How to Use prohibition in a Sentence

prohibition

noun

• The suit challenges only the prohibition on the billy and not the other weapons listed in the same statute.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024
• Built in 1889, the basement of the home served as a speakeasy during the prohibition era, according to the Daily Hive.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 7 Sep. 2023
• The court said the absence of a prohibition in state law does not mean that drop boxes are legal.
  — Arkansas Online, 9 July 2022
• The prohibition against soap comes from a time when all soap was made with lye, which could eat through a patina in minutes.
  — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• There's no prohibition against the types of vehicles that go over it.
  — Elaine Quijano, CBS News, 21 June 2023
• The story of the prohibition begins with the Christian right.
  — Melissa Gira Grant, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2022
• Maybe a 1920-pack next year to celebrate the end of prohibition?
  — Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 30 June 2022
• There is not a similar prohibition for men's sports in the bill.
  — Stephen Gruber-Miller, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2022
• But the bills would go further by placing a prohibition in state law.
  — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2023
• The union has also sought to require union sign-off on any use of AI, as well as a prohibition on AI training.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
• The new five-year deal includes prohibition on any plant closings during the life of the contract.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 21 Dec. 2021
• Magsig argues that there shouldn’t be a blanket prohibition on the word.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2022
• If the court greenlights the restrictions, the tougher six-week prohibition could take effect.
  — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2023
• But, the prohibition of things only works for those who comply.
  — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Nov. 2021
• But it’s not too late to save the $72 billion cannabis industry from the perils of prohibition.
  — Laura Smythe, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• Among the reasons was a prohibition against pets, and council members agreed that pets should be allowed, up to a point.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2022
• There is no prohibition for banks to serve firms in the cryptocurrency space.
  — Gene A. Grant Ii, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
• Reynolds has vowed to fight the ban all the way to the Supreme Court, a battle that could postpone implementation of the final prohibition rule for years.
  — David A. Fahrenthold, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023
• There is a prohibition on back-to-back days or on playing three games in successive weeks.
  — David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Dec. 2021
• The latest is a prohibition against the use of government funds to promote Covid vaccines.
  — Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• The most scandalous feature of all here is the absolute prohibition on them.
  — Matthew Scully, National Review, 16 May 2023
• The end of the priesthood/temple prohibition on Black members.
  — Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
• The bill would repeal the 2017 prohibition on city's using that power.
  — Ko Lyn Cheang, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Jan. 2022
• Raising the specter of a new prohibition felt a little extreme.
  — Jason Wilson, Washington Post, 25 July 2022
• Part of that reticence might have stemmed from the prohibition on dunking in the college game when Erving played.
  — David Aldridge, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
• That prohibition extends to the purchase of school supplies.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
• And in April, Montana legislators approved a bill to block TikTok in the state, a first-of-its-kind prohibition.
  — Kalley Huang, New York Times, 10 May 2023
• Meanwhile, Ralph Nader, the consumer activist, wrote to Rehnquist about the scandal to ask for a prohibition on such trips.
  — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 13 Dec. 2023
• The measure mirrors a bill that added similar prohibitions on evidence in criminal cases and became law last year.
  — Nick Coltrain, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
• However, village trustees did not appear to support a complete prohibition during a discussion at a Jan. 13 Committee of the Whole meeting.
  — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 1 Mar 2025