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
• Weather canceled my first attempt to bus to the mountain with my three-year-old and a stomach bug put the kibosh on my second.
  — oregonlive, 5 Apr. 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

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024