How to Use inhibition in a Sentence

inhibition

noun

• She laughed loudly and without inhibition.
• This inhibition can lead to a reduction in the amount of breast milk produced.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2023
• Shoes and jackets were tossed to the side, and inhibitions melted away.
  — Cynthia Hubert, sacbee.com, 21 May 2017
• That sense of inhibition flies out the window when ordering in a group.
  — Alex Williams, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2018
• But with the economy now in good shape, there seems to be less inhibition.
  — The Economist, 15 Feb. 2018
• Practice and a bit of bravery; letting go of all inhibition is the key.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019
• The shy and uptight sacrifice their inhibitions for the gift of clear, soft skin.
  — Katheryn Erickson, Town & Country, 16 Feb. 2014
• In a country led by a swirling void, all sorts of inhibitions slowly slip away.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 27 Oct. 2017
• Once the sun goes down, the pools switch to clothing optional—so be ready to check your inhibitions at the door.
  — Alex Schechter, National Geographic, 24 June 2019
• Gronkowski is known to dance with his shirt off and shotgun beers and carry on with no inhibitions.
  — Rainer Sabin, AL.com, 28 Dec. 2017
• War had something to do with the Jazz Age’s lack of inhibition.
  — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2020
• People still tell stories of inhibitions cast aside and new lovers taken.
  — The Economist, 27 June 2019
• Many of these artists believed that the psychotropic drug freed them from inhibitions and allowed them to take greater creative risks.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 9 Apr. 2017
• To teach your puppy bite inhibition, start by never using your hands to play.
  — Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2021
• Both of my parents inhibited me in some vital way but also gave me this gift and the tools to save myself from that inhibition.
  — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 12 May 2021
• Thanks to a bolt of inspiration or the happy inhibition that comes with tippling, or maybe both, a new idea took shape.
  — Robin Catalano, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2022
• The sweet fragrance of love's favorite flower fills the air as inhibitions disappear.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 14 Feb. 2018
• Places where people, from her point of view, lived without inhibitions.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 8 July 2023
• His younger brother used the existence of that door to free himself from certain inhibitions and constraints.
  — Rachel Cusk, Harper's Magazine, 10 Sep. 2023
• Mr. Gurney, though, had by that time shed many of his own inhibitions as a playwright.
  — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 15 June 2017
• This is a method of behavioral control called inhibition.
  — Philly.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• The event is intended to help people to shed their inhibitions and celebrate their bodies.
  — Yash Roy, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2023
• Men of course do the same thing, though the inhibitions are often lower to begin with and the emotional consequences less extreme.
  — David French, National Review, 15 Sep. 2017
• The song soars with their drunken rising spirits, the permission that singing it together gives them to just let go of shame and inhibition.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
• Let’s please hold on to our inhibitions when caring for children in a public setting with other children.
  — Beth Spotswood, SFChronicle.com, 22 Jan. 2020
• Children with no bedtimes bounced alongside adults with no inhibitions.
  — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019
• At the same time, the large amount of mumbling shows that there is still some motor inhibition at play; in other words, the brain is still blocking muscle movement.
  — Nicole Edison, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2018
• Others become ornery or lose their inhibitions in public.
  — Jessica Wapner, Newsweek, 1 June 2017
• This approach teams up nicely with that thing that alcohol does, which is reduce my judgment and inhibition.
  — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2022
• Your tour’s first stop is at the Fountain of Youth, where you be asked to drop all inhibitions and to remember your childhood.
  — Michelle Gant, Fox News, 19 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024