| 单词 | forbid |
| 例句 | They’ll definitely have to keep it up at least until the election is over, and even then, there’s the always looming possibility of the queen outright forbidding it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z People who ate their totems lost their teeth or went blind or became sterile or occasionally turned into the forbidden animal. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Hagrid lived in a small wooden house on the edge of the forbidden forest. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The same day, the Hungarian police burst into every Jewish home in town: a Jew was henceforth forbidden to own gold, jewelry, or any valuables. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Only English colonies are allowed to taste the forbidden fruit of liberty—we who grew up under England. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z How will I do this and not cause my son, God forbid, to abandon the Master of the Universe and His Commandments? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z So, of course, I made application and donned my warrior garb because it reminded me of the forbidden fences of segregation in Little Rock. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He dared not think of what might happen to him, for going in the forbidden part of a church. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z His expression was dark and very stem, square and forbidding. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The Japanese didn’t observe the usual rules of warfare that forbade trying to kill medical personnel. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At least, not in a way that wouldn’t end with Dad forbidding us to hang out with him. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “This is why the Holy Koran forbids sharab. Because it always falls on the sober to pay for the sins of the drunk. So it does.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “As I tried to say earlier,” Luke remarked, “living in a haunted house plays hell with a sense of humor; I really did not intend to make a forbidden pun,” he told Theodora. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Even tasks as simple as tying her boots he forbids her to do by hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Santa Sofía de la Piedad, the silent one, the condescending one, the one who never contradicted anyone, not even her own children, had the impression that it was a forbidden act. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z To continue reading their favorite books, the Scholl children formed their own clandestine reading circle and shared forbidden books with others. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He forbade anyone to talk back to him and could tolerate no opposition; he viewed the slightest disagreement as a provocation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jews were required to frequent only Jewish-owned barbershops and beauty parlors; Jews were forbidden to be out on the streets between 8 P.M. and 6 A.M.; The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z For centuries in Europe, they had been forbidden to own land, so they had clustered in cities and towns, taking up urban trades and professions. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They were forbidden to play sports on the same team, marry one another, or swim together in the same pool. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Secrecy was forbidden in the community, and the dream of the hidden newchild caused her to wake with a feeling of guilt and dread. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The permission slip had clearly stated that students were forbidden to make any purchases. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “The Welsh, yonder, long have wanted this castle, for it be strong. Now, with fog to help, and so few to guard the walls, there is chance they might get it, God forbid.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z "I understand that,” said Govinda, "but that is just what the Illustrious One called illusion. He preached benevolence, forbearance, sympathy, patience—but not love. He forbade us to bind ourselves to earthly love.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z In all the years she had studied at the Academy, she had never heard of anyone doing what Taisin had just done, and she was fairly certain that it was forbidden. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Also, I knew I’d be embarrassed if she was sweaty and lintheaded from the factory or if, Lord forbid, I saw her coming out of a privy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z There was water close by inside the houses, the backyards, but it was forbidden to break rank. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The secretary of war wished the Booth situation to be handled with as little public outcry as possible, and this meant forbidding a public funeral. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The dress made her look older and even a bit forbidding. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Soon enough, though, Mahmoud learned of his son’s aspirations, and, fearing he would lose his son to the unforgiving sea that had almost taken his own life, he forbade him from swimming long distances. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “You’ve told us so many versions of why the woods are forbidden.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Harry was still an underage wizard, and he was forbidden by wizard law to do magic outside school. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It was forbidden in her marriage to open up her husband’s wounds and look at them unless he asked her to. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I know from experience that confidence alone can get a person into a forbidden place. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The campers are forbidden to lie in the hammock. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z And, of course, he was forbidden to teach math to prevent further threats to the sanctity of football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept the door to her room closed, and I was forbidden to enter without her permission. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I cannot carry one arm that the rest do; the scar on my forehead forbids that. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They weren't allowed to see any family or friends, and they were forbidden to speak to one another. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z When the weather turned cold, my father managed to tuck a few pieces of coal from the factory furnaces in his pockets, even though it was forbidden to take anything from the factory grounds. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Then we made up songs in which the forbidden words were repeated over and over, until we arrived at the stream. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z She wrote Charlie that night after curfew in the flickering light of a forbidden stub of candle. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Regulations dictated that conversation had to be in either English or Afrikaans — African languages were forbidden — and could involve family matters only. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If so, we should find that the groups with the lowest rates of alcoholism are those in which drinking of any kind is forbidden, such as Mormons or Muslims. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z To have naiads drown her, or to fall victim to a spell protecting a forbidden island? Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The Yearlings look down as we pass; we are upperclassmen, and they are forbidden from even addressing us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “I forbid it. And stay out of our business.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Farmers nowadays find it difficult to obtain uncontaminated fodder for their milk cows, though the Food and Drug Administration forbids the presence of insecticide residues in milk shipped in interstate commerce. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z If Mother had not forbidden it, Arya would gladly have taken the wolf with her to needlework. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He imagined them torturing him until he led them to his forbidden pet. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The inward person doth shrink and hesitate before the daunting inception of active deeds, wishing that some discouraging voice should intervene and forbid, so that no hazard might be made. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z All MK members were forbidden to go armed into an operation and were not to endanger life in any way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their mother didn’t approve of heathens or abolitionists, and since she considered their Quaker neighbors a bit of both, she forbade the children to have anything to do with the Stevenses. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She turned her eyes away quickly so that she would not learn it, would not be guilty of something clearly forbidden to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But the young recruits were forbidden to alter the boots in any way. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “If she wants help, let her repent her sin. You are never to go to that place again, Katherine. I forbid it.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I almost gasp: he’s said a forbidden word. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z At that time, a meeting of all prisoners in the single cells was something that was expressly forbidden. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My gaze rests on her wardrobe, on the drawer she forbade me to open my first morning here, a rule she continues to remind me of regularly. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But with the iron word forbidden tolling like a heavy bell by his ears, Turner would not let himself be brought to Malaga. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z You can’t forbid people to be born— at least not yet. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z That was just like my mother to let me have a drum and then forbid me to drum it, ba-bam, ba-bam, in any significantly inspired way. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “They agree with me. It’s nonsense for you to hunt with the men. You’re only causing trouble, and I forbid it.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z With the infinitive, use forbid: She was forbidden to go. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dark Lord has forbidden me to speak of it,” Narcissa continued, her eyes still closed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Simon Bass had informed me that, because many considered the world of the theatre immoral, women were forbidden by law to act upon the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “I forbid you to make a sortie today.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Didn’t even have to put a cent on credit, which Papa used to forbid. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z If we continued to disappoint him, he warned us, we’d be put on restriction and forbidden to leave the Academy at night. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, the law would forbid Germans from listening to foreign news or other “impure” or “un-German” broadcasts. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z After the meal, I snuck out to the forbidden part of the property where the servants' families lived in their little shanty shacks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They were searching cars for anything they claimed was forbidden by Islam. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z This was an old inmate joke, as they were forbidden to have cash. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When Bull Connor, Birmingham’s commissioner of public safety, heard about the upcoming protests, he obtained a court order forbidding the marches. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She had file feeling that being on the roof was forbidden, though no one had actually said so. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He told Dorothy of his idea, hoping she would forbid it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z "I forbid it. You were out all last night." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z You remember how Mrs. Peterson forbade the use of the word very in book reports because very was fine for fourth graders, but too lazy for fifth graders. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z And it was forbidden to spank, thrash, cuff, smack, or whip a prince. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z And he did nothing except to forbid them to enter her courts and when he saw them they did not, but when he did not see them they ran in and out secretly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The jeep trails do not cross it, nor even go close to it, for the mountains around it are forbidding, too steep and rocky even for jeeps, and are covered with thorny thickets. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Her sisters and brother were persecuted by the police, and the authorities attempted to forbid anyone in her family from living with her. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She continued either delirious or lethargic; and the doctor forbade everything which could painfully excite her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Within those crumbling walls, slavery and the slave trade were still forbidden. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jasón’s father had forbidden Jasón to talk to the Indian, he had beaten him, he had tried in every way to keep Jasón from the Indian. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Father has forbidden him to keep up the practice and Margot has stopped correcting the letters, but I think it won’t be long before he starts up again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Grandma forbade me to send them more than a polite thank-you. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At night, wonderful and mysterious things began happening in this place, but since I was forbidden to be out after dark, I missed them all. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He always forbade baby talk in the presence of Anne or any of his subsequent offspring. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The forbidding complex of twenty buildings employed 7,000 people; by some estimates, the Stasi archives contained more than one billion documents describing the vast network of spies and informers cultivated over four decades. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They turned and passed under the low forbidding arch. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The red walls of the Inner City loomed tall and forbidding, and every gold-studded gate door was guarded by at least two soldiers, their silver armor reflecting in the hot sun. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I was still allowed to go to church events, but he forbade me from doing anything related to the movement. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z A certain island has a law that forbids anyone from removing its fruit. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Now and then the darkness was punctuated by an orange glow as Chuck Day took another drag on a forbidden cigarette. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Hurley sarcastically parried Neylan’s questions about his associations with liberal organizations while Latimer quietly seethed at the injustice of a proceeding based on hearsay and FBI files that the accused was forbidden to see. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The new race laws forbid colored men and women from setting foot on North Carolina soil. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Athena gave a chest in which she had put the infant to the three daughters of Cecrops, forbidding them to open it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary could remember the days after the assassination when her parents forbade her and her seven siblings from leaving the house because just outside their windows a war was unfolding. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z In February, Dad got the letter from the Government forbidding him from trying to grow anything indoors. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z As April pointed out, no one had forbidden them to visit Egypt on Halloween night. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It had loomed in my memory as a huge lone spike dominating the riverbank, forbidding as an artillery piece, high as the beanstalk. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z For me, like liquor and coffee, they are forbidden. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She never touched the forbidden foods—coconuts, com, or anything red—and covered the one mirror in her house with a sheet, as she was prohibited from seeing her own image. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “If Aron had talked to me, I might have tried to persuade him against it, but I wouldn’t have forbidden it. You know that, Lee.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Other kids give him a hard time because heaven forbid if you’re a boy and you have a habit of crying when you’re sad. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “I forbid you to go out that way, too I” “Idiota!” the kid sister called back at him with dignity after she had flounced past. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I raced to find David, and together we sprinted into the central city to the forbidding building. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Good points in him, good points in him,” said Cousin Raymond; “Heaven forbid I should deny good points in him; but he never had, and he never will have, any sense of the proprieties.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Apart from inmates smoking in their cells, smoking was generally forbidden indoors. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the process of trying to wash out Ammu’s forbidden kohl, they had smudged it all over their eyes, and on the whole looked like three raccoons trying to pass off as Hindu ladies. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But we little know until tried how much of the uncontrollable there is in us, urging across glaciers and torrents, and up dangerous heights, let the judgement forbid as it may. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s councils for this and councils for that; there’s talk of reviving the Office of Inquisition, God forbid. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z We were forbidden to enter the lavatory, let alone use it, unless accompanied by an adult. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Though it was forbidden to look back while the lodges were burning, I could not resist. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In assemblies, Reverend Harris always wore a forbidding expression and was not given to levity of any kind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Was she also to be forbidden to see all others, even her sisters so dear to her? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z No listening to forbidden broadcasts, with certain exceptions, i.e., The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Grandmother had always forbidden the saying of that word. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z But as her sister I could take her place, an option forbidden to our mother. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z To that she emphatically said “God forbid!” and no more. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “From the old forbidden books. The Premature Burial. And the others. The Pit, the Pendulum, and the ape, the chimney, the Murders in the Rue Morgue. In a book I burned, yes!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The elders forbade such goings-on—while at the same time expecting them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When the young men serenaded only the flute was forbidden. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Or: Ken is as obnoxious as Midge. forbid. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He slid into the singing of the green part now, melodic and soothing, a relief after the frigid destruction that had made his voice harsh and forbidding. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, my, yes. Heaven forbid you be embarrassed! Why, the next thing you know, the men would stop shoveling coal for you!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She sucks her teeth, because even saying such a thing—heaven forbid. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Not the women who were forbidden to walk the streets of their own towns. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Instead, they were dark and forbidding, empty, hard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I would not have you give words or time to Lord Hamlet henceforward,” he said in a hard, cold voice that forbade me to defy him again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z That his father now knew he was reading forbidden books and was not going to try to stop him? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Blow spiders! What’s the use of spiders? There isn’t anything in them to eat or”—he stopped suddenly, as though reminded of a forbidden topic. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I would reply that for as long as meaningful contact between the races was forbidden by law, the stereotypes each race had of the other would persist. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Kayode spent every vacation in his parents’ house in England, which looked large and forbidding in the photos Ifemelu had seen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Nazis have forbidden us from photographing them, and even if most of us wanted to, film is hard to come by. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z "She forbade him to fight, in front of his brother, his knights, and half the court. Tell me truly, do you know any surer way to force King Robert into die melee? I ask you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was forbidden to cross it without special permission, and she had no idea what lay beyond, on the other side. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In the moonlight, the forbidding buildings of Blackcliff are almost beautiful, the sable granite softened to blue. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There were rumors, likely untrue, of citizens who had swum across, or even made their way across the high, forbidden bridge and disappeared into the unknown lands beyond. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Pride forbid, and whenever the longing grew very strong, he fortified his resolution by repeating the words that had made the deepest impression—“I despise you.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z They were a frivolous couple, with no other worries except going to bed every night, even on forbidden days, and frolicking there until dawn. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Or—heaven forbid!—for the darkly handsome, brooding, and extravagantly wealthy master of her own household. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The old man's expression was no longer quite so forbidding as he inspected Mo. “How extraordinary. You must be really keen on the book,” he murmured. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z After those arrests, a local circuit court judge, James A. Hare, issued an injunction forbidding public gatherings of more than three people. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “In his night-shirt he chased the Sister on duty and absolutely forbids anyone at all to go near his bed. Yesterday he got up and went to wash in the coal-box.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z That they shall pay a fine of forty shillings each, and that they be forbidden hereafter, on certainty of thirty lashes at the whipping post, to enter the boundaries of the township of Wethersfield. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Is he afraid that she’ll see he was looking at the forbidden book? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If only Mother hadn’t forbidden me to tell about the curse. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But that implied that God was not omnipotent—a forbidden thought in Christian theology. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As I have already mentioned, I found solitary confinement the most forbidding aspect of prison life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After the meadows they had left, this was a strange, forbidding land. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If one forbade her to sleep beyond dawn, another insisted she remain in bed till noon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Those who dared to follow that road came soon to the black Dimholt under Dwimorberg, and the menace of the pillar of stone, and the yawning shadow of the forbidden door. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z And now, we would be forbidden from going to school. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z So the road went humbly by and made its way, past cottages more and more frequent but less and less forbidding, into the village. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Naturally Lyra was eager to fly with him, and naturally it was forbidden; but she rode with him on the way there and pestered him with questions. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z A door stood slightly open, showing a dark and forbidding interior. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You may know,” he went on, “that my city was ever forbidden to faranji. ‘ Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Because there are mysteries. Because there are things that people are forbidden to speak about. Because there are things they do not remember.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Her father had forbidden her to come ashore, but whenever Theon came to Lordsport he spied her wandering forlornly about the deck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z As an alternative, you can use forbid with an ing word alone: I forbid spitting. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Sefia wanted to thank her, but the stony silence of the room was forbidding, so she only nodded back. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It was as simple as that we forbade, she insisted, we lost. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, he was a man of some six feet three inches, and his countenance, though reassuring while one knew he was intent on obliging, could seem extremely forbidding viewed in certain other contexts. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Nicholas, husband and father, homeowner in England, spoke with a soberness so forbidding that it was almost comical. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Catholic Church forbade its young people to join the Hitler Youth. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t quite bold enough to use the forbidden curse word aloud, but I thought of it several times quite happily as I made my way up the path and to Auntie Braxton’s house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In some, the women were prostrated as if—God forbid this thought—in sujda for prayer. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Mountain Dew was forbidden, and our speech was monitored for the slightest hint of a Raleigh accent. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z All these years of wondering about the forbidden drawer, and it’s just a bunch of junk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet, in the bright sun of morning, the Institute didn’t seem such a forbidding place, not as menacing as they’d imagined; in fact the whole island was rather lovely. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Though forbidden, living contraband kept finding its way into cells. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No outsider,” he told his foes, “has ever set eyes on the forbidden city. And as long as I draw breath, none ever will.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We were forbidden to sit down or to move. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z They longed to marry, but their parents forbade. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Amari had often imagined new patterns for the cloth, and longed to join the men at the long looms, but girls were forbidden to do so. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z With April, a walk to the library could become an exploration of a forbidden land, or a shiny pebble on the sidewalk could be a magic token from an invisible power. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z We are forbidden to give the Indians muskets or swords, but Captain Smith is giving them cannons? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They approached the forbidding wall of blue metal, and their reflections stepped forward to meet them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He didn’t actually forbid us to peel our apples or waste the cores, but he kept referring to the matter so as to let us know that he had noticed what we were doing. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z A starving Greek community defies Nazi soldiers by hanging out thousands of forbidden national flags. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z We children were forbidden to wander this coal shed area ever since the time Mundín and I had set off a firecracker just as the miniature general paraded by with his nursemaids. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z His aunt and uncle never spoke about them, and of course he was forbidden to ask questions. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z And once I was in the house I was forbidden to step outside or open the door for strangers. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When I explained to Mami why I came home with a torn uniform and bruises, she made it clear that I was forbidden to fight in school. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Tyrion would gladly have kept her with him, but his lord father had forbidden it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The woman turned to the stove and began throwing things in a pot, while Lucas sat down next to Hazel and forbade her from putting her head on the table. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z God forbid there was any hint, on paper at least, that race had been a factor in the negotiations. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe part of him had been secretly hoping his parents would forbid him to go, would lock him in the attic and keep him as their little boy forever. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Even when Regulus made laws forbidding the pagan religion and compelling people to be Christian for their own good, they kept to the old wicked ways. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The Nazis forbade American swing music and jazz and other music considered “un-German.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Of course, corporal punishment was forbidden in the schools. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He owned a sharp pocketknife—which I had been forbidden to touch— and sat for long hours in the sun, whittling, whistling quietly, or maybe, if he was feeling well, humming some strange tune. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But I was forbidden to go in, for all my yearning at the door. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As a unit, the girls turned to gaze at the forbidding expanse of jungle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Yes, Master,” said Kreacher, bowing low again: Harry saw his lips moving soundlessly, undoubtedly framing the insults he was now forbidden to utter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It is forbidden to cross to the opposite bank. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She performed forbidden aerial stunts over the airfield when she returned from a mission and got away with it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He went ahead and said the forbidden things and did them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Especially high against me it stood, strange and forbidding, although why this should be I could not think, finally putting it down to my imagination. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But he had to, because if he told, they’d forbid him to go back. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z The first stop was Nishuane, the elementary school, an imposing and forbidding structure of dark red brick. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The scientists were forbidden to ever refer to uranium or plutonium by name. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When he asked for permission to publish articles about the early history of code breaking, the NSA forbade him to do any such thing. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Do you often give forbidden tours of your employer’s house?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Though it was a forbidden love, still he felt it to be the worthiest thing about him, and the purest, and the deepest. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The trail maintainers in Maine have a certain hale devotion to seeking out the rockiest climbs and most forbidding slopes, and of these Maine has a breathtaking plenitude. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The only thing he knew for certain was that the law forbade the Trunchbull to hit him with the riding-crop that she kept smacking against her thigh. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z They were forbidden on pain of beating to drink or make noise or to fall in love with anyone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A fortnight passed before Littlefinger was strong enough to leave Riverrun, but her lord father forbade her to visit him in the tower where he lay abed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I sat thinking of Aunt Addie, her stern face, her forbidding nature, her caution, her restraint, her keen struggle to be good and holy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The reason the ravine is forbidden to us is not the dead people but the men. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z "Rakharo, go forth and look on the rest, and tell me what you find. Take good men with you—and women, to go places where men are forbidden." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Although the one ritual they do have to celebrate womanhood is so bloody and painful, I forbid Olivia to even think about it. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sam wanted to go up on the wall, but his parents had forbidden it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I am forbidden to sing water monster songs,” Wind Being said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z All persons are forbid harboring or trusting said runaways... Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Tell, rather than write, because I have nothing to write with and writing is in any case forbidden. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Telescoping antennas were forbidden, be-cause they might be turned into “zip guns.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you going to forbid me from writing?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z They saw the kid, cool times ten, stretch out on the forbidden steps and open his book to read. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The Reverend forbade us to observe any ritual over which he was not asked to preside, but twice, at night, I slipped out to spy on the funerals. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Jane, I don’t like cavillers or questioners; besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. Be seated somewhere; and until you can speak pleasantly, remain silent.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Sitting there, her hands deep in the forbidden pleasure of her hair, she noticed she had not removed her heavy work shoes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But maybe if our parents hadn’t forbidden us from seeing each other, I wouldn’t have needed to steal her away like I did in the first place. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how long he plans on keeping you here. He’s forbidden any visitors.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Grandma India would hand me the receiver with a scowl on her face, but neither she nor Mother Lois forbade my talking with him. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The British had forbidden the General Court to meet, but the Massachusetts men had merely changed the name of their legislative body and gone on sitting. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that behind the forbidden door, he kept his records of what I did. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The woods were deathly still, more forbidding than I had ever seen them—green and black and stagnant, dark with the smells of mud and rot. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I quickly realized the vast difference between choosing not to go to school for a day or two and being forbidden to ever attend. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “You can participate in the march,” he said, “but don’t go into that church. It’s forbidden.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The blissful feeling of being alone with the forbidden book, in a room with no telescreen, had not worn off. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “I forbid you to ask him, Fred. No, don’t you dare. As though he needs reminding of that on his first day at school.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Although our mothers forbade it, we also played around the railroad tracks. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I would not have been embarrassed, but I knew that Cassius would have been forbidden to associate with me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Cape pigeons often darted and flitted around the boat, but the men couldn’t bring themselves to kill the friendly birds, and ancient superstition forbade them from killing the albatross that still followed majestically above. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I disappeared on long walks through forbidden streets, free of Mami’s vigilance. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Real men didn’t read poetry—and God forbid they should ever write it! The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Anyone so freaked out by a puny fake wasn’t capable of handling a real alligator, especially in the forbidding darkness of a Travelin’ Johnny. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z These were all side effects of forbidden magic. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Prior to that time, Jefferson had remained a forbidden subject. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Me loves Parpar,” said the artful one, preparing to climb the paternal knee and revel in forbidden joys. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Their shipmates would gladly have killed him, but the captain forbade it; a fighter was always worth good silver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Maybe they’re afraid to get too close to someone who might actually hug them, heaven forbid. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Janie loved the conversation and sometimes she thought up good stories on the mule, but Joe had forbidden her to indulge. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Inside the kitchen the small bodies squirmed on the hard benches, and eyes strayed from the primers to gaze through the door at the forbidden sunshine. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z This was forbidden: Inmates had to use headphones. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Duels in sorcery are forbidden to us, and well you know it. Let this cease!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z For the second time in three short days—though they seemed many more than that—she was about to do something which she knew would be forbidden. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The law forbade taking any of the shards, which seemed particularly absurd, considering they were smack in the middle of a bomb and missile range, bound to be hit and destroyed eventually. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Anywhere but prison, there would have been somebody snapping photos—Sing Sing forbade it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Banda also forbade women to wear pants or dresses above the knee. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z The storeroom yielded nothing more except the tantalizing fragrance from boxes and kegs all sealed and forbidden him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I was stronger now, but Rufus had forbidden me to get up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z But the military forbade them from serving with whites, deeming them mentally deficient for the rigors of combat. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z When they were all small, it had been their favorite place to play, partly because the narrow opening made it feel forbidden, and partly because it was so strange. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He is as gleeful as a child who has gotten away with something forbidden. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Lot was angry about the journey and wished to forbid it, but she knew how to deal with that The Queen drew herself silently out of bed, and went to her coffer. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Fourth Amendment, the court reasoned, forbids the police from seizing people and searching them without some individualized suspicion that they have committed or are committing a crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Writing was as forbidden as dark rouge on the cheeks or a first date before eighteen. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The ancient lands were forbidden to modern demigods; the area was simply too dangerous. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And for traditional Hindus, leaving India and traveling on the ocean—it was called “crossing the black water,” the kali pana—was forbidden. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Now, a god cannot usurp another god’s symbol of power directly—that is forbidden by the most ancient of divine laws. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “You disobeyed a direct order. I told you to hang back! You know it’s forbidden to enter a human building without an invitation.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z She’s leaning on a windowsill talking to like five hundred guys at once, wearing the tight red ruffly dress she made that Mom forbade her from ever wearing out of the house. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He tried to explain to me that the rules forbade anyone but employees from staying in the place after sundown, but I didn’t let him finish. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His wife did not work; rumor had it that Mrs. Henry Pearson had been forbidden by her husband from holding a job. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z His second mistake was not forbidding us to play with the fireworks the other boys had brought, the way Mom would have done, and which, of course, was all we wanted to do. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z For now that they had reached the dead, forbidden town it was no longer a matter of “Last one there’s a girl!” or “First one gets to play Musician!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If he was not horrible to look at, then he was cruel to forbid her ever to behold him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "Please, Viserys. It is forbidden. Put down the sword and come share my cushions. There's drink, food ... is it the dragon's eggs you want? You can have them, only throw away the sword." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His broomstick was still rising higher and higher, and started to drift lazily toward the forbidden forest and out of sight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He seemed eternally indestructible as he sat there surrounded by danger, his features molded firmly into that same fierce, regal, just and forbidding countenance which was recognized and revered by every man in the squadron. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z From now onwards it was forbidden to sing it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I have to remind myself that he's still not used to the woods, that it's the scary, forbidden place beyond the fences of District 12. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Sir, are you forbidding me to fly any more combat missions?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Jethro was seeing in his mind’s eye gray-clad men standing side by side, forming a single line across miles of fields, hills, and rivers; grim, forbidding men except for one familiar face. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Either Pena had forgotten or—God forbid!— something terrible had happened to Nelson. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She must have kept it locked in the attic —the one room Frank was forbidden to explore. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Martial arts were forbidden by the rules, but these guys were so pointedly low- key, and the rule seemed to me so ill conceived, that I didn’t break it up. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I put down my broom and sat on the chair and flipped through the book, curious and excited, sensing this was something very forbidden. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Since that day, I have been forbidden from causing any more phone calls home unless I am burning alive with a fever or projectile vomiting. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z At the end of the distracted driving conference, Secretary LaHood announced that President Obama had signed an order forbidding federal employees from texting while driving during work hours. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z You can’t forbid someone to have an opinion, no matter how young they are! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “You also betrayed her and left the city when she forbade anyone from doing that,” he says, “and she sent people after you to stop you. People with guns.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Needless to say, the girl’s parents were livid, and after she was revived, they forbade her to see Tyger ever again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Mo had forbidden her to light candles at night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Folks informed on business rivals, ancient nemeses, and neighbors, recounting old conversations where the traitors had uttered forbidden sympathies. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Old dreams still burned with the power of their one night on earth, but burned deep and forbidden in regions denied to men. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Heaven forbid! That would be the greatest misfortune of all! To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! Do not wish me such an evil.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Even the ever-candid Adams recognized that this was the forbidden topic, the one piece of ground declared off-limits by mutual consent. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The search tells him Pyramus and Thisbe were lovers in a Greek myth, children of rival families, forbidden to be together. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z ‘Us giants is making whizzpoppers all the time! Whizzpopping is a sign of happiness. It is music in our ears! You surely is not telling me that a little whizzpopping is forbidden among human beans?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, underneath all the mathematics, Leibniz’s differentials still had the same forbidden 0/0 nature that plagued Newton’s fluxions. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The idea that the comics were forbidden added to their appeal. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Orion was under serious development in the United States until the signing of the international treaty that forbids the detonation of nuclear weapons in space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Passed to keep the United States from getting entangled in another world conflict, the acts forbade Americans to help other countries that were at war. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z "I was expressly forbidden to take you to court." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "It's forbidden for men to be alone with Belles outside the confines of beauty appointments, or to speak to them unless the conversation relates to beauty work." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “Last, there was a beautiful box, covered in gold and jewels, and this is very important—she was forbidden to open the box.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He didn’t mean, at least at first, to head on down to the shore, since Malaga was still forbidden. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z After political activity had been forbidden, he had more time for his business matters, and he calculated that, against all his predictions, he was going to die a very rich man. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Their noses wrinkling in disgust, yet enjoying their inclusion for the first time into this forbidden bacchanal, Karen and Matt watched each detail of the operation with the keenest interest. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Listening to foreign radio stations is forbidden," continues the newscaster. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Thus, if one is not permitted to grow such a crop on private premises by law, such pharmaceutical farming initiatives are forbidden. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Sure. Right. As if your parents haven’t forbidden you to see me.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z First of all, to please my father who had forbidden me to do so. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Fazlullah claimed that watching movies and TV shows was a sin because it meant that women would look upon men, and men would look upon women, who were forbidden to them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Just to make sure there was an easy way to get in trouble during Physical Training, too, the authorities had forbidden us to wear watches. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On her eighth birthday, Ethel’s father forbid her to play with Jasmine so as not to pervert the natural state of relations between the races. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Aunt Loma was not only mad at Camp, she was furious at Granny and Grandpa for not forbidding the marriage. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It was obvious that she still read forbidden books. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when I was at Grandma’s eating the forbidden cornflakes and milk, I’d ask Grandpa to tell me how he got off the mountain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Both the Army and the Navy were forbidden to engage in law enforcement. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She was rocking backward and forward slightly in her chair, exactly like Dobby did when he was teetering on the edge of revealing forbidden information. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Clearly not wanting to be seen, it walked as fast as possible toward the forbidden forest. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Some of the village-folk had lit a large fire, just to enliven things, and also because it was one of the things forbidden by the Chief. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Doing this hurt nothing, yet it was forbidden,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Hence when the latter faction gained the upper hand in a power struggle, it stopped sending fleets, eventually dismantled the shipyards, and forbade oceangoing shipping. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Jews were forbidden to visit Christians in their homes; Jews were required to attend Jewish schools, etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In most of these cases, abortion was not forbidden outright, but a woman had to receive permission from a judge in order to obtain one. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z When it came to war, gods were forbidden to interfere directly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Once, long ago, he forbade me to say out loud that I loved him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All those unbelievable but entirely possible stories about his father’s sister—the woman his father had forbidden him to go near—had both of them spellbound. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Our mother is so sure none of us would want to go near his house she hasn’t bothered to forbid it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Braavos had been founded by escaped slaves, and the slave trade was forbidden here. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “It undoubtedly involves,” said Dr. Calvin, “a problem of a forbidden sort. But The Brain is considerably different from Consolidated’s robot.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Norden bombsights were so secret that they were stored in guarded vaults and moved under armed escort, and the men were forbidden to photograph or write about them. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Pagers were strictly forbidden at the high school, which meant that all the cool kids now had them.“Meet me at the pay phone when you’re done, okay?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Suddenly, in the dark, it seemed dangerous and forbidding. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The High Hall of the Arryns was long and austere, with a forbidding cold-ness to its walls of blue-veined white marble, but the faces around him had been colder by far. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Running off with town children was a largely forbidden activity. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Well I was feeling rebellious, and there was something appealing about how forbidden it was, so she and I started dating. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Most of the day he spent out of the house, or up in the high tower, where the children were forbidden to go. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z For more about forbid, see page 61. graduated. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In those days, a ghost was anything we were forbidden to talk about. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Offerings are made to pictures of their grandparents and his father, rice poured into a pyre that they are forbidden by the management of the hotel to ignite. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In some places, rules were put in place forbidding the judges from speaking among themselves during auditions, so that one person’s opinion would not cloud the view of another. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z What if Mother told Dad, and Dad said, “No, no, that’s too much of a risk. I forbid it”? Luke wouldn’t be able to stand it. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z There were those strange rumours of old forbidden books hidden in a safe in the Controller’s study. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I had the fanciful notion that perhaps we had died in the fire, that we were all lost souls, forbidden to enter heaven. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He might even be grateful, gods forbid, and Tyrion could do with a shade more gratitude from his sovereign. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Ten thousand pounds! Heaven forbid! How is half such a sum to be repaid?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z What made him feel shy was the knowledge that the Director disapproved—disapproved and yet had been betrayed into doing the forbidden thing. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It forbade Germany to place soldiers in the Rhineland, a wide strip of unprotected German land that bordered France. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, he was just saying that music is forbidden. I know we don’t agree with that interpretation of Islam, but I couldn’t say anything to him,” Baba mumbles. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The laws of Ghalas-at forbade the making of weapons by women of the tribe, so I went out to search for any that might have been left behind. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And we all know how successful Strunk and White were in forbidding to personalize, to contact, and six people. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I crossed restlessly to the window and pushed back the long fluffy white curtains—which I had been forbidden to touch—and looked yearningly out into the empty street. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z When Ben returned the other players grinned at his obvious discomfiture at his father’s intrusion into the forbidden realm of the pre-game locker room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her father and brothers had forbidden her from going to school, but as soon as they left for the day, she snuck out. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Yes, Princess. It was Caesar’s orders when he heard that you’d forbidden us to draw his claws.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z This is ladies’ and we are all “ladies” here, forbidden, by storewide rule, to raise our voices or cuss. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Only one way to find out—unbind him—and that was forbidden. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The evangelist, by denouncing tribal religions, had entered the forbidden zone upon which my father stood guard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Casimir realized that the forbidden particle waves would affect the zero-point energy of the vacuum, since particles are everywhere winking in and out of existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The most they could do, however, was to lock away Harry’s spellbooks, wand, cauldron, and broomstick at the start of the summer break, and forbid him to talk to the neighbors. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Playing one parent against the other has always been strictly forbidden in this house. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Montag gazed beyond them to the wall with the typed lists of a million forbidden books. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z Zafoona murmured, “Oppression is the worst thing in Allah’s eyes. He forbade it not only for himself but also for us.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The last forty or fifty miles seemed particularly grim and forbidding, most of it being in die Strellon Game Reserve. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the warmth melted through into the cold concealed box where he stored forbidden thoughts, and the thoughts came timidly up to the surface like children who do not know whether they will be received. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “He stands at the brink of an unwanted war. He has much to occupy his time. Besides, he is forbidden to help you directly. The gods may not show such favoritism.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They crossed the cobbled courtyard and used the residents’ elevators to come upstairs, which was strictly forbidden by the cooperative’s bylaws. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z We stood and looked at the house, arrived but uncertain how to proceed, and it looked back at us neither inviting nor forbidding. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not part of the Irish mob, or whatever they’re calling themselves these days—or whatever they’re forbidding people to call them. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The beach was hours away by bicycle, forbidden, completely out of all bounds. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Maybe there’s some way we could forbid them to open the church again, because it’s unsafe or a health menace or something,” Bruno Martinez suggested unconvincingly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “That encounter is a frightening example of why the woods are forbidden. It could have been disastrous. You ventured toward a very hazardous area.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He knew how far they were from the nearest land; he knew when they had crossed the Antarctic Circle; he knew how many miles of forbidding ocean still lay between the crew and their home. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Gods forbid she ever had to break up with him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There’s something delightful about it, something naughty, secretive, forbidden, thrilling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z To back him up, the Venetian Senate officially forbade him to leave the Republic. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Occasionally, Angie joined us, but most of the time she remained sequestered in her pink room, listening to the music we were forbidden in the rest of the house. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He told her that Cofield was a con artist, and had her sign a document forbidding Cofield access to her family’s records. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z As for the sea, it looked rough, but to a landlubber the sea is always impressive and forbidding, beautiful and dangerous. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had already forbidden her to go about with her sisters, was he now going to keep her from accompanying a poor old woman to the doctor? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He ruled that the demonstrators had a legal and constitutional right to carry out that march, and that state and local officials were forbidden to interfere. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z They were not in the empty house at all; they were in Digory’s house and in the forbidden study! The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Her poster about the forbidden word had quietly disappeared from the bulletin board, and kids were not staying after school writing sentences anymore. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At first I stole a few moments out here, savoring them like forbidden delicacies. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Why, I owe at least a dozen pickled limes, and I can’t pay them, you know, till I have money, for Marmee forbade my having anything charged at the shop.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z We've been in the land of the free for four months and Ma continues to forbid me from going out alone. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She wanted to visit the saloon and find out what had happened, but Uncle Hoskins had forbidden her to come to the place. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have Hephaestus’s skill with metalwork or—gods forbid— Dionysus’s way with vine plants. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It was like gazing in at a window, from the cold outside, at a forbidden room she could never enter again. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “It’s elementary grammar. The human specifically stated that entry was forbidden as long as he was alive. That’s tantamount to an invitation when he’s dead.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But he knew even before the scythe forbade them that such a pursuit could not end well. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Low, overcast skies made the forests as forbidding as he remembered them. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Looking at the Map of Days, even the places that sounded most forbidding evoked in me a strange longing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z As punishment, the Soviets wanted Germany to pay high reparations and to be forbidden to rebuild their factories and farms. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Even though the doctor kept their secret, fire was still forbidden. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad had always forbidden us to use that word. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z War prisoners apart, the average citizen of Oceania never sets eyes on a citizen of either Eurasia or Eastasia, and he is forbidden the knowledge of foreign languages. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Fear at the enormities of the forbidden kept her desires delicate, wire and bone. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought this sort of thing was strictly forbidden,” I say. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But the jungle had been too forbidding, and the girls had stayed close to the beach. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “He was careful and devious, and I bet you anything he used forbidden magic.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Furthermore, the treaty forbade an Anschluss, or “union,” between Austria and Germany, even though a large population of ethnic Germans lived in Austria. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “If I forbid them to carve stone or lay bricks, the chandlers, the weavers, and the goldsmiths will soon be at my gates asking that they be excluded from those trades as well.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The laws forbade them from employment in certain professions, denied Jewish children an education, and made marriage between Jews and Aryans illegal. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It looked forbidding, though I knew that was nonsense. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His grimness forbade any comment as he stalked across the yard behind the coffin. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z They forbade traditional songs and music, exterminated entire clans, and brutalized survivors. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Knowing that the road was forbidden to him, because of his poor sight and habit of walking stolidly in the middle, he had found a short cut across the intervening fields. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The gods presented her with a box into which each had put something harmful, and forbade her ever to open it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘No, I forbid you, Johnny. You’re going to stay right here and help Cilia and me look after this house.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d never “gotten a coffee” before—I’d never even tasted coffee, because it is forbidden by the church—but I followed them across the street and into a café. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His teacher forbade him to swim in the pool with the other students, saying, “We won’t go into the pool with a half-Jew.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was as if God had given Adam a nice little laboratory in Eden, but then forbidden him from peering over the walls of the garden. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Somehow—God forbid the volunteer should question how—a miracle had occurred. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And I’d snapped back that I could care less if Howard yelled at me, which is a difficult sentiment to fully convey without access to the forbidden four-letter words. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She had rebuffed the Indian men she wasn’t interested in, and she had been forbidden as a teenager to date. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Someone half clever might dub you Pitch or Scuttle, ill-favored names. Or Slate, a sedentary name. Heaven forbid you end up Blackie, that’s an ill-fitting name for a prince like you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The dress code at my school forbade cosmetics. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z All forms of stealing are forbidden in District 12. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z No food, no coal, everyone forbidden to leave their homes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z How the Queen forbid it, but she married him anyway. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Your business with the tsar is to explain to him why you’re trespassing on a forbidden road.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I had tried to write him in prison, but regulations forbade prisoners from corresponding with each other. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The last time we forbade them, look what happened!” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I loved a man who was forbidden to me. I enjoyed his caresses, then married him in secret. He renounced me and now he is dead. All of my family is dead.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was as though she had spoken words that were forbidden, words that she had hidden within herself for a long time and now would be repressed no longer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z This man had just declared our peaceful sanctuary forbidden by the Floly Quran. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My name isn’t Offred, I have another name, which nobody uses now because it’s forbidden. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z A bell tower rose from the long roof, making the building seem even taller and more forbidding. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z To me the illusions and fantasy of the movies were the stark reality of a world I was forbidden to enter. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And its hills are loftier, craggier, more difficult and forbidding than Vermont’s. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The Baudelaire children listened to his heavy footsteps go up the stairs to the tower they were forbidden to enter. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “This is a restraining order forbidding you from working at T. J. Raney High School.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The next week I bit back my tongue as we entered the store with the forbidden candies. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z She was taken about a mile away, to a forbidding stone building that stood four stories high: the St. Louis Catholic missionary school, where she was left in the care of women in black-and-white habits. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z To Aeneas he sent this message, that he had a daughter forbidden by heaven to wed with any except a foreigner, and that he believed the Trojan chief was this man of destiny. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought again about the law that forbade women to make weapons. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Turner was not surprised the next morning when Malaga Island was declared a forbidden place, once again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Ironically, the same government that was telling us to embrace our culture in the homelands forbade Winnie from wearing a Xhosa gown into court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One morning in early 1967, during Suitcase’s tenure, we were preparing to walk to the quarry when Suitcase informed us that an order had come down from Major Kellerman forbidding us to talk. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For an African American living in the Deep South in the 1960s, voting was not just a forbidden act, it was a dangerous act. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Even his gleaning rampages were not forbidden by anything but custom and tradition. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Heaven forbid they leave up the giant turkey display for even a minute longer. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She still did lip service to the old ways, while herself nibbling away at forbidden fruit. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He was just about to forbid him to set foot on the property when Clara convinced him that this was hardly the time to place his political enmities before the peasants’ Christian fervor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A flashlight was forbidden because it might look suspicious to outsiders. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Something had to happen to forbid my going, but it didn’t. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The agreement permitted Catholics to practice their faith, but it forbade activities that the Nazis considered to be functions of the state. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z My sister forbade me to have a first-period class, because she refused to drive me to campus at the crack of dawn, and I dutifully obliged. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her—the light which, showing the way, forbids it. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z His brother had given him three cages of ravens too, so Kerwin could send back word of their voyaging, but Victarion had forbidden him to loose them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z New and regal houses were springing up all over town, each following strict style regulations and a color code, and bound by a ninety-nine-year covenant forbidding resale to anyone not approved by the neighborhood. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It is very rare that we would have boys in this camp. Boys are usually forbidden to have any contact with the Hunters. The last one to see this camp . . .” She looked at Zoe. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “From now on,” Nately declared sternly to his girl friend, “I forbid you to have anything to do with that wicked old man.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But these state-based deliberations quite naturally tended to focus on local or regional interpretations of the Constitution’s rather elliptical handling of the forbidden subject. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I can only eat junk food in secret because it’s forbidden in our house. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I sometimes considered hanging a shingle outside my cell, because I was spending many hours a week preparing judicial appeals for other prisoners, though this was forbidden under prison service regulations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s also our secret place, because Papi forbids us to go up there for obvious reasons: we might fall to our deaths. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Milo, I forbid you to fly any more combat missions,” Colonel Cathcart declared in a tone of stem and inflexible authority. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Seconds later, the wagon door swings open, and the forbidding walls of Blackcliff are before me, their oppressive weight driving the hallucination from my mind. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Later, the Nazis expanded the law to exclude Jews from German schools altogether and then forbade them from attending any school at all. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was forbidden to play the flute at night. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She felt that if she preached against it, the children, unpredictable individualists that they were, might consider drinking forbidden and fascinating. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t inconsolable; he was sick with forbidden magic and unable to perform all the Uncle’s duties because he wasn’t as strong as him. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “No, and you’re forbidden to get one. No parents allowed. You guys already took over Facebook.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z In the gloom they heard the hiss of Wormtongue’s voice: ‘Did I not counsel you, lord, to forbid his staff? That fool, Háma, has betrayed us!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “You heard Reyna talking about the ancient lands. They’re much too dangerous. Roman demigods have been forbidden to go there for generations. Even Octavian couldn’t get around that rule.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The baby’s father was forbidden to see her, since she had not “healed” yet, and she spent some dark lonely hours along with the joyous ones with the baby. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond, glimpsed through a canopy of leaves, is a long view of gorgeously forbidding blue mountains. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Socializing with Jews was strictly forbidden for all German citizens. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z District 13 strictly forbids any production or consumption of intoxicating beverages, and even the rubbing alcohol in the hospital is kept under lock and key. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z I wonder for a minute what he thinks about this journey of mine, especially since Islam forbids cremation. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And any books on previous impossible tasks were housed in a forbidden section, which you needed special permission to access. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z "Do you hear me? I forbid it. This hatred can't last forever." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The Court had repeatedly made clear, though, that the Constitution does not require that racial minorities and women actually serve on juries—it only forbids excluding jurors on the basis of race or gender. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand this, Katherine. I forbade you — you understood it perfectly — to go to that woman’s house.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It was still beautiful, certainly, but there was a forbidding quality to it, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In a dark, forbidding chamber known as the Chapel of Evil, I found thousands of gold and silver coins hidden in the pews, right where they were supposed to be. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “And if I am to go toe-to-toe with witches using forbidden magic, I’m going to need it.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Once again the slaves were forbidden to sing “Go down, Moses,” the song with the sound of thunder in the chorus: “Let my people go! ” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z On Monday, civil rights attorneys asked federal judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. to issue an injunction, forbidding the state of Alabama to interfere with Tuesday’s planned march. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z That tickled him, and he said, “In another country I may tell you other lies. But I thought you were forbidden to teach your mind-science to...the natives, until we join the Ekumen.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, I don’t know why, I had been aware of that sick, unhealthy feeling I had experienced as a child when turning the pages of a forbidden book. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Can I take it all back and forbid Bing from joining my father on the ledge? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I forbid you to take another thing out of this house! Starting tomorrow, you’ll have your own bank account, for pin money,” he said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You were forbidden to look up from your work, and you were forbidden to talk. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z We were forbidden by sharp orders to laugh at this astounding entertainment. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He strictly forbade his boys from smoking, cursing, or drinking, though he was known occasionally to do all three himself when safely out of sight or earshot of his crews. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Felicia was forbidden to visit my house but she did anyway. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she officially forbade us to hang out with Styx. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z If Mother had not forbidden it, Arya would gladly have taken the wolf with her to needlework. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He often invited us to his house to swim, especially since Birmingham’s public pools forbade black youth from using them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And then, abruptly, they were out of the trees and coming over the crest of a hill, passing between great stone pillars that framed a tall and forbidding black iron gate. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The truck drove off at once—the men seemed eager to get away, or perhaps they were forbidden to show themselves around the civilized halls of El Patron’s mansion. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We do some pieces from our repertoire and, now that we're alone, some forbidden composers, too. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I ate the same food that was cooked for all the miners, and I had forbidden the drinking of alcoholic beverages within the mine. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He limped for weeks, and was forbidden from seeing Brother Cyrus, who’d grown so agitated by his visit that he’d had to be sedated. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “You want to strike it, don’t you? Go on—it’s not forbidden.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It wasn’t halal, which meant it was forbidden in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The job is unpleasant and forbidding in at least two significant ways: the likelihood of violence and the lost opportunity of having a stable family life. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “And furthermore, I forbid you to tell anyone about what happened! You understand?” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d only come up now to get a book since his grandma had forbidden handheld computer games from her house. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Playing cards, playing chess, gambling, and kite flying are forbidden. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Randall forbade religion on his plantation to eliminate the distraction of deliverance, and churching never interested her once she came to South Carolina. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z When the Greek soldiers at Aulis came to get Iphigenia where she was waiting for the summons to death, her mother beside her, she forbade Clytemnestra to go with her to the altar. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Writing books, watching films, and painting pictures are forbidden. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z This was the Ofesi Boozing Centre, a forbidden and therefore fascinating place. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He was highly popular, and I found that he took the familiar department of Mr. Jaggers’s business; though something of the state of Mr. Jaggers hung about him too, forbidding approach beyond certain limits. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Therefore the Supernatural World Congress forbids the Bureau from ever seeking out the key. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Playing in the street was discouraged and often forbidden and if you did manage to slip out, “Get your butt in this house before dark,” she would warn, a rule she enforced to the bone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not surprised when his father—and his mother—repeated the word forbidden four times during breakfast. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Mrs. Norkus had forbidden Herbert to join the Hitler Youth, calling it “too dangerous.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Howard was driven by image; Smith remained the Lone Plainsman, forbidding and solitary. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have to forbid yourself from thinking that your plane will end up the same way. You concentrate on a successful mission.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The quiet moments, when we were allowed to talk about forbidden things. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It didn’t look terribly forbidding—these weren’t the Himalayas—but it didn’t look like anything you would particularly want to walk out into. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Strangely, “uncle” began visiting us in the daytime now, but when he came all the shades in the house were drawn and we were forbidden to go out of doors until he left. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z God forbid Ryan Cross walks by and gets the wrong idea. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z It gradually passed, and he’d explained that sending out search parties was forbidden, lest even more people be lost, but there was no mistaking the fear that had crossed his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The same year, Copernicus’s De Revolutionibus was placed on the Index of forbidden books. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I followed her and she beat me, but she did not use the wet towel; Grandpa had forbade that. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Corkhill ordered the jail warden to put Guiteau in a cell away from other prisoners and to forbid him from talking with the guards. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Finally he settled on the Skraeling, and said, “I beg your pardon. Have I asked about something it’s forbidden to know?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I forbade them to fall and they didn’t. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She hadn’t seen her mom in months—not since Zeus had closed the gates of Olympus and forbidden all communication with demigods. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Only when she saw her parents exchange shocked glances did she remember that she was strictly forbidden to go out alone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Slaves are forbidden from seeking treatment in the infirmary,” Izzi whispers from behind us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A sign on the door said cooking was strictly forbidden. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But that was the only time Bri escaped from the apartment, and Alex couldn’t find it in his heart to forbid her. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Imagine this girl, forbidden from training as either a scholar or a master artist because she is female. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z We were released provided we reported once a week to the police, and were forbidden from attending public gatherings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Had it not been for the tribal law which forbade children from intruding in adult conversations, I would have long said something, for I too had strong opinions about what was being discussed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to ask what Locke said to her when they were standing together, although that might be the exact sort of question she would forbid. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The dark wooden front door looked as forbidding as a tightly closed mouth, and Meggie involuntarily reached for Mo's hand as they approached it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z "There's a whole storeroom filled with forbidden books. Rows and rows of them." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “Listen, my sweet. When you were a little girl, were you ever forbidden to read certain books, and did your father put those books under lock and key?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Those kofun that have been excavated contain lavish burial goods, but excavation of all of the largest ones is still forbidden because they are believed to contain the ancestors of the Japanese imperial line. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Stop right there, sir! I forbid you to tell the boy anything!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Yes, but music is forbidden in Islam. It’s a waste of time and has no benefit. Instead of filling her head with music, she should focus on memorizing Quran.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “We must cleanse our spirits for their coming. We must forgo shifgrethor, forbid all acts of vengeance, and unite together without envy as brothers of one Hearth.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z The village nestled at the foot of a forbidding cliff in the curved elbow of an arm of land. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When the depths and dimensions of icy seas and forbidding jungles were cobbled together from rumors and legends and the wild-eyed ramblings of expeditioners who’d lost half their party exploring them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Everything in my stomach was rising up, but I forbade that too. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z He seemed to be searching for a reason to forbid her, or perhaps he was just exercising his power. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Osiris the Merciful forbid it! thought the boy. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Would this be the super-dangerous prophecy that has me in it, but the gods have forbidden you to tell me about?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z And now that the show is forbidden, an extra thrill runs through me at the theme song. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He loved sleeping on her bed, though her grandmother often forbade it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z They would forbid his entry, or his escape. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Their ways and accents often marked them as Californians, Europeans, Yankees, even, God forbid, “New York Jews.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z It’s forbidden for us to be alone with the Commanders. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, it was a message, and it was in writing, forbidden by that very fact, and it hadn’t yet been discovered. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I was forbidden to read any of the Latin volumes of history and song to which I had turned; forbidden to read narratives in English; forbidden often even the practice of my violin. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Turner ran to the shore every day now, the forbidden having been silently lifted—or at least not imposed. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Because each had discovered years before that they were neither white nor male, and that all freedom and triumph was forbidden to them, they had set about creating something else to be. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He forbade her to take a photograph of him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Many of the men were drunk on clotted mare's milk, yet Dany knew no arakhs would clash tonight, not here in the sacred city, where blades and bloodshed were forbidden. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Every nation seems to have its set of forbidden possibilities, which its citizenry and adherents must not at any cost be permitted to think seriously about. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “But you are not allowed to play Alice Cooper in my car. I forbid it.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Division by zero is forbidden by the logic of mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The Nazis struck the final blow to Jewish emigration in 1941 when they forbade Jews between the ages of eighteen and forty-five to emigrate. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She is the one spirit you are forbidden to see. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z But he refused to answer when addressed in English and forbade the speaking of English in his home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, it was forbidden, all right, but nobody loudtalked us that time. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t seem right that it was forbidden for her to protect herself. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “If—gods forbid!—something like that were to happen,” the queen continued, “you would find your friends’ weapons and supplies in the guard station next to the cells. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Harry S Truman High School, set on a slight incline, is a monument to utility, neither inviting nor forbidding. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Layers of forbidden makeup and dark glasses completed what I thought was the perfect disguise. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no rule explicitly forbidding exercise at such an hour, but it was not expected; ordinarily therefore Mr. Ludsbury would have disapproved. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z God forbid he hear about what people like me have to deal with on the daily. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “None of that, it is forbidden. I’d rather take coffee than compliments just now. No, don’t lounge, it makes me nervous.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z What made the escapades even more exciting was that my mother had forbidden my going to the river. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z And so, in the darkness and mist, Reynie picked his way alone through the forbidding hills. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Parents forbade their kids from going near him. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Her stepbrother had forbidden them from giving his name to the hospital, for fear that his mother would be notified. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Old and young, women and children, lame and hearty, they killed, as best they could, the tunnel they were forbidden to build. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In the woods, they built hideouts and sang forbidden songs, making up irreverent lyrics for the Hitler Youth songs. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Indeed, that very same year Congress passed a law forbidding Americans from being involved in importing slaves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Behind them rose the Wall: immense, forbidding, frigid, acrawl with builders pushing up a new switchback stair to join the remnants of the old. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Prosper had forbidden his brother to steal anything and he told him off very harshly every time he caught him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I can just see Dona Hita finding you, opening your covers, thinking she’ll discover a whole list of clients, and instead—Lord forbid!—snapping her eyes on the Nipples bomb. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t expect the Villac Uma would forbid the bird from joining me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It was forbidden for him to confide in her, and forbidden for her to pry. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Mr. Filch, the caretaker, has asked me to tell you that the list of objects forbidden inside the castle has this year been extended to include Screaming Yo-yos, Fanged Frisbees, and Ever-Bashing Boomerangs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Later that morning when the family sat down together for breakfast, I couldn’t believe that Mama was reading the paper over the breakfast table, something we were forbidden to do. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They overwhelmed him, not with fear—or, gods forbid, disgust—but with awe, and a prickle of dread. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The father of the boy who had urged me to sell the papers also found out their propagandistic nature and forbade his son to sell them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The unease grew, but there was little opportunity for speculation, which in any case was officially forbidden. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z For those to whom such transportation has been forbidden by the German authorities, it can also be reached on foot. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “We water monsters are forbidden from sharing our songs with humans,” Pond said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then, as she turned back into the Store, Bailey followed right on her footsteps to crouch in the shadows and listen for the forbidden gossip. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z They used to tie us to a tree, but that is forbidden now. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept thinking that if something happened to Milton, if he was wounded or, God forbid, if he didn’t come back—she would be somehow to blame. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "He forbade it. He did not want his enemies to know that he was dying. With the realm so troubled, he feared that if the Lannisters suspected how frail he was . . ." ". . . they might attack?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Helmuth tries to reason why reading a forbidden book might help someone else. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I dragged the hamper through, and now we v ere in forbidden territory. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Even as taxonomy—the classification of plant and animal species—flourished, inquiries into the origin of living beings were relegated to the forbidden sidelines. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In short order, the US Army, which maintains thousands of troops in South Korea, forbade its personnel from flying with the airline. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Molly’s parents know that Amy’s parents keep a gun in their house, so they have forbidden Molly to play there. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The illegal liquor is not secret and the secrets are not forbidden. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked distressed and gloomy; she was undoubtedly considering the difficult months and years ahead, of life on her own, raising two small children, in an often hard and forbidding city. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His coach had forbidden him to run hills on the mistaken but common belief that it would damage his heart, but Louie didn’t buy the warnings. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z A few days later, friends of Farmer’s found a homeless shelter for Joe, but of course the social workers had to remind Farmer that shelter rules forbade alcohol consumption. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z There’s something forbidden about the whole thing that makes the electric currents burn stronger, and I want school to be over forever so we don’t have to come here at all. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z At Thurmond, we weren’t allowed to touch one another, and we were beyond forbidden to touch one of the PSFs, but it didn’t mean that they couldn’t touch us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z God forbid Philip gets to dominate the news cycle for one week. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I stare into the foliage trying to will myself to rest, but the burns forbid it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Rowan almost made the mistake of giving the list of parameters to the Thunderhead and asking it for a subject—until he remembered that asking the Thunderhead for assistance was strictly forbidden for scythes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Though we were forbidden to speak anything but French, the teacher would occasionally use us to practice any of her five fluent languages. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Gitney, one night, called me away from my new duties serving refreshments in the parlor; he instructed that I was to come and see him in the forbidden chamber. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Given our custom, my father was forbidden to take back what he’d given away. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Blame Dylan. He told me I’m forbidden, especially on dates.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Mother must have felt guilty after the recital, because in the weeks that followed she searched for something else I could do, something Dad wouldn’t forbid. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Bobby couldn’t understand why the chief arbiter didn’t prevent this muttering, since it was forbidden by the rules, and he told the organizers that Tal should be thrown out of the tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z By summer 1938, the city parks have sprouted signs forbidding Jews to enter. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Every time we go, the owner forbids us to return. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His attempted poaching of Fermi succeeded only in provoking an outraged protest by Columbia to Bush, who forbade the move. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “About the— the—” Even now that she had made up her mind, she couldn’t quite bring herself to speak the forbidden word in the very courtyard of the corporation. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z So he focused on her apprentice armband to remind himself that hormonal responses were strictly forbidden. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “If we stop testing,” Lawrence declared, “well, God forbid ... we will have to use weapons that will kill fifty million people that need not have been killed.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A forbidden game to be sure, but Kira found herself puzzling over it often when Thomas wasn’t watching, and the puzzles had begun to explain themselves to her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I raise my hand, knock, on the door of this forbidden room where I have never been, where women do not go. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Overtures by anyone friendly to these groups—or, God forbid, members of one of them—received short shrift in the poor white sections of Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Martin had the Venezuelan pox, they told the Irish girl, caught from a tainted bag of feed, and the doctor forbid anyone to enter the house until it had run its course. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z With his eyes closed and his face gone slack, he seemed stern and almost forbidding. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyle goofed up and said one of the forbidden words: “Ketchup!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z I crossed my arms and waited for her tell me what my punishment would be, hoping she wouldn’t ground me and forbid me from going to Fall Fiesta. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I was not only forbidden to talk with the press, I was not even to teach in my own Mosque Seven. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The hitch was that Orpheus was forbidden from looking backward until he was clear of the dread god’s domain. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Most patients, whatever their condition, were forbidden to walk the few steps to the lavatory. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Federal courts were then forbidden to consider new evidence unless it was first presented to state courts. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z "I forbid you to leave this house again. You are still my child, Hannie." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Clever modernizations of old Colonial manses, extensions in Victorian wood, capacious Greek Revival temples lined the street, as impressive and just as forbid ding as ever. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Rations, reduced in December, were reduced again in February, and lanterns in the stalls were forbidden to save oil. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z No one forbade him, so he clapped again, loudly, four or five times and greeted each man politely. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He thrust it back, and it was driven to him again, and so up and down, to and fro, at least twenty times together, till Mr Mompesson forbad his Servant such familiarities. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “From now on,” Nately said to his girl, “I forbid you to go out hustling.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Is it so strange, then, that he is breaking his father’s rules and reading forbidden books? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Victarion had forbidden his men to bring any of the demonic creatures aboard ship, yet somehow half his fleet was now infested with them, even his own Iron Victory. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was constantly clashing with his superiors over what he saw as shoddy practices and corner-cutting, and sometimes broke company and union rules by doing work that he was contractually forbidden to do. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither beards nor slacks were forbidden, they said, although of course they preferred men to shave and wear their hair short, and women to wear dresses. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A hundred years ago there was a hotel on this bleak, forbidding spot, and its wind-worn foundations are still a landmark—I have seen it in photographs—but I have no recollection of it now. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Officials canceled his salary and forbade him to travel overseas. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Hitting was absolutely forbidden in Gregor’s house, and it had only taken Boots a few time-outs to realize it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “For many years, I have forbidden anyone from trying. We don’t know exactly what’s happened. Humanity seems to have lost the ability to host the Oracle.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He was forbidden to dance or attend movies. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He passed a small temple on the shore, where it was forbidden to go fishing. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He did not answer, and I was aware again of that feeling of discomfort, as though I had trespassed on forbidden ground. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then a county judge issued a five-day restraining order forbidding the governor from certifying the result. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z God forbid that we falter or recoil from performing our solemn duty. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Hera, enraged at this honor to her rival, persuaded the God of the Sea to forbid the Bears to descend into the ocean like the other stars. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Taylor tried to lead the way, but many of the girls ran scattershot for the forbidding jungle, scrambling over brambles, scraping their tender flesh against the prickly trunks of the palms. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z And Will said out of his experience, “Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids. We can try it anyway. What do you all think?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I passed by them to the forbidden door. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We were forbidden to go into her room to see it, but we were always sneaking back there to take a peek. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Representatives from the Deep South rose to express their outrage that the forbidden subject was again being allowed into public view. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z For good measure, she forbade Felicia to visit her best friend, Herminia, whose father everyone denounced as a witch doctor. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I should have specifically forbidden it. I forget how curious and daring children can be. And how resourceful. I would never have supposed you were capable of actually trapping one.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Women were forbidden to sing in Catholic churches so the competitive cardinals chose instead to mutilate children. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z To protect the insurance companies from bankruptcy, the Nazis forbade the Jews from filing insurance claims. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They live sequestered in a forbidden city in the deep interior, in the nucleus of the cell. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had ordered Naomi to stay at the table, too, but forbade her to touch the food her mother had served. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z People who plucked bluebells from the woods were vandals, he had forbidden it at Manderley. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z And what if it turned out that Granddaddy was—God forbid—wrong? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In ancient Greece, Pythagoras saw the peculiar behavior of waves that traveled up and down a plucked string—how certain notes were allowed and others were forbidden. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They were forbidden by his father, he said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I was actually forbidden to play with her because she was a gentile, but I’d sneak over to her house anyway and sneak her over to mine. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “After all,” Octavian told Hazel, “I might be able to help you. It would be a shame if those awful rumors about you kept circulating... or, gods forbid, if they turned out to be true.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I can’t have cash, which, God forbid, I would blow at a liquor store, but neither can I have any old food item that might appeal. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The day after Ophie opened the forbidden closet in Mrs. Caruthers’s room the old woman had the groundskeeper, Mr. Henry, add a padlock to the door. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The road through Welch, Dad told us, led only farther up into the wet, forbidding mountains and on to other dying coal towns. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Tyrion had wanted desperately to go with them, but his lord father had dubbed the voyage a “fool’s quest,” and forbidden him to take part. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The dark hazel eyes stared down at her, forbidding her to speak. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z At last a pair of heavy iron doors rose before them, rust-eaten and forbidding, closed with a length of chain whose every link was as thick around as a man’s arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Malaga Island was still forbidden, but he began to explore the paths into the woods above Phippsburg and to hike along the peninsula’s Kennebec shore and climb down to its barnacled rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z His master indeed forbade him from leaving his quarters on Sunday nights, for fear that in preaching of equality before the Lord on High, Isaac might incite riot on Earth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “When Chairman Mao invited the Red Guards to travel to establish revolutionary ties, my father forbade me to go,” she began. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, I thought, if I have not asked, it is because I have not dared; there is a look about you that is quelling, and your manner forbids such talk. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, I've never been on a train, as travel between the districts is forbidden except for officially sanctioned duties. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z We are forbidden to engage in any combative exercise with another tribute. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “From now on,” Nately ordered his girl firmly, “I absolutely forbid you even to speak to that disgusting old man.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As the afternoon wore on we could run into the forbidden places—the boys’ big yard, the boys’ playroom. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Mary Anne said, but she blushed with a forbidden pleasure at the compliment. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She had announced her arrival in the quarter by singing the forbidden spiritual—“Go down, Moses, ’way down to Egypt Land”—singing it softly outside the door of a slave cabin, late at night. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And now they knew why it was forbidden. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Somehow Matt knew the contents of the metal chest were forbidden. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d forbidden me from bringing my camera to work after I’d photographed an irate man with an eye patch and a peg leg. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Slavery is forbidden in Pentos, by the terms of the treaty the Braavosi imposed on us a hundred years ago. Still, they will not refuse you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In these highways of flying men, their tongue forbidden the people of the earth, all fat had been trimmed, all excess removed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt discovered the reason Tam Lin had forbidden him to swim at the oasis.That night he came down with the worst stomach flu he could ever remember. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was forbidden in his home, and he appreciated it as though it were his own private discovery. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Talking was forbidden in chapel, but he could sense the undercurrent. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She would forbid me even to touch its binding! Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I have not sung “The Hanging Tree” out loud for ten years, because it’s forbidden, but I remember every word. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Use forbidwith to, never with from: I forbid you to spit. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I explained about my memory; the time she had brought home her test paper hoping to get the dog, and how Matt had forbidden it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z But during the seventeenth century, musicians intrigued by the forbidden fruit opened up by chord sequences increasingly sought to be able to move from one mode to another. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I believe,” he went on, trembling, “that they are much closer to finding out exactly where the child is. They have other sources of knowledge forbidden to me.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In Bogotá, they discovered that once they could enjoy the forbidden fruit, they lost their appetite. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Cream is forbidden. I know. But”—he puts a forefinger to his lips—“there are ways around such things. Go on.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The weight of the geas slams down on me, and I know that if I tried to speak, my mouth wouldn’t be able to form those forbidden words. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The government forbade any trafficking in Indian antiquities and had given the priest a general concession, authorizing him to catalogue whatever he found and hand it over to the museum. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was forbidden not only by politeness, but by something deeper than that—something like shame. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Washington Observatory, William Lowell Putnam drily notes: “There may be worse weather, from time to time, at some forbidding place on Planet Earth, but it has yet to be reliably recorded.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Palmer stood on a chair and, cupping his hands, gently lifted his forbidden pet from the shelf. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Even worse, he knew his mother would forbid blues-playing of any kind. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z We’ve forbidden Margot to cough at night, even though she has a bad cold, and are giving her large doses of codeine. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “It’s out of my hands. They all think the ancestors sent you, and Garikayi has forbidden me to open the gate.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And travel between the two towns was forbidden. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z For after finding out who Lio was exactly, Mama had forbidden Minerva to bring him into the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “If she is, God forbid that she should suffer as guilty. She is to be tried today, and I hope, I sincerely hope, that she will be acquitted.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z This made it all the harder to understand why they should be roaming such solitary and forbidding country, he admitted. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s forbidden and dangerous; also it’s dark and the hillside will be slippery, I might have trouble climbing up again. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Telling our secrets in front of normals was strictly forbidden, even if they were so fantastic-sounding no one would believe them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The ad hoc village that would serve as our home for the next six weeks sat at the head of a natural amphitheater delineated by forbidding mountain walls. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The charred spars of sunken hulks sat in the shallows, forbidding access to the long stone quays. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I liked to pretend that if anyone heard me go out, I would be forbidden. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z To climb the grassy mound behind Uncle Cándido’s house and grab a pink pomarrosa from the scraggly trees that were forbidden to everyone but family members. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I can feel their bright black eyes on us, the way they lean a little forward to catch our answers, the women especially, but the men too: we are secret, forbidden, we excite them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “I forbid you to leave this room that wav,” he informed her. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Nor bad they been forbidden to talk after bedtime. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The happening no sixth grader could avoid, unless her parents forbade her to go. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He sat forward suddenly, opened his eyes, and said, “You may ask questions. I have so little experience in describing this process. It is forbidden to talk of it.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Heaven forbid that the clothes had a wrinkle. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z We were forbidden to go out at night, so instead of the camp latrines we had to use a barrel in the barrack if we had to go to the bathroom. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Once they had found out, they had been hexed with forbidden magic in order to go along with the Uncles’ schemes when they did not want to. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z I must not pour it all out like some imbecile and make him think I ask for pity, Amon forbid it! The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Also, we needed to use the Terraplane 8, which was strictly forbidden under an agreement with the Hudson Motor Car Company. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I think today if we forbade our illiterate children to touch the wonderful things of our literature, perhaps they might steal them and find secret joy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lord forbidding is pious, but not to the purpose,” returned Mr. Jaggers. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z "If the queen had a role in this or, gods forbid, the king himself . . . no, I will not believe that." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The Holy Scriptures do not forbid him to suppose as great a Multitude of Systems and as much inhabited, as he pleases. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Grandma had explained to us that by age six or eight, we would be separated by very strict lines forbidding us to ever speak to each other again, except if absolutely necessary. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z You’ll either have to forbid it, or trust me through thick and thin. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Black and forbidding it loomed above them, darker than the dark sky behind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She followed his gesture and found herself looking at the forbidden tower. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Xaro would have sold the crown too—the Thirteen would see that she had a much finer one, he swore—but Dany forbade it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z And though the solution to this mystery was, to my young mind, occulted, yet did 1 know where it lay: behind the forbidden door. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z That was the last that was ever heard from the forbidden city, the unseen city, the lost city, and this was the mystery that had opened Lazlo’s mind like a door. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z |
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