How to Use forbid in a Sentence

forbid

verb
  • I forbid you to go!
  • She was forbidden by her parents to marry him.
  • She was forbidden from marrying him.
  • The company's rules forbid dating among employees.
  • The museum forbids flash photography.
  • Wood and ground fires are forbidden in all sites.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 Jan. 2026
  • God forbid a Pixar film get a little gay with it!
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 June 2026
  • God forbid the propeller hit her in the head or neck.
    — David Chiu, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • There’s no tumor in my brain, God forbid.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
  • God forbid a child puts Yew needles or a branch in his or her mouth.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 16 June 2026
  • In those dark, forbidding days.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
  • But dad had no idea if his son was in the room, or heaven forbid, somewhere else.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
  • God forbid one of our boys gets killed because of this recklessness.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • God forbid a woman isn’t balled and chained to her partner and offspring.
    — Raven Smith, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Over the years, Panahi has been twice jailed in Iran and forbidden to film.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Most Chinese cuisines do use pork and shrimp, which is forbidden by kosher laws.
    — Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 8 Dec. 2025
  • But the pastor seems to know that merely forbidding corpse-killing is not enough to stop it.
    — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
  • But also God forbid someone tried to hurt your child, what would your wife do?
    — Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026
  • They were forbidden to talk about it, nor express their feelings.
    — Annika Pham, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Tesla didn’t forbid the hotels from charging, but most did not.
    — Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
  • In many cases, this is forbidden.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Cameras are forbidden in her court.
    — Dave Lieber mar. 5, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • God forbid that multiple people should speak at once.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And God forbid a woman is successful and doesn’t have a child.
    — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Not a strand of hair could show, and nail polish and lipstick were also forbidden.
    — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
  • The cuts would exempt school taxes and forbid cuts to law enforcement.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
  • For the next eight years, even the mention of slavery on the House floor was forbidden.
    — Time, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Corridors are silent as students are forbidden to speak with their peers.
    — Emma Bubola, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • But these staffers have been strictly forbidden from speaking publicly about the cuts.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Want kids, a house, a dog, two cars, daycare, God forbid a vacation?
    — Todd Robinson, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2023

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