Sentence examples for slightly forbidding from inspiring English sources

It is also highly readable, which is a fine achievement, given the slightly forbidding subject matter.

They had these slightly forbidding banks of subeditors who were just so intense about their copy.

And the emotional effect of this unresolved tension and release is coquettish in a cool, slightly forbidding way.

Five years ago, Karl-Marx-Allee was a slightly forbidding place, deserted at night and decidedly shabby.

At the dining table, Julian Fang, a heavyset Chinese-American man who is the slightly forbidding keeper of the Wolvesmouth e-mail list, leaned over an Apple computer.

Entering those slightly forbidding stone ramparts, I made my way past the stuffed polar bear on the second floor to the club's library.

Inviting, but still slightly forbidden.

The exhibition at the Heckscher Museum in Huntington gets part of this narrative right, showcasing early collage works that resonate with the excitement of the new and slightly forbidden.

Across the street we enjoyed poking through Manhattan Castles and Props (74 East Houston), offering bathtubs, subway signs, sinks and antiques al fresco, in a caged-off slice of the sidewalk that gives it the air of being slightly forbidden.

But every year, the barriers seem slightly fewer, and the Gibraltars of American entertainment slightly less forbidding.

Only slightly less forbidding is downloading a prospectus, which can require patience over dial-up connections.