Forbids
[fə'bidz]
Examples
- Papa forbids it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The name of the firm is accidentally blotted in my diary, and my sacred regard for truth forbids me to hazard a guess in a matter of this kind. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The law in its majestic equality, writes Anatole France, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep in the streets and to steal bread. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He forbids me to see any strangers; and he orders me, if I read at all, only to read the lightest and the most amusing books. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Order forbids details in a picture--she puts them tidily away; but details give charm. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I entirely sympathise with the requeSt. I also regret that diplomatic reserve forbids me to comply with it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I COULD answer your questions, miss, but duty forbids it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The very nature of experience as an ongoing, changing process forbids. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Our whole conception forbids. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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