under twenty-five years of age.

  31. They averred that both law and religion forbade the king to repay the debt to his Jewish creditor, because it was altogether prohibited for Jews to have business dealings in France, and that all their goods could be confiscated by the king.

  32. When, notwithstanding this, many remained firm, he forbade bread or water to be given them for three days, in order to render them more pliable.

  33. He forbade his royal pupil to tolerate the Jews, as Torquemada had forbidden it to Charles' ancestors.

  34. Moreover, he forbade the Knights of Malta to make slaves of Jews traveling by sea from Europe to the Levant, or vice versa, a practice to which these consecrated champions of God had hitherto been addicted.

  35. Above everything the Aragonese valued, as the apple of their eye, the privilege which forbade the confiscation of goods even on account of the gravest offenses.

  36. At the beginning of his pontificate, he confirmed the privileges granted Jews by his predecessor, Martin V, promised them his protection, and forbade their forcible baptism.

  37. Torquemada, who on this occasion exceeded his former inhumanity, forbade the Christians to have any intercourse with them.

  38. The pope forbade the monks to preach against intercourse between Jews and Christians, and declared null and void the ban with which transgressors had been threatened.

  39. Flight was out of the question, for the law forbade it under a terrible penalty.

  40. The superior being (or the Mishnah) laid the heaviest penances on Karo, forbade him to indulge in meat and wine, and went to the extent of prohibiting much drinking of water.

  41. When he was conducting his crusade in Bergamo and Ticini, Duke Galeazzo, of Milan, forbade him to proceed.

  42. Time forbade me to linger at Banza Nkulu.

  43. When an English ship entered the river, the priests forbade by manifesto the sale of slaves to the captain, he being a Briton, ergò a heretic, despite the Duke of York.

  44. Queen Isabella saw this display with disquiet, and forbade an attack upon the enemy, or even a skirmish, as it would pain her if a single warrior should lose his life through the indulgence of her curiosity.

  45. Lest they should be exposed to a counter assault while intoxicated, Morgan called them together and forbade them to taste the wine of the town, saying that it had been poisoned.

  46. But let me remark, that in defining justice you have yourself used the word 'interest' which you forbade me to use.

  47. The ruthless steel, impatient of delay, Forbade the sire to linger out the day.

  48. As fighting men the latter suffered no disparagement when matched with my soldiery save in their weapons, for, as their vows forbade them to take the sword, they were forced to content themselves with battle-axes.

  49. To this request both the Emperor and the Pope agreed, but when the parties to be contracted were called into their presence, Cardinal Pompeo Colonna and I came with them and forbade the banns.

  50. The mere effort to become resigned, forbade the listlessness of despair; and even partial success gave some relief from uniformity of anguish.

  51. Yet, when the original terms were again proposed to me without abatement, pride forbade me to accept what I had so often refused; and I remained another day in durance.

  52. After arguing with me, and soothing me in vain, she took the tone of calm command, and forbade me to urge her further.

  53. From that time she seemed to have forgotten the subject; and delicacy, or perhaps pride, forbade me to bring it to her recollection.

  54. Mrs Boswell carried her dread of infection so far, that she would hold no direct communication with any one who entered the sick room; and she positively forbade her husband to approach his suffering child.

  55. Zu Pfeiffer curtly ordered him to procure them before the sun was overhead on the next day; and to insure that he was obeyed, detained him as hostage and forbade any man to pass his line of pickets around the village.

  56. Birnier, angry at the touch of force; then recollecting that the tabu forbade alien eyes to gaze on his sacred body upon which the world depended, he realized that Mungongo was trying to save him.

  57. Zu Pfeiffer forbade any shooting, nor would he permit the expedition a moment’s delay to pick up the occupants.

  58. Periander forbade them to show him hospitality; and at last, to force his son to return home, proclaimed that any one who spoke to him must pay a fine to Apollo.

  59. They were distinguished by their descent from king Bacchis, were known as the Bacchiadæ, and in order to keep themselves a distinct caste they forbade all members of their family to marry any one but a descendant of Bacchis.

  60. He then became a pot-boy in a public-house and fell in love with Mary Joyce, but her father, a prosperous farmer, forbade her to meet him.

  61. Although polygamy was allowed by the laws of the Koran, the custom of the country forbade it, and the Circassians were generally faithful to the marriage bond.

  62. Clement also forbade the practice of the Jesuit missionaries in China of "accommodating" their teachings to pagan notions or customs, in order to win converts.

  63. He forbade her to receive any presents for herself or her children, to meddle with the administration of justice, or to choose any person for her service without the consent of the council of regents.

  64. There were no more funerals, for the Pope forbade burials, whether in hallowed or in unhallowed ground: the air was filled with the pestilential stench from unburied corpses.

  65. While the season forbade military operations, Anne returned to Paris with her king, and had resort to law in her contest with the rebels.

  66. Philippe appointed a day for the meeting of the Court of Peers to sit in judgment on the claims of the two heirs, and forbade Montfort to leave Paris during the next fifteen days.


  67. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forbade" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    banned; barred; contraband; forbidden; illegal; illicit; outlawed; prohibited; taboo; unauthorized; unlawful; unlicensed; unsanctioned; untouchable; vetoed