Adjective : his forbidding countenance. ,forbidding clouds; forbidding cliffs. From Dictionary.com.
I think the school was justified in forbidding the wearing of the USflag. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Support for Restricting the Speech of Students Who Wear American Flags to School on Cinco de Mayo] Reference
Conservative Jews have no interest in forbidding other people from mixing meat and dairy. From Wordnik.com. ["opinion pieces without any opinion "] Reference
A rock face, so forbidding from a distance, shows fracture lines from close up: nothing is forever, everything changes. From Wordnik.com. [Visiting Galsan Tschinag in his Yurt Katharina Rout] Reference
Mustafa Ibrahim, a jurist on the commission, said the hotel management had received a phone call forbidding the workshop. From Wordnik.com. [IPS Inter Press Service] Reference
These two friends of yours have been very faithful to their promise to you, in forbidding me to have the briefest glimpse of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery at Number Six] Reference
Recalling the forbidding expression on Judith's face, Raistlin tensed. From Wordnik.com. [The Soulforge]
Paradise (only, thank Heaven! he bore no flaming sword forbidding re-entry). From Wordnik.com. [The Eye of Osiris] Reference
At length they came so near, that they saw the angel with the flaming sword forbidding approach to the garden. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Necromancers] Reference
Many were released on bail terms forbidding them from living on their land while awaiting trial over the next few weeks. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
While it is difficult to hold that the idea of forbidding youths under 18 from drinking is bad, there is a conflation of evil here. From Wordnik.com. [Marry in Massachusetts] Reference
But "forbidding" it's members from doing something sounds like their Nazi's or Communists. From Wordnik.com. ['Party Loyalty Oath' would prevent Republicans from backing Crist] Reference
It is the kind of forbidding landscape U.S. forces could also face in their war on terrorism. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2001] Reference
Books like that or "Alice in Wonderland" looked too "forbidding" in their leather bindings at the local library. From Wordnik.com. [The Toast Of London Town] Reference
The black skyscraper is kind of forbidding, but the studio halfway up its interior is actually pleasant, relaxed, inviting. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-10-01] Reference
It looks like the kind of forbidding, twisted place where evil scientists would do totally unthinkable, gruesome experiments. From Wordnik.com. [Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports]
"Isn't it rather too soon to begin 'forbidding'?" asked Lady Winwood, good-humoredly. From Wordnik.com. [Miss or Mrs?] Reference
Others -- such as forbidding "cruel and unusual punishment" -- seem intentionally vague. From Wordnik.com. [Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post] Reference
Although no specific mention was made of 'forbidding' Mr Sarkozy from such meetings again. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World Telegraph] Reference
Weather conditions in Bulgaria on February 10-11 will become 'forbidding' according to the forecast. From Wordnik.com. [SofiaEcho RSS feed] Reference
"Nay, good friend, hear his scheme, then thou mayst call the forbidding powers with undeniable reason. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince of India — Volume 02] Reference
Some of the more immediate changes, such as forbidding insurance companies from dropping sick subscribers, are already law in Maine. From Wordnik.com. [Kennebec Journal News]
So what if 39 states have laws forbidding just that?. From Wordnik.com. [Too Much Technology] Reference
Laws forbidding farming in the park have gone ignored. From Wordnik.com. [The Rape Of Paradise] Reference
So what if 39 states have laws forbidding drivers from having their own screens?. From Wordnik.com. [Stop Them Before They Invent Again!] Reference
Finally, a fat, forbidding package from the benefits department landed on our desk. From Wordnik.com. [Does Your Hmo Stack Up?] Reference
When Luntz's slate won, the university responded by forbidding such slates in the future. From Wordnik.com. [The Gop's Three Amigos] Reference
Whereas major cities once seemed vast and forbidding, nowadays they're a source of personal identity. From Wordnik.com. [A Tide Of Civic Pride] Reference
(The judge has since put a gag order on lawyers from both sides, forbidding them to talk to the press.). From Wordnik.com. [A Bloody 'Army' On Trial] Reference
His big, blue-gray eyes were now locked on mine in a very firm hold, forbidding me to turn away for a second. From Wordnik.com. [Going Home Alone, Too] Reference
And the most visionary plans of the great modern architects of the '20s came to look ruthless and forbidding. From Wordnik.com. [How Yesterday Saw Tomorrow] Reference
Italy also instituted laws forbidding the destruction, movement or sale of lesser monuments to foreign governments. From Wordnik.com. [Sale Of The Century] Reference
Air command: In 1981 Reagan fired the air-traffic controllers who struck despite a law forbidding federal workers from walking out. From Wordnik.com. [Peso Bill's Bailout] Reference
For kids this age (and for older teens as well), explaining what's wrong with wrestling is more practical than forbidding it outright. From Wordnik.com. [Is This Too Raw For Kids?] Reference
Then she added a clause to all supply contracts forbidding child labor, and set off to Pakistan, India and Nepal to have a look around. From Wordnik.com. [The Teflon Shield] Reference
Known as "the rooftop of the world," the Kekexili region has a harsh, lunar emptiness, and Lu's epic images capture its forbidding beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Surprise, Surprise!] Reference
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