It was forbiddingly dark in the corridor. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : his forbidding countenance. ,forbidding clouds; forbidding cliffs. From Dictionary.com.
A forbiddingly suitable place for its purpose it was. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity] Reference
The wind whistled forbiddingly through Consuela's hair. From Wordnik.com. [Date With Death]
But Chris looked at me forbiddingly, making me ashamed. From Wordnik.com. [Flowers In The Attic]
This scenario seems forbiddingly difficult to pull off. From Wordnik.com. [Idol Meter final four: Which singer can out-sparkle Crystal?] Reference
His jaw tightened forbiddingly, but he didn't look at her. From Wordnik.com. [The Master Fiddler]
He gazed beseechingly at Ern. Ern.looked back forbiddingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Vanished Prince]
Borla turned, and gazed forbiddingly upon the remaining woman. From Wordnik.com. [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference
Now the sea beckoned them, forbiddingly gray under the cloudy sky. From Wordnik.com. [Red Storm Rising]
Anskiere spun from the window with his brows forbiddingly lowered. From Wordnik.com. [Shadowfane]
Yule spoke to her with the usual carelessness, but not forbiddingly. From Wordnik.com. [New Grub Street] Reference
"We didn't come here to talk about traffic," Serena said forbiddingly. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Money]
Then the castle itself loomed up forbiddingly, surrounded by a deep moat. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Her Panties]
At the meeting itself, Mr. Allaire stared at her forbiddingly and moved on. From Wordnik.com. [Views From the Top] Reference
Then: 'Yes!' he said very shortly and forbiddingly, and turned his head away. From Wordnik.com. [A Caregiver's Homage To The Very Old] Reference
Five hundred meters away, the snow and ice-covered island loomed forbiddingly. From Wordnik.com. [Arctic Fire]
The stone walls looked blue-gray in the predawn light, and forbiddingly empty. From Wordnik.com. [The Soprano Sorceress]
There are doors, forbiddingly closed, with signs on them that read POLICE ONLY. From Wordnik.com. [Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas]
Digital FM receivers remain forbiddingly expensive, but they'll come down in price. From Wordnik.com. [Sneak Peek: Louis Hau On Media Louis Hau On Media] Reference
She wondered if it was anger or disgust that made his mouth tighten so forbiddingly. From Wordnik.com. [Falcon's Prey]
'I've never noticed,' said Luke-John forbiddingly, as if it couldn't have happened without. From Wordnik.com. [Forfeit]
The meetings were usually very sober and the atmosphere forbiddingly serious and hightoned. From Wordnik.com. [Music and Musicians] Reference
'If they'd stay on the footpaths,' the Scot said forbiddingly, 'they be within their rights.'. From Wordnik.com. [Come To Grief]
It gave out a single and extremely strident note that echoed forbiddingly round the courtyard. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Fool]
It has been for many us a unique window into what is otherwise a forbiddingly complex reality. From Wordnik.com. [Philocrites: Welcome back, Gregory.] Reference
The late Susan Sontag was forbiddingly erudite — an essayist, novelist, playwright and critic. From Wordnik.com. [The Roots of Liberal Condescension] Reference
The drizzle had ceased now and the mountains on the other side of the water loomed forbiddingly. From Wordnik.com. [You Don't Take Names] Reference
The work as laid out in the old manual and as seen in the classrooms has been forbiddingly formal. From Wordnik.com. [What the Schools Teach and Might Teach] Reference
The new Scotland, as represented here, is heterogeneous but no longer forbiddingly heterosexual, for example. From Wordnik.com. [A life in writing: James Robertson] Reference
And while his prose can be forbiddingly dense with technical jargon, it can also break into sheer flights of fancy. From Wordnik.com. [Quotations From Chairman G.] Reference
As laid out in the manual now superseded, and as observed in the regular classrooms, the work has been forbiddingly formal. From Wordnik.com. [What the Schools Teach and Might Teach] Reference
Greeting his pupils/crew, he proclaims a forbiddingly Nietzschean ethos of "character," forged on "mountaintops, deserts and battlefields.". From Wordnik.com. [Stormy Weather] Reference
Diana's timid pressure had failed to elicit even the faintest sound -- and its four blank brown panels seemed to stare at her forbiddingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Splendid Folly] Reference
She shook her head forbiddingly, but she still smiled. From Wordnik.com. [Tono Bungay] Reference
It was forbiddingly and uncompromisingly spick-and-span. From Wordnik.com. [Tillie, a Mennonite Maid; a Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch] Reference
The cliff-like face of the quarry looked forbiddingly impressive. From Wordnik.com. [Chance A Tale in Two Parts] Reference
She forbiddingly moved the shade of the lamp about a tenth of an inch. From Wordnik.com. [The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life] Reference
For a full moment he scowled forbiddingly at the sergeant who had asked to see him. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow's End] Reference
Winding past Dr. Forbery to the vacated seat of the hostess he frowned forbiddingly. From Wordnik.com. [Celt and Saxon — Complete] Reference
In the distance, the dark shapes of the mountains stood out forbiddingly in the moonlight. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Mesa] Reference
He looked forbiddingly at a man who approached; who, in his turn, stared haughtily and turned away. From Wordnik.com. [The Crown of Life] Reference
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