Sample sentences for INHIBIT - verbalworkout.com

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1 —as in:
inhibited the growth of...

Definition

to limit the activity of someone or something

The drug inhibits the spread of cancer.

inhibits = slows or prevents

Other Uses (with this meaning)

We are concerned that the law inhibits the free expression of religion.

inhibits = limits or prevents

In their culture, contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs.

inhibited = limited

I've learned that the very traits that enabled my survival during childhood inhibit my success as an adult.
J.D. Vance -- Hillbilly Elegy

inhibit = work against

The toxin does the deed insidiously, indirectly, by inhibiting an enzyme essential to glycoprotein metabolism.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

inhibiting = limiting the activity of

I call it competitive inhibition of enzymes.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

inhibition = to limit the activity (of something)

(editor's note: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.)

He had disguised the event as a football rally, strictly for students, without the inhibition of the teachers being present.
Robert Cormier -- The Chocolate War

inhibition = restraint

In retrospect she saw that her sudden lack of inhibition had intoxicated her more than any of the men had.
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake

inhibition = restraint

Closing of the First National failed to inhibit the buying rush.
Pat Frank -- Alas, Babylon

inhibit = limit or prevent

We believe that schools inhibit the natural curiosity, creativity, and intelligence of children.
David Almond -- Skellig

inhibit = keep from developing

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2 —as in:
she is shy and inhibited

Definition

unable to act naturally due to being overly self-conscious

She's personable and funny with her friends, but tends to be inhibited with strangers.

inhibited = unable to act naturally due to being overly self-conscious

Other Uses (with this meaning)

She is shy and inhibited with strangers.

inhibited = unable to act naturally due to being overly self-conscious

She moved in front of me with no shyness or inhibition.
Daniel Keyes -- Flowers for Algernon — Novel

inhibition = inability to act naturally due to being overly self-conscious

The histories revealed in each a severe degree of sexual inhibition.
Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood

inhibition = limitation of activity

It was like a child's game that had lost all inhibition in adult hands.
Frank Herbert -- Dune

inhibition = limitation or restraint

I had not yet considered that my dream girl would also lack any inhibition about language; my companions of the past would have been unable to utter the word "breast" without blushing.
William Styron -- Sophie's Choice

inhibition = inability to act naturally due to being overly self-conscious

Maraa Isabel knows he wants her to say she loves him, but she can't; she has always been painfully shy. She feels inhibited in the Internet store.
Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey

inhibited = unable to act naturally due to being overly self-conscious

Jessica, hearing the voices, felt the depth of the experience, realized what terrible inhibitions there must be against shedding tears.
Frank Herbert -- Dune

inhibitions = inability to act naturally due to being overly self-conscious

(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.)

A side effect of the sleep syrup is that it makes people less inhibited, like white liquor, and I know I have to control my tongue.
Suzanne Collins -- Catching Fire

inhibited = limited in action due to self-consciousness

As the president listened in amazement, his usually shy and sexually inhibited wife told him precisely what she wanted from him in bed.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy

inhibited = limited in action due to embarrassment or self-consciousness

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