Sentence examples for forbidding a from inspiring English sources

His surroundings are grim and forbidding, a Kabul prison thronged with desperate humanity.

This is as forbidding a potted character analysis as any I have read.

Her Marian initially registers as pinched and forbidding, a closed bud with no promise of opening.

"No one is forbidding a sportsman with a nontraditional sexual orientation to come to Sochi," Mutko said.

The stock exchanges then adopted their own rules forbidding a company from adopting dual shares after it listed.

The change would also remove a section forbidding a big business from "taking advantage" of its market power.

Or, heaven forbid, a saint?

Perhaps, heaven forbid, a state school graduate?

Heaven forbid a toy just be fun.

Mr. Glovinsky: "God forbid, a 'Lord of the Rings' fan".

What is the making forbidden a way of doing?