Sentence examples for it was taboo for from inspiring English sources

"It was taboo for a scientist to raise issues that were inconvenient to Saddam's government".

"It was taboo for the unmarried woman, but the other side of it was that, when you got married, you needed to wear makeup because you needed to look good for your husband," Mr. Chopra says.

Traditionally, it was taboo for black performers to play white characters: in this show, that's exactly that they do – by turns "benevolent", bungling, belligerent or frigid as dry ice, often emphasising the arrogance of white power.

Clinton declined to comment on whether or not she thought it was "taboo" for the U.S. to acquire a source within the German intelligence service.

The stars hoped the film would help "set the record straight" about the early days of women's wrestling, when it was taboo for girls to join the business.

In a 2009 interview, he explained that "I just guess at the time it was taboo for a guy like me to be associated with a gal like her".

It's taboo for many circles, deemed too depressing by most.

Yet, in the United States, it is taboo for a pregnant woman to eat raw fish.

"In my country, it's taboo for a person like me to discuss sex with someone younger," Dr. Luo said.

"It's taboo for women to admit that they watch pornography, but for some reason it's O.K. to admit that they're reading this book".

Despite this, it's taboo for investors to ask about a founder's own money, and for understandable reasons.