His father forbade him from going fishing with his friend. From LearnThat.org.
Tears rose to her eyes, she stamped, she jumped up and down, and, in short, forbade the doctor to kill it. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
She wanted to hold him, to be held by him, the way a dropped stone wants to fall, but his expression forbade her. From Wordnik.com. [A Shadow in Summer] Reference
The couple lived as man and wife; though her husband finally got a divorce from her in 1759, its terms forbade her remarriage. From Wordnik.com. [City Journal] Reference
But Stephen did not shoot, and with a quick word forbade the others to fire. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Silence] Reference
Morrow's expression forbade argument in general, and argument before the assembled ship's crew in particular. From Wordnik.com. [THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK] Reference
The attitude which you have taken forbade my speaking. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
His people forbade photographs of coffins arriving home. From Wordnik.com. [We've Been Here Before] Reference
I was sent a contract which forbade the use of PowerPoint. From Wordnik.com. [Willingham: How to guarantee active learning? (Or, manipulatives vs. PowerPoint)] Reference
Discouraged by them and her friends, she forbade his coming. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
In 1881 a royal decree forbade the prac-tice, but it continued. From Wordnik.com. [The Rape Of Paradise] Reference
To limit it, he's already forbade me from keeping my door closed. From Wordnik.com. [STUTERER, two chapters (from a novel yet to be written)] Reference
They had television but forbade them to watch it during the war. From Wordnik.com. [Baghdad] Reference
I refused, and forbade the notary to open his mouth on the subject. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The latitude and the position of the sun forbade this interpretation. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Your mother-in-law made a scene, and forbade my lending you any money. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"In that case, why are you wandering about my place when I forbade you?". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I went home and told my mother and father, and they forbade me to go back. From Wordnik.com. [CONFESSIONS OF A PERSONAL TRAINER] Reference
He forbade me to go back to work or to school after the birth of our daughter. From Wordnik.com. [The Stage Of Grief No One Admits To: Relief] Reference
Back in America, their parents usually forbade them to go on dates or to parties. From Wordnik.com. [America's Uneasy Export] Reference
The orders forbade the CIA from torturing prisoners or running secret prisons abroad. From Wordnik.com. [Clara Gutteridge: New CIA Interrogation Tapes Hint at Legal 'Loophole' Allowing the US to Outsource Torture] Reference
(According to legend, Simeon Stylites forbade his mother from approaching his pillar.). From Wordnik.com. [Open Seas] Reference
Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, never forbade anything from our own culture. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: A Cool Muslim Metropolis] Reference
Pyongyang, worried about ideological "infection," initially forbade inter-Korean contact. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Out Party] Reference
When he mentioned this to the dean of students, the dean forbade him to wear his uniform. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Is Calling. Will Anyone Answer?] Reference
I adored Meadow Simms, but the principal forbade me to defend her from the other children. From Wordnik.com. [Little Meadow Simms] Reference
She's the human masseuse whom the State of Maryland forbade from performing horse massage. From Wordnik.com. [Missing car reveals security shortcomings -- and perhaps a bit of parking karma] Reference
She would die by her own hand and expressly forbade that her death should be charged to me. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
I thought of crossing to the mainland, finding a town or going home, but the tide forbade me. From Wordnik.com. [The Island] Reference
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