Forbade

Examples

• Many of the foreigners were utterly destitute; and their increasing numbers at length forbade a recourse to the usual modes of relief. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Unutterable loathing of a desolate existence past, forbade return. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• They were in the ballroom, the violins were playing, and her mind was in a flutter that forbade its fixing on anything serious. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He expressly forbade me to write to you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• One or two such letters she actually indited, but she never sent them: shame and good sense forbade. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• In a moment she relapsed into the delirium of fanaticism, and, but that her gentle nature forbade, would have loaded me with execrations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He had already broken one of the rules of his world, which forbade the entering of a box during a solo. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• They forbade the existence of evil by law. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Mother forbade it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Dr. Bailey was a proud and sensitive man, and felt the failure of his son so keenly that he forbade his return home. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• She continued either delirious or lethargic; and the doctor forbade everything which could painfully excite her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I thought it an imposition, as I had paid one to the pressmen; the master thought so too, and forbade my paying it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Being a soldier, he staid,--because the warrior instinct forbade him to fly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• A goad thrust me on, a fever forbade me to rest; a want of companionship maintained in my soul the cravings of a most deadly famine. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He himself absolutely forbade her, on account of her health, to join us in the bedroom that night. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Maurice would have liked to ask after Helena, but the knowledge that Caliphronas was his rival forbade him to risk an inquiry. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• You know what you forbade me at the Maypoling, miss, murmured the lad, without looking at her, and still stroking the firedog's head. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• She chased Jessie and Rose from the upper realm of the house; she forbade the housemaids to set their foot in it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I forbade you to think of Helena as a bride, but, provided you brought Roylands here, I gave you permission to woo her. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• To my very self I seemed imperious and unreasonable, for I forbade Justine Marie my door and roof; he smiledbetraying delight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Since you forbade books, the library has been out of the question. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• But let me remark, that in defining justice you have yourself used the word 'interest' which you forbade me to use. Plato. The Republic.
• But the wisdom of government forbade the exportation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• A more reasonable cause might be found in the dependent situation which forbade the indulgence of his affection. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• He was moved more than once to call Daniel, in the person of Louis Moore, and to ask an interpretation; but his dignity forbade the familiarity. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Lady Jane looked up to her husband as if she would fain follow and soothe her mamma, but Pitt forbade his wife to move. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Humanity forbade allowing them to starve. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He forbade me to see you because you are a Jacobin. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• We have told how Hamilcar began to organize Spain, and how the Romans forbade him to cross the Ebro. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I kept my men in the ranks and forbade their entering any of the deserted houses or taking anything from them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

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