How to Use off-limits in a Sentence

off-limits

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• If a trail is marked as off-limits, do not go there.
  — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
• Beaches at state parks are off-limits to dogs.
  — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
• That’s a topic that seems off-limits.
  — Giana Levy, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
• That’s a topic that seems off-limits.
  — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
• We’re told Adebayo is all but off-limits in a deal.
  — Greg Cote january 30, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
• The area is secured by a fence and off-limits to the public.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 26 June 2026
• But one thing that should remain off-limits is taking off your shoes.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2026
• Street food is completely off-limits for me.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
• From the light to the layered, nothing’s off-limits.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
• But if yours is looking too worn, you might be tempted to keep it off-limits for guests.
  — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 2 May 2026
• Anything that goes awry is in the past and thus off-limits for discussion.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
• But many of the ways that colleges considered race are now off-limits.
  — Nick Anderson and Susan Svrluga, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
• Next time a desire feels off-limits, catch the thought in the moment and journal about it.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
• The rest of the food, which includes burgers and hot dogs, is also off-limits for her.
  — Ashley Vega, People.com, 30 July 2025
• More than 50 acres of storage are off-limits to the public.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
• No subject was ever off-limits.
  — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
• Lobster and conch are off-limits during certain months.
  — Brigid Washington, Travel + Leisure, 6 Apr. 2026
• And many of us have several shows or movies that are totally off-limits.
  — ​wendy Wisner, Parents, 23 Oct. 2024
• As a result, popular shows and movies that many kids love are off-limits for others.
  — Parents, 16 June 2026
• Jauron was then informed the team had made Bream off-limits to media.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2025
• Harry then went up to the office Derek kept strictly off-limits.
  — Sean Williams, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
• What had once been an absolutely off-limits, taboo offense was not just okay, but cool.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2025
• Even so, some features on the Mac were still deemed off-limits for a mobile device.
  — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 24 June 2024
• Places that were either off-limits or simply didn’t exist are opening up.
  — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 30 June 2025
• His team is currently building a new set inside the prison chapel but that’s off-limits to us for now.
  — Pino Gagliardi, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
• Pool decks once off-limits to animals now feature water toys.
  — Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
• While no young tree is off-limits, young citrus trees have thorns that also deter deer from grazing.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 14 Apr. 2026
• Of course, anything that comes in a package is probably off-limits.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 8 Jan. 2026
• Some of those towns have since been reinhabited; some remain off-limits.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2022
• Its control room, for instance, remained off-limits.
  — Simon Shuster, Time, 23 Oct. 2025