Prohibit

//pɹoʊˈhɪbɪt//

"Prohibit" in a Sentence (16 examples)

Many countries have passed laws to prohibit people from smoking in public places.

The bad roads prohibit speeding.

Many websites prohibit misleading usernames that imply an official role on the website such as "admin," "administrator," "webmaster," "system operator," "sysop," or "moderator."

What the church can't prohibit it blesses.

Shame can limit what the law does not prohibit.

Who would prohibit such a thing?

Chinese banks began to prohibit the use of digital currencies in 2013 and stepped up regulations after 2016.

It is a glaring reality that in our world today, Western airlines prohibit Russian citizens from boarding their planes solely due to political sanctions imposed on their country.

Prohibit it!

You can't prohibit me from doing that.

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The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio.

I was prohibited to come.

Crossing the border without permission is prohibited.

In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

Like the previous rules, the new guidance doesn’t prohibit membership in an extremist organization, but officials said it makes it very difficult to participate. […] For years, the Defense Department relied on a nebulous definition of extremist activity that listed it among a wide array of prohibited behavior. […] “It’s threading a very fine needle when we’re engaging in prohibiting conduct that may be protected by the First Amendment,” said one official. “There’s always going to be this balancing that goes on.”

The Foreign Assistance Act bars assistance to any country that “prohibits or otherwise restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance.”

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