How to Use prohibitive in a Sentence

prohibitive

adjective

• There used to be many of these centers in the state, but the cost to run them was prohibitive, and many closed.
  — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2023
• Even for those who can find a test, the cost can be prohibitive.
  — Macaela MacKenzie, SELF, 19 Jan. 2022
• For many, the local match of the state funds is the prohibitive factor.
  — Dave Altimari and Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 7 June 2022
• As late as a week ago, Williams was the prohibitive favorite to win the Heisman.
  — Dallas News, 5 Dec. 2022
• Some of the frame styles are a bit too mod for my taste, and the price could be considered prohibitive.
  — Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 15 July 2022
• His first thought was to use a billboard (of course), but that proved to be cost-prohibitive.
  — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2020
• Or does recharging the battery add a prohibitive amount of time to your trip?
  — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 15 Jan. 2023
• Even then, the price is likely to be prohibitive for many.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
• But the owner wants $8,500 a month in rent for the full lot, Gallotto said, and that’s just prohibitive.
  — Collin Robisheaux, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022
• And if nothing prohibitive pops up, the card is printed up and mailed, the audit said.
  — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 6 July 2022
• As many meal kits are over $40, and many of those feed two people or more, don’t take a $$$$ as prohibitive.
  — Ariel Cheung, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• The costs that come with climbing the world's highest peak can be prohibitive.
  — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 24 Jan. 2022
• More than that, the cost of moving data from cloud to cloud can be prohibitive.
  — Matt Kimball, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
• And at this point, like Donna said, Donald Trump is the prohibitive front-runner in the polling.
  — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2023
• In a smaller apartment or room, the size of some bikes may be prohibitive.
  — Popsci Commerce Team, Popular Science, 19 Dec. 2020
• But, the cost always has been prohibitive in their eyes.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• There are just over 50 courts in the world, and the prohibitive cost of constructing new courts is a major issue.
  — James Hill, New York Times, 3 June 2023
• At the same time, costs are prohibitive for the average Afghan.
  — Vogue, 30 Sep. 2021
• For Kaitlin, who had been living alone since her sons moved out, the cost of staying was prohibitive.
  — Rosie Bradbury, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2022
• On the other hand, the cost of an NFL ticket could be too prohibitive for more people who aren’t avid fans.
  — Michael Schreiber, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
• They were told that it would be cost prohibitive to ship it back to Washington State.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2024
• Their two younger kids are home-schooled but would join their sister at the academy if the cost wasn’t prohibitive.
  — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2023
• Those costs are often passed down to customers, but the steep prices can be prohibitive for some looking to buy.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2021
• Rahm’s odds are nearly cut in half this week as the prohibitive favorite to win at Torrey Pines for the second time.
  — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
• But for most of the 64 women recorded in the camp's birth register this year, these costs are prohibitive.
  — Adie Vanessa Offiong, CNN, 29 Nov. 2023
• Texas is so massive – and has been solid GOP turf for so long – that some donors may still see it as prohibitive.
  — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 28 Oct. 2020
• The Americans are the prohibitive favorites again at this year’s Games in Paris.
  — Julia Wall, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• The colt is such a prohibitive favorite among the field of nine the race is declared a non-wagering contest.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2021
• Emery has worked with the midfielder before, which has proven a factor in several of his and Monchi’s additions, but the cost of the 23-year-old would be prohibitive and requires Villa to be flexible on their spreadsheet.
  — Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
• The testing usually only covers a modicum of tests and doesn’t exhaustively test all possible variations (the time and cost would be enormous and likely prohibitive).
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Feb 2025