How to Use kibosh in a Sentence

kibosh

noun
  • New Hampshire Pittsfield: The state has put the kibosh on a farm stand’s ice cream made from raw milk.
    USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Loren Lester’s Egeus was like the studio lawyer who putting the kibosh on romance (never a good thing in Mendelssohn).
    Mark Swed, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The store also put the kibosh on pumping cologne into its stores.
    Kim Bhasin, Bloomberg.com, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Surprisingly, Michigan is not the first state to put the kibosh on bag bans.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 2 Jan. 2017
  • Surprisingly, Michigan is not the first state to put the kibosh on bag bans.
    Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 2 Jan. 2017
  • The pandemic put the kibosh on that trip, but Johnson stood by her commitment to me via Zoom.
    Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 13 Dec. 2020
  • The Navy has formally put the kibosh on zombie ships rejoining the fleet.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 Feb. 2019
  • However, the Premier League put the kibosh on that pretty sharpish.
    SI.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • That puts the kibosh on those articles dissing the hobby.
    Jeff Lowenfels | Alaska Gardening and Growing, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Wisely, per The Athletic, then told his parents to put the kibosh on plans to travel to New York and see his debut.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Four years after wanting to put the kibosh to his pitching career, the Stillwater sophomore is one of the best pitchers in the state.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 29 May 2017
  • South Korea put the kibosh on ICOs, too, and has threatened to levy major taxes on exchanges.
    Robert Hackett, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Why would Washington put the kibosh on Yankoff’s request?
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Five Star and the League refused to have a government without Savona, so this effectively put the kibosh on their deal.
    Jonah Shepp, Daily Intelligencer, 30 May 2018
  • This perk can also put the kibosh on bleeding after birth, according to ACOG.
    Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 22 June 2017
  • In my experience, Midol puts the kibosh to my headaches, malaise, and puffiness like no other cure.
    Carla Lalli Music, Bon Appétit, 27 Dec. 2019
  • The coronavirus has put the kibosh on Carnival parades this year.
    Doug MacCash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 19 Nov. 2020
  • So folks around the Capitol had started to wonder — would McCain really put the kibosh on his party’s No.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 26 Aug. 2018
  • Buffalo’s win put a kibosh on what many were describing as mini Final Four of sorts in Boise.
    Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2018
  • After a series of biking accidents that fractured Durham’s pelvis, broke his hand and knocked out his front teeth, Barbara put the kibosh on any triathlon plans.
    Cheryl Hall, Dallas News, 5 Jan. 2020
  • Biden’s declaration puts the final kibosh on various wind farms that have been proposed for the area.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Facebook just officially put the kibosh on shady ways to use its network for profit.
    Brian Bennett, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Minus low tides — which often put the kibosh on fishing for striped bass, halibut and salmon — have been replaced by tides suited for fishing.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 27 June 2019
  • City Council members agreed this week to put the kibosh on a plan to build a walled soccer arena at Bub Williamson Park, but the bid to add such an arena to the city’s park inventory lives on.
    Teri Figueroa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The Netflix letter puts the kibosh on those plans but doesn’t entirely shut down the concept, which can still run through its originally planned Oct. 1 end date.
    Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • The league put the kibosh on Monday’s Pelicans-Spurs matchup because neither team had eight available players.
    Christian Clark, NOLA.com, 26 Jan. 2021
  • Taylor was supposed to have made this trip in April, but the coronavirus pandemic put a temporary kibosh on those plans.
    Richard Marini, ExpressNews.com, 19 June 2020
  • The Department of Justice recently put the kibosh on United’s plans to expand even further at Newark.
    Christopher Ingraham, The Denver Post, 11 Apr. 2017
  • Bowe Bergdahl in his hands allowed the soldier's sentencing hearing to resume on Wednesday despite not yet deciding whether to put the kibosh on the case.
    Shauna Williams, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Finally, the survey put the kibosh on the myth that the rise of the Internet has left Americans trembling under the weight of an information overload.
    Pete Danko, WIRED, 14 Jan. 1999

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