How to Use ban in a Sentence

ban

1 of 2 verb

• The drug was banned a decade ago.
• The use of cell phones is banned in the restaurant.
• The school banned that book for many years.
• The city has banned smoking in all public buildings.
• Montana was the first state to ban, but creators and the app have challenged the move.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2023
• Why the sudden push in the House to ban drag queens from library story hours?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 July 2023
• Only two states ban any form of gambling — Utah and Hawaii.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• What are the effects on sports performance and why is it banned?
  — Samuel Joseph, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
• More news to know now The EPA banned asbestos nationwide.
  — USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2024
• Apart from a few photographs at the start of the day, cameras are banned from the room once the proceedings begin.
  — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2024
• The lawsuit aims to have the elder Trump banned from doing business in New York and pay $250 million.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• Lead pipes were often used to connect homes to the water main before they were banned in 1986.
  — Mira Cheng, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
• Maryland, New York, and Ohio later banned them on state level.
  — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 5 Sep. 2023
• They will no longer be banned from campus spaces or lose their campus jobs.
  — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• James seeks penalties of more than $300 million and wants Trump banned from doing business in New York.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
• All film shoots are banned in Paris to accommodate the Olympics from June to September.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• The new rules mean adults can possess small amounts for personal use but the drug remains banned for under 18s.
  — Nadine Schmidt, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
• His father gained full custody and banned visits between the boys and their mother.
  — Farnaz Fassihi, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
• The weed killer paraquat is banned in 50 countries — but not California.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
• There have been reports (please see one here) of some buildings banning EVs for this reason.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
• Seventy-eight percent agreed that the laws of war ban the attacking or killing of civilians in their own homes.
  — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 22 Dec. 2023
• Legislators also banned bump stocks, which had been used in the 2017 shooting.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2023
• In 1564, Henri III limited the amount of padding within men’s trunk hose and banned pockets of a certain size.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
• At least 22 states have banned gender-affirming care for children, most having done so in the past year, according to the AP.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2024
• Later that year, New Jersey adopted a unified rule set, banning blows to the back of the head and spine or strikes to the throat, ahead of other states following suit.
  — Emmanuel Morgan, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
• The Academy then banned Smith from its membership and from attending events such as the Oscars for 10 years.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
• But Lee’s ordinance would go beyond that to ban rodeos no matter what devices are used.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2024
• Trump started the Truth Social platform in 2022 after he was banned from Facebook and Twitter.
  — Matt Novak, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• The activist had been banned from India for his separatist views and now lives in the U.S., according to the charging documents.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2023
• With short-term rentals all but banned, early data shows hotel rooms are getting pricier and harder to come by.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2023

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ban

2 of 2 noun

• That 15-week ban is front and center in the campaign right now.
  — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2023
• TikTok fought the order in court, and the ban was never enforced.
  — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
• The city of San Diego approved a public camping ban in June.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
• Card owners might own guns not covered by the ban or have any guns at all.
  — Jeremy Gorner Chicago Tribune (tns), arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2023
• In 2012, Kiffin’s first season with no bowl ban, the clouds were supposed to break for good.
  — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2023
• In this chaotic context, some locals said, a ban on nips seems like a drop in the bucket.
  — Jenna Russell Kieran Kesner, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
• The ban was first reported by the San Luis Obispo Tribune.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• The ban applies to city personnel and not to private businesses in the city.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• Molloy pointed to Montana as the first and only state in the country to approve such a ban.
  — Makena Kelly, The Verge, 12 Oct. 2023
• Lee Chae-yeon, a 22-year-old student, told the BBC, the ban was needed to promote animal rights.
  — Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
• If the ban is upheld, a six-week trigger ban will go into effect.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2023
• Polling shows that the majority of Ohioans are in opposition to the six-week ban.
  — Sarah Stankorb, The New Republic, 6 Sep. 2023
• That helped placate automakers who were against a flat ban.
  — Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2024
• Montana has become the first state in the nation to enact a total ban on TikTok.
  — Tanay Howard, Parents, 10 July 2023
• One of those votes in favor of Gaetz’s ban came from Johnson, however.
  — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 25 Oct. 2023
• The City Council may vote on the ban at its Dec. 20 meeting, and likely has enough votes to override a veto, should the mayor choose to do so.
  — Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023
• Apple had appealed that ruling and was granted a temporary stay on the ban while the court reviewed the case.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 17 Jan. 2024
• Most support bans on nearly any sort of sports gambling.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
• The Irish served as a source of cheap labor following the U.S.’s 1808 ban on the importation of enslaved people.
  — Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
• In the past 15 years, the law has cracked down on fees charged by the first three, but no law bans (or authorizes) a management company’s transfer fees.
  — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2023
• And beards remain a no-no for men, although some faculty and students have been pushing for that ban to end.
  — Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• Experts like Prentice think the century-old ban needs a rethink.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2023
• Panahi shot the film, which screened at the Cannes Film Festival, in violation of his 20-year filmmaking ban.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
• Renner made the ban one of his top priorities this session, but resistance to the idea has grown in recent weeks.
  — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
• Williams supports the purposes of the eviction ban, but wishes the city had considered landlords like him.
  — Janie Har, Fortune, 26 June 2023
• One of his first moves was divisive: a ban on abayas — the long, flowing dresses worn by some Muslim women — in public schools.
  — Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
• But his extreme positions on things like book bans and abortions — and a more-than-year-long fight with Walt Disney World — have been the final straws for some donors.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• Rokita, who is running for re-election, accused state health officials of trying to evade the ban.
  — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2024
• Travel is mainly to border states where bans have ceased nearly all abortions.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 6 Dec. 2023
• After two weeks, Alliance Defending Freedom, which won the case before the state's top court, said the ban could begin being enforced.
  — Kira Caspers, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024