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Example sentences for "forbids"

Lexicographically close words:
forbidd; forbidden; forbiddeth; forbidding; forbiddingly; forbode; forboden; forbore; forborne; forby
  1. First, because the law of the earth's electric attraction forbids it.

  2. For modern knowledge and culture forbids any thinking man from denying the existence of a God, and this may compel modern Atheism to modify its creed and accept a don't-care God.

  3. Jesus Christ forbids me to resist evil-doers by taking 'eye for eye, tooth for tooth, blood for blood, and life for life.

  4. This doctrine forbids doing that by which evil is perpetuated and multiplied.

  5. Raids subsequently became of such frequent occurrence that want of space forbids description of them all.

  6. As raiding became so marked a feature of the war, space forbids that each raid should be described in detail.

  7. His creed forbids him to take the life of anything which may possibly be the corporeal habitation of the spirit of one of his deceased ancestors, but these little insects irritate him, so he deports them as we do our loafers.

  8. The first is slavery and slave-stealing, the second is the habit of capturing brides from alien stocks, and the law which forbids marriage with a woman of a man's own family.

  9. Among the Yorubas 'conventional modesty forbids a woman to speak to her husband, or even to see him, if it can be avoided.

  10. In backward parts of Europe a strange custom forbids the bride to speak to her lord, as if in memory of a time when husband and wife were always of alien tribes, and, as among the Caribs, spoke different languages.

  11. When we remember how widely diffused is the law of exogamy, which forbids marriage between a man and woman of the same stock, we are impressed by the number of alien elements which must have been introduced with alien wives.

  12. The evidence from exogamy: the law which forbids marriage between persons of the same family name.

  13. I cannot misjudge you," she said slowly; "the past forbids that.

  14. Her only child was at the nursery at the time, in accordance with the rules of the level that forbids a man to see his step-children.

  15. I had often wished there were younger men in our group, since her duties as caretaker of our books quite forbids her cultivating the acquaintance of any men outside our chosen few.

  16. Jesus Christ forbids me to resist evil doers, and to take from them an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, bloodshed for bloodshed, and life for life.

  17. This doctrine forbids doing that whereby evil has endured for ages and multiplied in the world.

  18. Again: 'The climate forbids effectual fertility, and the distance from more habitable regions forbids effectual transit.

  19. If the father wishes to repair the wrong he has done, the law forbids his teaching his own child to read or write!

  20. The law forbids teaching slaves to read and write.

  21. Where there is no particular nerve exhaustion, the fiery and inflamed state of the stomach membranes forbids sleep, and causes a great feeling of tiredness.

  22. Especially are they valuable for those whose sedentary life forbids much active exercise, and as they only require a very short time each day for their practice, do not interfere materially with the work of the busiest.

  23. Every mother ought, therefore, unless her health forbids it, to nurse her own child; no other food is so good for it as that which nature provides.

  24. It forbids the Christian to leave, as so often, the amount he will give for the Lord's work, to impulse and caprice.

  25. Now on our way pass we, to heavier woe Descending: for each star is falling now, That mounted at our entrance, and forbids Too long our tarrying.

  26. This one, methought, as master of the sport, Rode forth to chase the gaunt wolf and his whelps Unto the mountain, which forbids the sight Of Lucca to the Pisan.

  27. Now, my Lords, every office of trust, in its very nature, forbids the receipt of bribes.

  28. Our space, of course, forbids any thing of the kind, and we can only glance at leading divisions.

  29. To such grievances as society can not readily cure, it usually forbids utterance on pain of its scorn; this scorn being only a sort of tinseled cloak to its deformed weakness.

  30. The nature of these interrogatories and replies forbids their appearance here.

  31. Nor armed to offend in any kind; Such force is far from our unweapon'd thoughts Whose fading weal, of victory forsook, Forbids all hope to harbour near our hearts.

  32. Know that confession must not be revealed, The canon law forbids it, and the priest That makes it known, being degraded first, Shall be condemned, and then sent to the fire.

  33. He knows His own business, and forbids you to thwart His designs.

  34. But no such plea can be urged to justify acts which God forbids by the natural law.

  35. Therefore the Creator wants him to have those means, and forbids every one to deprive him of those means.

  36. The safest way of repressing the passion of lust is the provision that an all-wise Providence supplies in Religion, in which God authoritatively forbids all immoral action and even all immoral coveting or desire.

  37. Much is permitted under his administration, which he doth not order, but forbids and abhors.

  38. By his confession he would condemn it, and justify the law of God, which forbids it; and by his return to duty, do every thing then in his power, to repair the injury he had done and prevent or remove the bad effects of his example.

  39. It's an attempt to evade the State constitution, which forbids subsidizing railroads.

  40. Just now we have in our constitution a law that forbids the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in this State.

  41. He never drinks intoxicating liquor, and forbids his children to use it.

  42. The 6th article, whilst it prohibits the erection of new convents and new confraternities, forbids also the use of the religious habit.

  43. The honor of an independent nation forbids their treating in a subordinate capacity.

  44. The latter sentiment is that which I wished to excite in your bosom: To entertain a warmer, respect for you forbids me, and gratitude for the Baron's generous treatment.

  45. Conscious that my constitution, impaired by grief and illness, forbids me to expect a long continuance in this world, I tremble at the thought of leaving her under the protection of a perfect Stranger.

  46. There are situations even worse than Pasta's, as Pauline Lucca has recently discovered in Vienna, where she was fined fifty florins for violating the law which forbids the recognition of applause.

  47. The French law forbids disturbance of any kind except when the curtain is up.


  48. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "forbids" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.