Sentence examples for forbidden works from inspiring English sources

Enlightened repressiveness gave spice to forbidden works, energized the avant-garde and made subcultures possible.

There were certain shelves, the ones with explicit comics by the likes of R. Crumb, that she was not allowed to browse, so she would dream up her own stories inspired by the covers of the forbidden works.

Danny, though, sneaks off to the library to read the forbidden works of Freud and others, gradually coming to reject the life his father wants to impose on him.

Both lawsuits cite the success of Azar Nafisi's best-selling "Reading Lolita in Tehran," about a group of women who met weekly in secret to read forbidden works of Western literature, and of "Persepolis," Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about growing up during the Iranian revolution.

Under their traditions, this expands the domain of the home, allowing certain otherwise forbidden "work," like pushing baby carriages, on the Sabbath.

"The forbidden work is far away from us, as far away as the seven seas," he said, looking east toward his old neighborhood.

Items that are usually forbidden work well to catch the child's attention, such as jewelry, a big brother or sister's toys or something new.

The tantalizing candidates for that slot include one of the most forbidding works in the modern repertory.

What brought the wrath of the radical right down on Senator Graham is that on occasion he breaks ranks with right wing orthodoxy and, heaven forbid, works with colleagues on both sides of the aisle on legislation.

Some companies have strict policies forbidding work during furloughs, or close down for days at a time.

I had what in Yiddish is known as the spilches, or ants in my pants, a restlessness that needed to be satisfied by activity, or, God forbid, work.